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A page turning thriller combined with a very clever legal premise in which a defense attorney has to outwit both the prosecutor and his client while maintaining his own ethical balance.

4 stars out of 5

After a complicated court trial, the Lincoln Lawyer frees his client, but almost looses his life.

Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn't recognize innocence if it stood right in front of him. But what he should have been on the watch for was evil.
Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, 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.

There is a Harry Bosch connection to Mickey Haller, the main character in The Lincoln Lawyer. In Michael Connelly's second novel, The Black Ice, Harry Bosch reminisces about his return from the Vietnam War and his attempts to find his father. He found out that his father was the famous criminal defense attorney, J. Michael Haller. Unfortunately, Haller died before Bosch could get to know him. At his funeral, Harry discovered that he had half brothers and half sisters. Mickey Haller is one of Harry Bosch's half brothers.

good book

Loved this fast read.. could hardly put it down. Very suspensful.

The Lincoln refers to the Lincoln town cars owned by a criminal defense attorney who gets the most twisted murder case he has ever had.

An absolute page turner with a slap in the face ending. If you like drama, suspense, mystery, law stories....this is for you!

My first read of Michael Connelly and it was great! I've now read two others and have equally enjoyed them.

For defense attorney, Mickey Haller, this case was a dream come true for him and would solve his money problems. But, the more he investigated the murder that his wealthy new client had been accused of, the more certain he became that he was dealing with very troublesome issues that could not only end his career, but his life. Great courtroom drama!

From the cover: For defense attorney Mickey Haller, the clock is always running. With 2 ex-wives, 4 Lincoln Town Cars that he uses as offices, and dozens of guilty clients, he can't afford to miss a trick. When he gets picked up by a Beverly Hills rich boy arrested for assault, Mickey sees a nice long, expensive trial with maximum billable hours - until it hurtles him into the last place he wants to be. Suddenly hustling, cynical Mickey Haller is confronted with pure evil and someone who may be truly innocent. Now, for a lawyer who has always gone for the easy score, getting justice means taking the deadliest risk of all.

Connelly is one of my favorites & Lincoln Lawyer is one of his best. Characters are interesting, well drawn, and exciting! Mickey Haller runs his prectice from a Lincoln Town Car, a readl hustler.

Very good, suspensful

Loved it!