''The Gods of Guilt'' is the 26th novel by American author

Michael Connelly Michael Joseph Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. Connelly is the bes ...

and his fifth to feature

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criminal defense attorney

Mickey Haller J. Michael "Mickey" Haller, Junior is a fictional character created by Michael Connelly in the 2005 novel ''The Lincoln Lawyer''. Haller, a Los Angeles-based defense attorney, is the paternal half-brother of Connelly's best-known character, LAP ...

. The book was published in the United States on December 2,

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. The novel follows Haller as he takes on the case of Andre La Cosse, a "digital pimp" who allegedly murdered Gloria Dayton, an old friend of Haller's. Connelly's signature character

Harry Bosch Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is a fictional character created by American author Michael Connelly. Bosch debuted as the lead character in the 1992 novel '' The Black Echo'', the first in a best-selling police procedural series now number ...

appears in the book but does not play a major role. The novel is so named because Haller describes members of a jury as "gods of guilt."

External links

MichaelConnelly.com bookpage
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Michael Connelly explains 'The Black Box,' Tampa author's 25th book
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