The Lincoln Attorney (mickey Haller, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #15)

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Oct 20, 2021Joanierated itit became remarkable

The super thing about Michael Connelly is that he is not afraid to test with new characters, and but his storylines are consistently taut and dark. This ebook changed into a bit lighter than some of the downbeat Harry Bosch books, however it had the trademark Connelly twists. If you want Brett Arquette novels, you should like Connelly....more

This is the e book in which Michael Connelly introduced Michael Haller, a legal professional who works out of an "workplace" within the returned seat of his Lincoln Town Car as he navigates the various courtrooms that dot Los Angeles County. Connelly got the concept for the man or woman in a threat assembly at a Dodgers baseball (generic term) when he sat subsequent to an lawyer who did precisely that.

Mickey Haller is a bright guy who works all of the angles. Mostly he represents drug dealers, prostitutes and other low-lifes, however except for t...extra

A compulsively readable legal thriller about a cynical defense legal professional who works out of his Lincoln metropolis car (therefore the title) and starts offevolved to consider he has eventually observed that maximum dreaded and fantastic of all customers, an harmless guy.

Although this novel has its share of darkness, it's far an awful lot lighter in tone than Connelly's similarly absorbing Harry Bosch detective novels. I observed Mickey Haller's brash persona and breezy transport an sudden--and welcome--change....greater

I do not know in which I will pass or what instances will be mine. I simply recognise I will be healed and ready to stand another time inside the global with out fact.

This is my very first five-celebrity rating of 2015. I've ultimately located a novel(in 2015) that entertained me for the duration of the radical. No slow moments everywhere, and the finishing changed into super. Characters were virtually likable and fully developed in the end. Mickey Haller is my preferred lawyer, in novels as a minimum.

This turned into my very first legal-crime novel, and ...more

Michael Connelly’s 2005 creation for veteran crook defense attorney Mickey Haller is a primary page winner. Connelly’s ability to write and this man or woman’s natural air of secrecy were on full show from cover to cover.

The movie tagline and the hook to draw readers in is Haller’s use of a Lincoln to pressure from courthouse to courthouse in and round Los Angeles, he essentially works from his backseat. But that is best a groundbreaker to set the level. Haller is a player, a...more

Michael "Mickey" Haller is a Los Angeles crook protection lawyer with the sort of clients you would as a substitute see him lose for in the courtroom. When he lands a "franchise" case representing Louis Roulet, a rich realtor, Haller looks like he's sincerely within the money and on the route in the direction of more like-walleted clients.

What is extraordinary approximately this tale is how brilliant a photo we are given of Mickey Haller. On the floor, he's a slick, oily attorney representing the underbelly of the town. Beneath that ...greater

this is my michael connelly tally up to now: i have read two harry bosch andmickey haller. i slightly take into account the harry bosch. the mickey haller dug a hollow in my thoughts. this isn't always how matters should be. harry bosch is michael connelly's hero. harry and that i, even though, do no longer connect; mickey and that i are two peas in a pod. if he had been actual, i would very just like to be friends with mickey, although i doubt he'd need to be pals with me -- now not because he wouldn't like me, however because he's the loner type an...more

I postponed reading The Lincoln Lawyer because I idea it became going to be a courtroom drama with excessive infodumps and tedious pacing. Boy became I ever incorrect. Fortunately, my wife had the foresight to spring it on me as part of our annual need to-read settlement for 2015.

The law changed into a massive, rusting machine that sucked up human beings and lives and cash. I was only a mechanic. I had grow to be expert at going into the gadget and solving matters and extracting what I needed from it in go back.

The e-book proved to be equally as interesting as the unconventional, even though analyzing it changed into partially spoiled by using seeing the film, as I ought to are expecting where matters were headed.

