by Michael Connelly (Author)
When down-at-heel lawyer Mickey Haller gets the news that his old colleague Jerry Vincent has died, he also gets an unexpected windfall. Jerry had left instructions that Mickey should inherit all of his clients - putting Mickey's stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent was about to go to bat for Walter Elliott, the Hollywood mogul accused of brutally slaying his wife and her lover, in a trial that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight. If Mickey could find the magic bullet and win that one against the odds, he'd really be back in the big leagues. The only problem is that Vincent was murdered, shot at close range in his office garage. And the detective handling the case - a certain Harry Bosch - is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent's clients. Suddenly Jerry Vincent's legacy is beginning to look more like a poisoned chalice, and Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to successfully defend a client who might just be planning to murder him.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Edition: 1ST
Publisher: Orion
Published: 16 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 0752875833
ISBN 13: 9780752875835
Book Overview: Michael Connelly is a #1 bestseller in the UK, the US, Ireland, Australia, France and Italy THE LINCOLN LAWYER was selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, guaranteeing an upsurge in Connelly's sales Movie rights to THE LINCOLN LAWYER have been sold to Lakeshore Entertainment (producers of Oscar winning 'Million Dollar Baby') for a seven-figure sum Connelly has won or been short-listed for many awards: his first novel THE BLACK ECHO won the Edgar Award; CITY OF BONES won the Anthony Award; BLOOD WORK was nominated for an Edgar; ANGELS FLIGHT and CITY OF BONES for the Gold Dagger Connelly gets consistently brilliant reviews and is seen as one of the leading, if not the leading, American crime writer of his generation
Prizes: Winner of Anthony Awards: Best Novel 2009.