The so-called victim had a history of violence of his own that both prosecution and defense witnesses, including an ex-wife, were eager to describe on cross-examination.

I had turned a felony battery charge into a righteous case of self-defense in front of the jury. I had walked a man right out of the courtroom. in the front of the pack in the legal thriller game” ( Los Angeles Times).Ī People Book of the Week Selection Read Excerpt

In his highest stakes case yet, the Lincoln Lawyer fights for his life and proves again why he is “a worthy colleague of Atticus Finch. In order to be truly exonerated, he must find out who really committed the murder and why. As his trusted team, including his half-brother, Harry Bosch, investigates, Haller must use all his skills in the courtroom to counter the damning evidence against him.Įven if he can obtain a not-guilty verdict, Mickey understands that it won’t be enough. Haller knows he’s been framed, whether by a new enemy or an old one. All the while he needs to look over his shoulder-as an officer of the court he is an instant target, and he makes few friends when he reveals a corruption plot within the jail.īut the bigger plot is the one against him. Mickey elects to represent himself and is forced to mount his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles. Haller is immediately charged with murder but can’t post the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge. On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. “One of the finest legal thrillers of the last decade” -Associated Press Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller is back on the job in this heart-stopping thriller from a renowned #1 New York Times bestselling author. INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES THE LINCOLN LAWYER – THE #1 TV SHOW ON NETFLIX

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