The Lincoln Lawyer

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

The best-selling legal thriller - and CBS TV series - has charismatic defense attorney Mickey Haller taking on a slam-dunk court case involving a Beverly Hills playboy - but as it spirals into a nightmare, he finds himself in a fight for his life.

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.

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.

©2005 Hieronymus, Inc. All Rights Reserved (P)2005 Time Warner AudioBooks

Critic reviews

• 2005 Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award, Mystery/Thriller

"A fast-paced, unpredictable ride." (Bookmarks Magazine)

"[The Lincoln Lawyer] has all the right stuff: a sinuous plot, crisp dialogue, and a roster of reprehensible characters." (Booklist, starred review)

True That

I liked this book it had a good story the narrator was great. That's all folks.

Very Good

I've listened to a few of Connelly's audiobooks and found them entertaining. I enjoyed Closers the most, and this one is almost as good. I rate audiobooks by how well they hold my attention as I'm usually doing something else while listening (driving, walking the dogs, vacuuming). This one is well written and read, and I was engrossed all the way to the end.

This is ONE GREAT book

This book is really tough to stop listening too. Every time I turned it off, I kept going back to it anytime I could. If all of Connelly's books are like this, whoopie!

Fast-paced, enjoyable listen!

I enjoyed this book! The narrator did a GREAT job with each character's voice. When they were women, I really forgot that a man was reading their part. I might try other books that Adam Grupper has narrated; he was THAT good. As for the content of the story, I never had a bored moment. I listen to audio books when I work out, and I found myself so completely engrossed in the story that I didn't really have to worry about getting bored or tired while working out. I actually saw the movie before reading the book, and then decided to read it because I enjoyed the movie so much. It follows the book pretty well, and now I want to watch it again to compare them more closely and see it come to life again. This book isn't in my usual genre, but now I'm tempted to read other books by Connelly. There were some parts that I would have liked more ellaboration on, but then it might have made the book read slower. Overall, it was a great listen and I recommend it.

Well done

Loved everthing about this book, the story line was credible, and the narration was perfection.

Much more detailed than the movie

I hate to be one of those "the book is so much better!" people, but as good as the movie was, we were robbed of several things (no spoilers). In the book:
- We really get to know Haller better as a person.
- We get more of the complexity of the legal system in a way that is fun, but shows how chaotic the system is.
- Roulet's trial is much more interesting.
- The ending is quite a bit different. No better or worse, just different.

If you like the movie, you definitely owe it to yourself to read the book.

exciting read!

This novel is a lot of fun. The characters are relatively well developed and the plot is intriguing. it is well worth reading.

Great story! ...but the "mood music"? Bleh.

I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline and will probably buy the hardcopy book. The music inserted at key or climactic points was terribly distracting. However, that was the only thing I did not like about The Lincoln Lawyer. A cast of "real characters" is richly depicted: Mickey Haller and his ex-wives; cops and criminals; prosecutors and politicians; and, the Triple Evil that was Roulet, his mother, and her personal attorney. In fact, Roulet's character builds to be so awful that you will find yourself right there with Mickey Haller, so disgusted at hearing his name or 'voice' that your words spit from your mouth, betraying your typically tightly controlled actions with the voice of an inner truth about your belief, your life, what and who you love... your very essence.

Great story!!!

Just enough realistic twist and turns.....Very good listen!!

lincoln lawyer

worth your investment in time, gets along, good plot, twists. interesting characters,
the locations are great, the story compelling