new York Times Bestselling Author Michael Connelly Delivers His First Legal Thriller--an Incendiary Tale About A Cynical Defense Attorney Whose One Remaining Spark Of Integrity May Cost Him His Life.
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 Pro Who Operates Out Of The Backseat Of His Lincoln Town Car, To Defend The Clients At The Bottom Of The Legal Food Chain. It's No Wonder That He Is Despised By Cops, Prosecutors, And Even Some Of His Own Clients.
from Bikers To Con Artists To Drunk Drivers And Drug Dealers, They're All On Mickey Haller's Client List. But When A Beverly Hills Rich Boy Is Arrested For Brutally Beating A Woman, Haller Has His First High-paying Client In Years. It's A Franchise Case And He's Sure It Will Be A Slam Dunk In The Courtroom. For Once, He May Be Defending A Client Who Is Actually Innocent.
but An Investigator Is Murdered For Getting Too Close To The Truth And Haller Quickly Discovers That His Search For Innocence Has Taken Him Face-to-face With A Kind Of Evil As Pure As A Flame. To Escape Without Being Burned, Haller Must Use All Of His Skills To Manipulate A System In Which He No Longer Believes.
the New York Times - Janet Maslin
the Book Is Haunted By Mickey's Worst Nightmare: The Thought Of Having To Defend An Innocent Man. He Starts Out Without The Foggiest Idea Of What To Do With Someone Like That. But By The End Of The Story An Honest Abe Conscience Has Begun To Kick In. That's When Mickey Becomes A Connelly Character Through And Through.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Crime
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Author : Connelly, Michael
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2008-09-16
Number Of Pages : 432
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0446541133
ISBN-13 : 9780446541138
Item weight : 0.79 lb
Dimensions : 1.02 in x 5.2 in x 7.8 in
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