by Michael Connelly (Author)
They're called Lincoln Lawyers: the bottom of the legal food chain, the criminal defence attorneys who operate out of the back of a Lincoln Town Car, taking whatever cases the system throws in their path. Mickey Haller has been in the business a long time, and he knows just how to work it. When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested for brutally beating a woman, Haller has his first high-paying client in years. The evidence mounts on the defence's side, and Haller might even be in the rare position of defending a client who is actually innocent. But when his case starts to fall apart and neither the suspect nor the victim are quite who they seem, Haller quickly discovers that when you swim with the sharks, it's easy to wind up as prey.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: Open Market Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 06 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0752879529
ISBN 13: 9780752879529
Book Overview: Michael Connelly is a Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author in hardback and mass market paperback. THE LINCOLN LAWYER has been selected for Richard & Judy's Book Club. He has won or been nominated for all the major crime writing awards, including the Edgar and the CWA Gold Dagger. Major movie deals are in place for all Connelly's novels - rights for THE LINCOLN LAWYER have been sold to Lakeshore Entertainment (producers of Oscar winning 'Million Dollar Baby') for a seven-figure sum. Michael Connelly has excellent sales figures and reviews to match: 'Connelly is writing the best detective fiction out there' Spectator. 'Excellent ... as dark and thrilling as ever' Daily Mail. 'A first-to-last-page gripper ... and so well tuned that it delights and nudges the memory for weeks after first reading' Literary Review. 'In my view, Connelly is the best of the current crop of American crime writers ... as gripping as anything he's done' Mail on Sunday. 'No one is writing better than Michael Connelly ... This is crime fiction of the highest quality' The Times.
Prizes: Shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2006.