Brass Verdict: Loners Harry Bosch and lawyer Mickey Haller must work together to find the killer of the murdered Hollywood attorney from whom Haller inherited a case that could launch him into the big time, defense of a prominent studio executive accused of killing his wife.

Crossroads: The owner of a New England glassworks company, widow Cassie Wright struggles to raise her surviving child, Gwen, in the face of unbearable tragedy, but as Gwen blossoms into an independent young woman, dissension drives the two apart, until Gwen has her own child, a little girl who reunites the estranged family.

Guilty: Kate White, single mother and assistant Philadelphia DA, must fight for her life and the life of her son as the terrible events of her past return with a vengeance and the only hope she seems to have lies with homicide detective Tom Braga--a man she has no reason to trust.

Hannah's Dream: The fate of a lonely old elephant, the main attraction at a private zoo on the decline, comes into question.