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Violence
A lot
Murder charge and the crime behind it; some violence in investigation
Language
Some
Moderate language in a courtroom and jail register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult relationship
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The vulnerability of a defense lawyer when the system turns on him, the specific horror of being in jail and unable to investigate freely, the legal strategy of a man who knows all the tricks
What this book is about
The sixth Lincoln Lawyer novel. Mickey Haller is pulled over and a body is found in the trunk of his car. He's charged with murder and has to mount his own defense from inside the jail while his team investigates the frame-up from outside. Connelly delivers one of his most confined and procedurally inventive thrillers: a defense lawyer forced to apply his own methods to his own case.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
murder frame-up thriller
legal procedural in and out of the courtroom
best read with Lincoln Lawyer series familiarity
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