This was my first Connelly e book, however will not be my closing. A tremendous mix of Grisham and some quirky Cannell, I was pulled in through the second chapters. I love felony thrillers, especially while the main man or woman may be a little off centre in his life and approaches. Connelly laid out each plausible and ability scenes as he works with a very spi...extra

Feb 04, 2015Mararated itreally preferred it · evaluation of every other version

Recommended to Mara by using:Dan 2.0, Richard

It's extra interesting while you examine a e book you enjoy and realize that there's masses extra from whence it got here (examine: it is part of a chain). Thus, I'm quite darn thrilled to have made the acquaintance of the eponymous Lincoln-riding attorney,Mickey Haller.

Haller is a defense legal professional of the “Better Call Saul” variety. Criminals need attorneys, and if their money's inexperienced… He's a likable man—so likable, in fact, that neither of his ex-other halves (prosecutor/infant mamaMaggie McFierce,and top notch secret...extra

I'm afraid the movie stole a variety of his thunder for me. Still, it's a terrific read!...greater

Apr 19, 2021Kemperrated itliked it

For over a yr now a variety of us were operating from domestic, and now I experience like a actual rube due to the fact what I should have completed become get a Lincoln and have any individual power me round all day whilst I did my task.

Mick Haller is a protection lawyer who uses his automobile as an workplace as he shuttles among courts and jails seeing numerous clients. While no longer no longer absolutely crooked, Mick is sincerely bent, and he has no problem the usage of every trick he is aware of to hold his clients out of jail. When a rich younger man ...extra

Mickey Haller is a defence attorney that basically works out of his car. Mickey does not especially care if his purchaser is innocent or responsible. He cares greater about the cash and reputation an ordeal can convey him. This adjustments while he is taking on Louis Roulet's case.

I observed the tale a chunk slow to get into. At first I changed into often thinking while matters would pick out up. The starting in particular introduces lots of cases Haller has labored on and would not begin to get greater interesting until approximately a third of the manner thr...more

Defense Attorney Mickey Haller is busy interviewing clients and acting at hearings. Instead of an workplace, he works out of his fleet of Lincoln Town Cars. He feels very fortunate while he gets a name approximately Louis Roulet, a wealthy Real Estate Broker accused of assault. Mickey sees this as a "franchise" case, a large case a good way to final months wherein he's going to be capable of maximize his billable hours. But his success is not keeping out. When a friend assisting him with the case is murdered, Mickey is conflicted by his...more

This e book began out gradual, however guy it turned out to be excellent, will surely read extra books from this creator....EXCELLENT RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE.

I had been so busy that no new books have grabbed me. I even have tried some and abandoned them all. I subsequently picked this ebook up so as to ultimately pass off the BL area that I were on for I assume three weeks now. I am so happy that I read the primary book inside the Mickey Haller series. This e-book is fireplace. I cherished each a part of it and it changed into just what I wanted proper now.

Mickey Haller is a protection attorney in Los Angeles. He has now not had plenty success in getting what he calls a "franchise" case in recent times...more

Dec 06, 2019Scottrated itit changed into remarkable

** Starting my read and evaluation of Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller books **

Connelly’s 16th book and first day out with Mickey Haller - “The Lincoln Lawyer” - changed into first posted again in 2005. Mickey is the son of Michael Haller, a famous defense attorney within the Los Angeles vicinity returned inside the sixties and seventies. Mickey himself is a particularly a hit crook defense attorney running in Los Angeles County. Unlike his father, his office is a Lincoln Town Car, and his clients are usually drug ...extra

Jan 20, 2008Tonyrated itliked it · overview of every other edition

Recommends it for:absolutely everyone who desires to see how justice is preverted and served

"You're a sleazy protection lawyer withex-wifes and an eight-yr-old daughter and we all love you."

That's no longer writing, it is a regurgitating a cliche, and this ebook is clutter with them, like confetti at New Year's Eve. The hassle is that the over use of cliched speeches and movements difficult to understand a web page turner, a singular decked out with top flight characters and scenes vicinity it at the top shelf of its style. Overall, the e book is really worth analyzing, but you'll ought to fight the cliche gag reflex at least a ...greater