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The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly

Ages 16+

Readers rate it 4.2 (302 on Hardcover)

404 pages · Released 2005

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The Lincoln Lawyer parent’s guide: what’s inside

High confidence

LGBTQ+ themes

What it offers

Educational value

A note for parents

The Lincoln Lawyer is an adult legal thriller featuring a murder investigation, courtroom drama, and morally complex characters. While not extremely graphic, it contains moderate violence, profanity, and mature themes including sexual assault allegations and murder. The protagonist is a cynical defense attorney who often prioritizes winning over ethics, though he does experience moral reckoning. This is primarily an adult novel suited for mature teen readers interested in crime fiction and legal procedurals.

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From the publisher

Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn’t recognize innocence if it stood right in front of him. But what he should have been on the watch for was evil. Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between... Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn’t recognize innocence if it stood right in front of him. But what he should have been on the watch for was evil. Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back seat 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. A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney’s dream, what they call a franchise case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. Then someone close to him is murdered and Haller discovers that his search for innocence has brought him face-to-face with evil as pure as a flame. To escape without being burned, he must deploy every tactic, feint, and instinct in his arsenal — this time to save his own life.

Shelved under

  • Open Library Staff Picks
  • Attorney and client
  • Fiction
  • New York Times bestseller
  • Legal stories
  • Mickey Haller (Fictitious character)
  • nyt:e-book_fiction=2011-05-14
  • Thriller
  • Suspense fiction
  • Fiction, legal
  • Lawyers, fiction
  • Los angeles (calif.), fiction

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ISBN 9780739465516 · Little, Brown, and Company

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