Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer Series in Order (2024)

Mickey Haller is a cynical defense attorney defending mostly the scum of Los Angeles. He works out the back of his car, driving from courthouse to courthouse. Haller isn’t too concerned about guilt or innocence; he believes the law to be more about negotiation and manipulation. When Louise Roulet, a rich womanizer and real estate agent from Beverly Hills, is charged with viciously assaulting a woman, he enlists Haller’s help. At first, Haller is excited to have a high paying client. But when he and his investigator start digging, things turn violent and Haller begins to question his approach.

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InThe Reversal,Mickey Haller changes sides, so to speak. For this high-profile case, Haller is going to be prosecuting the criminal rather than defending him. After over two decades in jail, a convicted child murder—Jason Jessup—is being set free. New DNA evidence has been tested, and it exonerated him. However, Haller is not so sure of Jessup's innocence. In fact, quite the opposite—he’s convinced Jessup is guilty and will kill again. Because of this, he agrees to prosecute the case. But only if he gets to choose his LAPD investigator. He teams up with Harry Bosch and they dig into the case for retrial. The odds are not exactly in their favor, but Haller and Bosch brave the dangers in order to put this killer behind bars.

Due to problems in the economy, Mickey Haller is having a rough go. He’s had to expand his legal purview to foreclosure law to make ends meet. His first foreclosure client is Lisa Trammel. Mickey manages to keep her roof over her head, but there’s been pushback from the bank. Soon, a high-level bank employee is found dead and Lisa is the main suspect. Now Haller’s back to do what he does best—criminal defense. But this case isn’t going to be as easy as he thinks. In fact, it’s going to change everything.

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Haller is texted by someone that needs his help. He doesn’t know the details, but he knows it involves a 187—the code for murder. Soon he finds out that the victim is a previous client of his. She was a sex worker, and he thought he had helped her. But it seems like she is back doing sex work, and it was likely Haller who put her in harm’s way. As he dives into the case, the past starts catching up with him. Is he to blame for what happened to her? Only time will tell.

Defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is charged with murder and can’t make the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge.
Mickey elects to defend himself and must strategize and build his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles, all the while looking over his shoulder–as an officer of the court he is an instant target.
Mickey knows he’s been framed. Now, with the help of his trusted team, he has to figure out who has plotted to destroy his life and why. Then he has to go before a judge and jury and prove his innocence.

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Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff’s deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn’t add up, and a sheriff’s department intent on bringing a quick search for justice in the killing of one of its own. The path to justice for both the lawyer and his investigator is fraught with danger from those who don’t want the case reopened. And they will stop at nothing to keep the Haller-Bosch dream team from uncovering what the deputy’s killing was really about.