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Michael’s book tour is over but there is one last chance to get a personally inscribed and signed copy of The Proving Ground shipped to you or to a friend as a gift. Chevalier Books is offering this opportunity. The deadline to place your order with them is December 5. Great gift idea of the holidays!

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Join Michael and his longtime editor, Asya Muchnick, in an online discussion about The Proving Ground. This Zoom event is free and open to anyone who wants to read the book and join. It will be held on Tuesday, November 18 from 8-9pm ET/5-6pm PT. A recording will be made available to any member who can’t join at that time. Members will receive exclusive “behind-the-writing” videos and bonus information via email before the event to add to their reading experience. They will also be given a chance to ask questions of Michael and Asya in advance.

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Mickey Haller turns to public interest litigation, filing a civil lawsuit against an artificial intelligence company whose chatbot told a sixteen-year-old boy that it was okay for him to kill his ex-girlfriend for her disloyalty. Representing the victim’s family, Mickey’s case explores the mostly unregulated and exploding AI business and the lack of training guardrails. Along the way he joins up with a journalist named Jack McEvoy, who wants to be a fly on the wall during the trial in order to write a book about it. But Mickey puts him to work going through the mountain of printed discovery materials in the case. The case is fraught with danger because billions are at stake.

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“One of the best yet from best-selling author Connelly.”
— Booklist * starred review

“Michael Connelly writes his bestselling novels in real time, setting them in the year they’re published. His latest, “The Proving Ground,” seems so ripped from the headlines it feels as if he’s writing it as you read it.”
— Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times

“Engrossing… Among Connelly’s strengths: weaving current issues into his superb plots and making even the most complicated subjects understandable. One can’t get more timely than AI, nor more complex. …Connelly’s precise look at the law and his return to Mickey Haller are most welcome.”
— Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“The Proving Ground is the most relevant and compelling legal thriller of the decade, and Michael Connelly proves once again that nobody captures courtroom drama and the high-wire act of justice quite like him.”
— Ryan Steck, The Real Book Spy

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The Bosch universe at Amazon continues to expand with a prequel series for MGM+, Bosch: Start of Watch, starring Cameron Monaghan (Shameless) and Omari Hardwick (Power). The premium linear channel and streaming service has greenlighted the offshoot which explores the origin story of Michael Connelly’s detective Harry Bosch, portrayed by Titus Welliver on the original Bosch series and its sequel Bosch: Legacy.

Monaghan will take over the role, playing rookie cop Harry Bosch, with Hardwick portraying his training officer, police veteran Eli Bridges, a new character not in the book mythology. There is no direct source material for Start of Watch since Connelly’s novels do not include a Bosch prequel, though bits and pieces from Harry’s early years are planted in various books in the universe, with Connelly calling the prequel “uncharted character territory.”

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Season 2 will use elements from The Waiting (2024).

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With stops in California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. Some of these events require a ticket.

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