Part of The Lincoln Lawyer, book 1
First published 2005
Mickey Haller operates his defense practice from the backseat of a Lincoln Town Car, moving between courthouses across Los Angeles. A veteran attorney who views the legal system as a broken machine he knows how to manipulate, Haller gets what looks like his biggest payday yet when he takes on a franchise case. His client is a wealthy real estate agent from Beverly Hills accused of violently assaulting and attempting to rape an aspiring actress. The baby faced defendant insists on his innocence, and Haller feels confident about winning the case. But as he builds his defense, Haller stumbles upon evidence that connects to an old murder case. This discovery threatens to destroy everything he thought he knew about his current client and puts Haller and his team in deadly danger. The attorney must navigate between his cynical understanding of how justice really works and his unexpected encounter with true evil.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, legal-thriller
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Period: 21st-century
528 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: violence