This #1 bestselling legal thriller from Michael Connelly is a stunning display of novelistic mastery – as human, as gripping, and as whiplash-surprising as any novel yet from the writer Publishers Weekly has called “today’s Dostoevsky of crime literature.” Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the … traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers – they’re all on Mickey Haller’s client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence, it’s about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it’s even about justice.
A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney’s dream, what they call a franchise case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. Then someone close to him is murdered and Haller discovers that his search for innocence has brought him face-to-face with evil as pure as a flame. To escape without being burned, he must deploy every tactic, feint, and instinct in his arsenal – this time to save his own life.
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Not Harry Bosch, but still a great read.
one of the best written books i have ever read.
This is one of those long books that doesn’t feel long and keeps you turning the page. Great read!
Michael Connolly is an incredibly gifted writer who draws you deeply into the worlds he creates. That world is both deeply granular in the details of working within the world of criminal justice yet always driven by character and a romantic intellect.
This author knows how to write a great mystery and his dialogue is superb
Love Michael Connolly books; original & fast moving plots, developed characters. I always find them page-turners!
Connelly’s Michael Haller books are gripping. I enjoy the characters, and plots are well-developed. This is one of his best.
Interesting characters. If you like legal fiction, it is a good book.
Great book. Great author.
I did not believe that Connelly could create another character as memorable as Bosch but he did. Great story.
Every Michael Connelly book is great. First book featuring atty Mickey Haller, the half brother of Bosch. Immortalized by Matthew McConaughey in the film of same name.
Michael Connelly is a great writer-believable characters and plot.
I’ve read them all and can’t wait for more.
Love this author. Seems so real.
Connelly is one of my favorite authors and the Lincoln Lawyer is a great character. You will want to read the rest of Connelly’s books featuring the Lincoln Lawyer after you read this one.
The best Mickey Haller book of the series.
Excellent book. Michael Connelly is a superb writer. I love how some of his characters cross over into other series. I hope there will be more in this series–not to mention another movie!
I liked this very much I read a lot of his always a great read
Wonderfully well written. No loose ends. Totally believable.
Usually find it hard to see a lawyer as one of the good guys but there are exceptions and this is certainly one of them.