Wow. This is the first book in some time that I could not put down. In fact, it gave me a sleepless night on Friday, so I sat down to finish it on Saturday, because I needed to know what happened!
Michael Haller, aka The Lincoln Lawyer, has been arrested and charged with the murder of a former client. As the reader, we can be sure that he is innocent – but the prosecutor is gunning for him and the evidence looks pretty solid.
Not only does Haller have to spend much of his pre-trial preparation in jail, his former girlfriend Kendall comes home to support him, and then (spoiler) leaves him once he is taken back to jail. Combining that with a beating, things look rocky for Haller. Fortunately, he is supported by half-brother Harry Bosch (also from the Michael Connelly stable), regular investigator Cisco, and first ex-wife Maggie.
Once the FBI becomes involved, perhaps that might stack the deck even further against him – unless he can provoke them into revealing their hand.
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