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The Lincoln Lawyer

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Adam Grupper
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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)

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Now I get why MM is in those ads!

I LOVE Adam Grupper's reading of this story! The author kept me enthralled as to how Haller was going to get out of his situation!

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Great narration & interesting characters

Really enjoyed the story and, especially, the narration that helped make it come to life. The only minor detraction from this was the background music added near the end of the chapter.

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Lincoln Lawyer

Very entertaining book and excellently read. I didn't want the book to end, a true test of its enjoyment!

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great book

loved it a real nail biter could be best lawer book not as long as I wished

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Won't go too much into the book as is covered greatly already. The audio, clear and narrated well, but music bumps that start 2 minutes before chapter breaks at the same level as the narrator and then return for the next chapter. Really, really annoying. Then some chapters don't have any (OK by me) and a few are done quite well (about 20 seconds of low music, OK too) What was going on? Music changed for one break, a funky disco thing that sort of (not really) tied into the chapter. Ehh... Don't like music w/ my audio books, but do realize it has a place in some productions, Jimmy Buffet's "A Salty Piece of Land" but not this one.

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Great Read

This book was well read and extremely entertaining with many twists and turns.
The author kept the action going by throwing in multiple cases.

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Great

Very great read. Holds your interest through out the entire book. Really enjoyed. I highly recommend this book to anyone. All books by Michael Connelly are just like this one, very interesting.

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A Great Novel

Connelly's novel was thrilling and suspenseful. It was a joy to read. Makes me want to listen to the rest of the series.

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most excellent

Been listening to Connelly's Bosch books in order and mostly skipped the others, not decided that this was one exception to that considering the works that come after this. Really interesting alternative vision from the cop works that came before. Haller was in a difficult position and did what he could under the rules he had to abide by. Like the characters a lot, the story a lot and the reading a lot. Now I will see what the movie industry did to this exceptional work. :-)

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great listen!

Action packed, suspensful and made my long commute to/fro Boston a breeze!!
Will definately look for more Michael Connelly books - this was my first by him and he is an excellent author!

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