next, best-selling author michael connelly. stay with us. pleased to welcome michael connelly back to this program. over 20 million copies sold in the u.s. alone. when his recent novels, "the lincoln lawyer", is open in this country. matthew mcconaughey can still deliver a good closing argument. >> he captured the character in the book. the film iand coatavis: i have e past that you are not always thrilled with what they do with your stuff. even though you optioned it. >> when it gets to the script, that usually kills the project or not. they had a good script saar had high hopes. when matthew mcconaughey became involved, i saw him in another film where he had played a hollywood agent. some of the similarities so i was happy. right now with the film, could not be happier. tavis: the cast is amazing. marisa tomei.atthew and >> it is a great ride and very loyal to the book and have the gritty realism of l.a. that i hope was in the book. tavis: when you write these books into option the rights and someone is brought in to do the screenplay, are