The Lincoln Lawyer

By Michael Connelly

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Average Rating: (See all 3 reviews) Format: Paperback, 516 pages Published In: United States, July 2006 Quantity Available: 795 Ships within 6-10 days Connelly's instant #1 "New York Times" bestseller comes to paperback. "A powerhouse drama . . . Connelly has mastered the form of the legal thriller on his very first try."--"New York Times Book Review." Publisher: Warner Books ISBN: 0446616451 EAN: 9780446616454 Dimensions: 17.27 x 10.77 x 2.97 centimeters (0.25 kg)

This was brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

I haven't written up any other Michael Connelly books in my book journal yet, but I'm sure I have read something else by him before - I just don't remember what.
If this is typical Michael Connelly though, I'm hooked! A totally clever story!

Normally a new Michael Connelly book is something to be bought and read quickly but I sat on this book for a few months. Why?

I am a crime fan but I don't enjoy legal books at all and this book was the perfect example.

The story introduces a new character (sadly, I can see the character being a permanent series character) called Mickey Haller who drives a Lincoln and practices defence law. He is not particularly pleasant and may be borderline dishonest. He is out for number one right through the book.

He is given the chance to defend a seemingly innocent man who (as luck would have it) is loaded. Haller sees the chance to make a mint off the trial and further his career at the same time.

The book moves along and we get to see that the innocent man may have a dark side to him.

Ok, this is not too bad, but the thing that gets me is that the lead character has an answer for everything and seems to conduct a trial as if it is a game and what he is doing is putting the pieces into place at the right time for him. Everything in the book seemed to me to be too pat and that the author (one of the very best of the best) was trying to be too clever.

Bring back Harry Bosch!

In The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly makes a departure from his impressive series work for a stand alone book about a lawyer who opperates out of his town car defending the indefensible and scraping out a living any way he can, but he discovers his morality and finds himself in serious trouble. Not bad but not very original.