The Reversal

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Peter Giles

Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.

When defence lawyer Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's one of the best American legal brains in the business, and to switch sides likes this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-profile case of Jason Jessup, a convicted child killer who spent almost 25 years on death row before DNA evidence freed him, is an intriguing one . . .

Eager for the publicity and drawn to the challenge, Mickey takes the case, with LAPD Detective Harry Bosch on board as his lead investigator. But as a new trial date is set, it starts to look like he's been set up. Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about what really happened to the victim all those years ago in this nail-biting courtroom drama.

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Critic reviews

[This] Scott Turow-style court drama, starring both of Connelly's favourite characters, is as exciting as anything this formidable writer has ever produced

This is vastly superior stuff, from America's greatest living crime writer

This novel is further proof that this writer is on a roll. ... Connelly's background as a police reporter gives his books the powerful verisimilitude that few possess and balancing the police and legal shenanigans makes for wonderfully involving reading

Connelly masterfully manages to marry an absorbing courtroom drama with a tense and exciting thriller of detection

The novel has a gripping clarity from the off, and very quickly establishes a gripping momentum. ... it's another expertly handled tale from a born storyteller that blazes into an incendiary denouement

Good book. Occasional first person narrator confusion.

Another good Haller and Bosch amalgamation. Really good idea for Haller to cross over to the prosecution side. Only very slight criticism I had, and possibly due to the fact I tend to listen when walking my dog Bruno, is that occasionally the first person narrator became Bosch and because their personal curcumstances were simlar, ie single parent, daughters etc, it wasn’t always clear if Bosch or Haller. I prefer one story teller talking in third person regarding other characters.

But enjoyed the book.

Another great listen

This is another good book from Michael Connelly. Those who love this style of book will not be dissapointed.

Love this series!

Having seen the movie The Lincoln Lawyer and then decided to read the book, I was so happy to see that there were a few other books in the series about Michael Haller. Bought them all! Great stories, characters and impeccable narration. Looking forward to the next one as soon as I am done with the previous one in the series. Will be sad to reach the final one!

Giles Narration Fantastic

Peter Giles narrates an intricate story beautiful with a while range of voices and accents. I throughly enjoyed it. And Micheal Connelly Books are five stars as always.

Kept me guessing

The outcome seemed obvious until!! mKept me guessing until the end. Story line flowed and linked up seamlessly