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The Reversal (Haller #3; Bosch #21)
Wow. This was a really good book. We get a team-up of Haller and Bosch. Haller doing his own moves in this one that leaves you wondering who the good guys are. And the ending with Bosch determined to find out the truth.
Haller is called upon by the DA's office to prosecute a retrial of a man who was accused of abducting and murdering a young child. The man accused, Jason Jessup, is given a new trial after some DNA shows that it does not match him. But all evidence points to Jessup. It's going to be up to Haller and Bosch to run down some witnesses and determine if Jessup is the killer they think he is. Haller wants Bosch as her investigator and asks his ex-wife Maggie to be his first chair. He hopes doing this will get her in good stead with the DA's office and also with him.
There is some awkwardness between Haller and Bosch in this one. Haller's ex, Maggie seems to be coming onto Bosch at times. It ended up making me dislike her. Haller acts like a jackass, but he does have a great legal mind and knows how to maneuver. But, I have to say that the book surprised me in a good way. I wasn't expecting the ending I got.
The book is weird though since Connelly chooses to tell Haller's POV in the first person and Bosch's POV is in the third person. Either tell them both in first person or third. Either way it was distracting. I got used to it though which is why I still rated the book 5 stars.
FYI, make sure you read this book after you read "Nine Dragons". I read Haller books back to back and for the most part have been reading Haller's books back to back so some things are callbacks to earlier Bosch books.