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Friday, August 19, 2011
Audiobook Review: The Lincoln Lawyer series by Michael Connelly
I don’t really do legal thrillers. I maxed out on John Grisham in the mid-1990s and have avoided the genre ever since. However, last month Audible offered a super-sweet deal on the unabridged version of Michael Connelly’s The Brass Verdict, so I decided to give it a try. Before I knew it, I had listened to all the books in the Mickey Haller series and made a serious dent in Connelly’s backlist. I even convinced my mom to listen to two Connelly books on our recent roadtrip and the books were so engrossing that we didn t speak for all 1,553 miles. (Not true, but pretty close. )

L. A. defense attorney Mickey Haller is known around town as The Lincoln Lawyer (yes, the Matthew McConaughey movie was based on the books) because that’s where his office is – in the back of a Lincoln Town Car. It’s not really standard operating procedure for a criminal defense attorney, but it works for Mickey and his motley crew of employees. Mickey is smart and street-savvy, and he loves to win. He has his own sense of justice, though, and just because he defends some really bad dudes doesn’t mean he likes to see the bad guys win. His personal code of honor motivates him, and he really does serve justice in his own rather ruthless way.

There were two narrators for the books – Adam Grupper for The Lincoln Lawyer and Peter Giles for the latter three books in the series. Both were excellent – their characterization of Mickey was great and they voiced the secondary characters distinctly. I’d definitely recommend these books for anyone who’s a fan of legal thrillers or people who just like a darn good listen.

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The Lincoln Lawyer (11 hrs, 35 mins) –Louis Roulet is a wealthy Beverly Hills real estate scion accused of rape and attempted murder, but he has no criminal history whatsoever. Louis maintains it’s all a set-up or a shake-down to get money out of him, so Mickey and his team do some investigating into the victim. As their investigation deepens, Mickey realizes that this isn’t the first time a woman has been brutalized in the same way – is it possible he finally has an innocent client?


I watched the movie the other day and thought it was a great depiction of the book. I was surprised at how faithful the script was to the book’s plot and overall, it was really well done. And as for Matthew McConaughey…wowza. That guy sure is easy on the eyes. Grade: A-


The Brass Verdict (11 hrs, 22 mins) – Mickey’s life has dramatically changed since the events of The Lincoln Lawyer, and he hasn’t been in a courtroom in months. When an old legal colleague is found dead, Mickey inherits all his clients, including an OJ-like case of a Hollywood mogul who murdered his wife and her young lover. Connelly definitely shifted Mickey’s story with this one, but it worked, and watching Mickey have to rebuild his legal career was highly entertaining. Grade: B+


Michael Connelly Lincoln Lawyer Series

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