La défense Lincoln

French language

Published May 3, 2007

ISBN:
978-2-7578-0476-6
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The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2005 novel, the 16th by American crime writer Michael Connelly. It introduces Los Angeles attorney Mickey Haller, half-brother of Connelly's mainstay character Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. It was adapted as a 2011 film of the same name, starring Matthew McConaughey.

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Police procedural, about a defence lawyer.

4 stars

I guess Connelly (e.g. with the Bosch novels) always mixes courtroom / legal drama with cop / detective adventure. That is true here as well, although the main character is probably more ethically gray than Bosch at his grayest.

I did like the theme most of Haller's clients were not actually evil. They might be thugs, but Haller makes a distinction between trying to get by and making some bad choices, and actual evil.

Long suffering ex wives seem to be a theme with Connelly. Possible author life spoiler there?

I did zip right through it, so it might be a perfect read for sitting on the front porch in the summer.

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