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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musingstudio 
I was encouraged to read this book and it turned out to be a book that was difficult to put down.
I had read the Rebus series but had not got into the Haller books in the same way.
I found this book unusual that Haller was up against it from the start trying to prove his innocence. Clearly he has also made enemies along the way.
really good story with cliffhangers.