Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller is back in the heartstopping new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is charged with murder and can’t make the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge. Mickey elects to defend himself and … vindictive judge.
Mickey elects to defend himself and must strategize and build his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles, all the while looking over his shoulder–as an officer of the court he is an instant target.
Mickey knows he’s been framed. Now, with the help of his trusted team, he has to figure out who has plotted to destroy his life and why. Then he has to go before a judge and jury and prove his innocence.
In his highest stakes case yet, Mickey Haller fights for his life and shows why he is “a worthy colleague of Atticus Finch…in the front of the pack in the legal thriller game” (Los Angeles Times).
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Kept you guessing needed to include Bosch a little more very informative about risks in jail to inmates and also dealing with FBI and requesting assistance from them read it in 2 days
I am a big fan of Michael Connelly books. This one certainly did not disappoint. It uses the multiple currents of today’s society. Connelly brings just the right amount of tension without causing one to feel as though what is happening is artificial. Also, I am a bit of a foodie and a Los Angeles resident, so I enjoy the references to various eating spots and watering holes, with which I have some familiarity. It is as if Bosch and Mickey are both out-of-the-box irreverent combined with a great deal of insight into human Nature and motivations, along with a can-do attitude that makes the book’s outcome possible and understandable.
The best as always
Very well written and a good return by Haller. Certainly a different plot and nice to reacquaint with old “friends” in familiar characters.
Connelly always gives readers something to learn, someone to root for, and something to think about long after the last page.
Connelly does it again! Mickey Haller, one of the most hated lawyers is now finding himself on the other side of the law. An officer pulls him over for a missing plate and finds a dead body in the trunk. Haller finds himself in cuffs, in the back of a squad and on his way to a room with metal bars. Where he is used to visiting his clients, and now he has become one of them.
Mickey knows he is being set up and framed but which enemy of his did this and how. Evidence is found in his garage, and it appears the body was in his trunk for at least a day. How dumb would Mickey be, to drive around as the killer with the body in his trunk. But the state is out to get him, and seems to have blinders on it being anything other than Haller having pulled the trigger.
Can Mickey pull off a miracle and get another NG (not guilty), but this time for himself or will the jury believe the lies the state is spinning. It seems all sorts of perps and agencies are tangled up in Haller’s case, can he convince the right guys to step forward on his behalf, or has he burned too many bridges in the past? Connelly is one of my few, always buy authors.
In “The Law of Innocence”, Micky Haller finds himself on the other side of the attorneys table when a dead body is found in the trunk of his car during a traffic stop. Now it’s Mickey who needs a solid defence lawyer to save him from the depredations of the district attorney who is bent on sending him to jail, and preferably the death chamber. As his friends, family and former wives come together to help Mickey beat the rap, we are treated to all the great bits of a Michael Connelly novel: snarky dialogue, constant twists and turns, an innocent man framed, and lots of surprises leading to a surprise outcome. While I personally don’t think that half the things done in Michael Connelly’s courtroom would be allowed in a real courtroom, the result is a constanting entertaining and interesting read. I didn’t want to put it down! So don’t mis this!
I love everything Michael Connelly writes. He’s one of the best. Been reading him since the beginning of Heironymous Bosch!!!
Pulls you in from page one. With his characterizations, Connelly can make a courtroom drama compelling.
His legal team is back in this sixth instalment of The Mickey Haller series. Accused of murder, Mickey’s defence must begin from prison and requires his team and half-brother’s help. Mickey is in the toughest fight and most important case of his career – to prove his innocence. Is the renowned lawyer really a murderer and will justice be served? With the occasional references to signs of 2020, comes a riveting story with many a twist and action-packed finale. Deservedly five-star rating.
Great read for lovers of courtroom drama.
Complex plot well-told. Especially interesting for readers who like courtroom or legal mysteris. One of Connelly’s best.
Love these characters. Interesting subject; always can learn something new about law.
Love Michael Connelly’s writing and characters.
The author is Michael Connelly: it isn’t possible to not love his books!
This is one series that I wish the author would add to the story line more than once every couple of years. The cast of characters you meet from Mickey Haller to Bosche and everyone in between are well built upon from previous novels. The suspense and story line thru this novel is very current and definitely keeps you guessing. The plot twists were a little predictable but still enjoyable. The comparison of writing styles between this author and Stephen J Cannell is uncanny and entertaining. Both have the same style of writing with LA noir kind of feel to it. Both use a lot of the same land marks and really puts the reader in the moment. Between the Mickey Haller series and the Shane Scully series there are a lot of similarities. One is defense attorney and trial work while the other is more law enforcement based. Cannot wait for another in the Lincoln Lawyer series.
Personally I never read books with an overall 3 star rating. And this book had a much higher rating. It just had no juice. Ok book, but no juice.
Wow! What a great read. This one is going to be my favorite of the year in the mystery/Legal Thriller category. Five and a half stars out of five. Full disclosure Connelly is one of my go-to favorites and it’s hard not to be a little biased. I like this book better than the last four or five of his Bosh novels. In this book he sets a dynamic conflict in the first few pages and initiates a great plot that never slows to give the reader a pause to take a breath. This is a mystery and not crime novel. We don’t know “who-dunit” even when it’s over at the end (one of the only problems with this book—small one). The reason I think I like the Lincoln Lawyer books, so more is due to writing craft. The Bosh books are third person and there is a feel of distancing between the character and the reader. The Lincoln Lawyer books are first person, up close and personal. So well done. What also makes this book such a dynamic page-turner is the micro conflicts. They are set up and executed with verve and great skill. As the plot winds out and Connelly feeds the reader information on the over arcing plot, the micro-conflicts are worthy of their own brilliant short story status.
The only criticism is the ending, it’s a little too deus ex machina. I was only quasi-satisfied but that might just be me expecting more from one of my favorite authors.
David Putnam author of the Bruno Johnson Series.
MIchael Connelly is back with another legal thriller featuring criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller a/k/a The Lincoln Lawyer. I love the idea of a lawyer who doesn’t have an office, but, instead, works out of the back seat of a Lincoln Towncar as he is driven to various court appearances. This is the fourth Lincoln Lawyer book and in this one, Haller is the one who is accused of committing murder and he must defend himself. Although this is not a new plot, there are many legal thrillers where the lawyer is accused of the crime, most famously Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow, Connelly is just such a darn good writer that he takes it to the next level and keeps things original. I will not spoil anything, but I will say that the best scenes in the book are when Mickey Haller interacts with Connelly’s most famous character, detective Harry Bosch. It is shocking to me how much I never grow tired of Harry Bosch, and I love how Connelly is integrating Bosch (now retired from the LA police force) as a supporting character in multiple books featuring newer main characters. It adds immediate depth, because, as a reader, I have walked many miles with Bosch and will always walk more.
He never disappoints. I’m hoping one or both of the daughters in this series provides some second generation stories.