{"id":1885,"date":"2014-04-23T09:39:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T13:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2015-01-04T08:01:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T13:01:24","slug":"the-reversal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=1885","title":{"rendered":"**** The Reversal"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Michael<\/a>

If you\u2019ve read the Lincoln Lawyer series, you know Mickey Haller does most of his legal work from the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, which has the vanity plate NT GLTY<\/p><\/div>\n

Got my Michael Connelly fix for the year\u2014The Reversal<\/em><\/a>\u2014a 2010 crime thriller that alternates chapters between brash lawyer Mickey Haller and his half-brother (or did you miss that one?) cynical LAPD detective Harry Bosch. Both men have teen daughters so are especially anxiety-prone when a man convicted of abducting and murdering a young girl is released from San Quentin as a result of DNA evidence and must face trial again after 24 years.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting how Haller\u2014working for the prosecution this time\u2014must introduce old evidence without revealing to the jury the prejudicial information that the accused has already been convicted once. Nor can he say why some witnesses are unable to appear (dead or demented) and interviews with them, actually their previous trial testimony, must be read aloud.<\/p>\n

While this isn\u2019t Connelly\u2019s best, he never disappoints and received four Amazon stars from readers. If you like every plot angle tied up with a bow, in this one, that doesn\u2019t happen, and the author leaves Harry still pursuing leads as to the convict\u2019s possible involvement in other crimes. It\u2019s as if Connelly was leaving the door open for a never-written sequel.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/a>

Matthew McConaughey stars in the movie version – note vanity plate!<\/p><\/div>\n

For a fun Netflix pick, Matthew McConaghey in The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em>. Rotten Tomatoes Critics rating<\/a>: 83%. I thought it was better than that, and I\u2019d read the book! Also notice how the movie poster changed the license plate to \u201cNT GUILTY,\u201d thinking viewers were too dim to figure it out, I suppose.
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