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American author Michael Connelly’s mystery novel The Fifth Witness (2011) is the fourth book in a series starring Michael "Mickey" Haller, a criminal defense attorney based in Los Angeles. The story follows the murder investigation of a wealthy man Mitchell Bondurant.
Apr 5, 2011 · Both the legal battle and the media circus take a dramatic new turn when Bondurant is found bashed to death in a parking garage and a witness places Trammel half a block away within a few minutes of the bashing.
Plot. Mickey Haller is called on to defend a long-standing client, Lisa Trammel, when she is suspected of murdering wealthy Mitchell Bondurant. [1] . According to forensic evidence, Bondurant, who was six-foot-two, had been murdered with a hammer blow from behind, on the very top of his head, while standing up.
- Michael Connelly
- 2011
Book Summary. Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home.
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Home » Novels » The Fifth Witness (2011) In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but if defense attorney Mickey Haller was expecting an uptick in business during the economic downturn, the reality is a different story.
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Connelly is a master of courtroom drama: the staged battleground of prosecution and defense; the strategic moves and pyrrhic victories; hours of witness investigation; jury selection and careful research to tease out biases of potential jurors; the ammunition to dismantle the opposition’s case and challenge each piece of evidence.
