THE LAW of INNOCENCE (audiobook)(Mickey Haller #6) by Michael Connelly






Published in November of 2020 by Little, Brown and Company.

Read by Peter Giles.
Duration: 12 hours, 27 minutes.
Unabridged.


I am an enthusiastic fan of Michael Connelly's books, but to me the Mickey Haller/Lincoln Lawyer series has always been a lesser series than the related Harry Bosch series. It is never bad - just not quite as good.

I am pleased to say that The Law of Innocence is much better than the typical offering in this series. In fact, this is one of the best fiction audiobooks I have listened to in quite a while.

Mickey Haller is known to many as The Lincoln Lawyer. He has that nickname because he works out of the back of his car (always a Lincoln) rather than have an actual office in traffic-plagued Los Angeles. He has wi-fi, a printer and access to his digital files. His office manager works from her home office and sort of acts as his "air traffic controller" by setting up his schedule and arranging places to meet his next appointment. His drivers are typically former clients, some of whom are driving to work off their attorney's fees. 

The book begins with Mickey Haller hosting a party at a downtown bar celebrating a not guilty verdict. Haller is not partaking because he has been clean and sober for the past several years. This is an important point as he drives home and gets pulled over. Certain that this is a bad stop for drunk driving, Haller is surprised to see that he has a missing license plate. He is even more surprised to see a liquid dripping from the back of his car. The officer is sure it is blood, cuffs Haller and opens the trunk to find the body of a former client.

Haller is, of course, innocent. Haller goes from being a defense attorney to being the defendant in a murder trial and the case against him is very strong...

Note: The Law of Innocence has a lot of ties to the fourth novel in the series, The Fifth Witness

I rate this audiobook 5 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: THE LAW of INNOCENCE (audiobook)(Mickey Haller #6) by Michael Connelly.


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