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This #1 bestselling legal thriller from Michael Connelly is a stunning display of novelistic mastery – as human, as gripping, and as whiplash-surprising as any novel yet from the writer Publishers Weekly has called “today’s Dostoevsky of crime literature.”
Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat 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.
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I am currently going through three (3) different books; all three (3) of which I have borrowed from the Library; & which I received prior to ordering Lincoln Lawyer; & just late yesterday afternoon, renewed them all. I can only say in the past I have enjoyed ALL legal books/thrillers, regardless of the Author, unless the book contains smut. If an Author has a good plot, he does not need to add smut. Do hope you will be able to receive suitable reviews from others. Hopefully, another time I can be of assistance. M.
THE AUTHER IS VERY GOOD IN HIS OTHER BOOKS BUT THIS ONE WAS A WASTE OF MONEY AFTER 2 CHAPTERS IT WAS TRASH
LIKE THE CHARACTER AND THE INSIGHT INTO THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WORLD BUT GIVE ME BOSCH!
SPOILER WARNING. On page 79, a character uses the word “faggots.” This “homophobic” comment gives away the ending of the novel, in the tiresome style of the cop shows on television.
In nearly every episode of a TV cop show, the ending is given away by a propagandistic clue that is as subtle as a nightstick. The clue takes either of two standard forms:
(1) A character is “politically incorrect.” For example, he’s a “racist,” a “sexist,” a “homophobe,” a rich white businessman, a cigarette smoker, a gun owner, or a user of correct English grammar. Guilty.
(2) A character asked to “cooperate” with the police fails to become instantly servile. For example, an office manager abruptly asked to hand over the personnel files of all employees in the company responds politely, “Let me just check first with our company lawyer.” Guilty.
We expect such craven awkwardness from television writers; we don’t expect it from novelists.
I have read every Michael Connelly novel published so far; I don’t plan to read any more. If Mr. Connelly is willing to give away his own ending in order to make a silly ideological gesture, then I infer that he no longer cares to aim his books at intelligent readers.
I’m not sure why this book’s been so highly rated. It was the first time I’ve read Michael Connelly and it will certainly be the last. In comparisoon with other authors like Vince Flynn, Lee Child or Brian Haig, Connelly’s story and character development are without punch or interest. The reader is never pulled into the storyline, making you want to turn to the next page to see what develops. This is a yawner that left me wanting no more. If this is typical of Connelly’s work, save your money.