The Law of Innocence (Lincoln Lawyer Book 6) Kindle Edition

Best of the series, so far. Many twists and turns. This one was so much better than the previous book.

Very good book. I was a huge follower of Netflix The Lincoln Lawyer. So, reading this book, I already knewwhat the individuals in the book looked like. .. I know it sound’s dorky but it sorta made it fun. the book has kind of a slow start but, once it picks up I was unable to put it down. This is the second book I have read by this author and Ican guarantee it won’t be the last.

First, I am a great Michael Connelly fan and have read all of his novels and his nonfiction book, CRIME BEAT. I particularly like the Mickey Haller books because there is a dearth of good courtroom dramas, now that Steve Martini has switched genres. Mickey is the only serious game in town and much of THE LAW OF INNOCENCE (beautifully titled and explained) consists of courtroom drama. MC's ability to command the necessary knowledge of the law, of legal maneuvers and courtroom niceties is very, very impressive.Mickey is in a world of hurt. A body of a previous client has been found in the trunk of one of his Lincolns and blood and ballistic evidence have been found in the garage of his home. He is arrested for murder, jailed in the Twin Towers and forced to fight under reduced circumstances for his liberty and life.Fortunately, he has a good team, a jailhouse associate to watch his back, and the assistance of his half brother, Harry Bosch. Harry's role is more than a cameo appearance in the novel, but he stays on the peripheries of the action. MC cleverly makes this a story about friends and family, not just crime and the law. The family dimensions (with Mickey working with two ex-wives and being rejoined by a former girlfriend) are sweet and engaging.The book also has a contemporary feel since it is set at the outset of the Covid pandemic and ends with people wearing masks, face shields and rubber gloves. Unfortunately, the pandemic is largely irrelevant for the story and is a tad distracting. I know that this would not happen, but the book feels as if some eager and inexperienced editor has persuaded MC to make the book 'a little more current'.As readers of the other Amazon reviews will know, there are two problems with the book. The most serious one concerns the ending, which I will not spoil (though another reviewer has). Suffice to say that the principal plot arc prepares the reader for a crescendo ending which is muted. The ending is plausible, more or less satisfying and probably inevitable, but it throws off the rhythms of the book.The second problem is more of an annoyance than a flaw, but the Amazon reviews point up how important it is to many readers. Mickey is not a Trump fan and he goes out of his way to eliminate a Trump voter from his jury. There are incidental criticisms of DJT which are not essential to the story. Note that the novel is one with first person narration. Mickey is criticizing DJT, not Michael Connelly. This is annoying because it is largely gratuitous. This is not a full-on assault, as in Carl Hiaasen's recent novel, SQUEEZE ME. As other reviewers commented (and as I noted in my review of the Hiaasen book) it is not particularly shrewd to antagonize half of your potential readers, and as one reviewer noted, we come to crime fiction for escape, entertainment and inspiration. Our culture is suffused with politics and many of us would prefer to have far less of it. Personally, I love a good political novel but prefer to be spared politicized novels. In THE LAW OF INNOCENCE the political commentary is incidental and, as I said above, more of an annoyance than a mortal flaw.My considered judgment is that this was, potentially, the best of the Lincoln Lawyer novels, but its plot rhythms were such that the great ending never fully materialized. Hence 4 stars.

I really loved the story. The flow of the story is excellent. I have to give a five-star even though I did not enjoy the causing. The LORD'S WORDS tell us not to let corrupt communication proceed out of our mouth. Thus is the world we live in, unfortunately, where people think it is normal to curse.

I love the Lincoln Lawyer series, even more than I love Hieronymus Bosch. Michael Connelly's character, Mickey Haller is so very flawed, always setting himself up for the trouble he gets himself into. Yet Mickey is so brutally aware of his own faults, always trying to put things right again, that I can't help but love him, as do the characters close to him. In The Law of Innocence, Connelly takes this trait to its logical conclusion. Mickey is at a point in his life where he isn't making the same old mistakes. The story opens up in a bar where he is celebrating having won a case, but he hasn't even been tempted to drink. His relationship with his daughter and ex-wife are in good shape. Bam! When Haller is framed for a murder he didn't commit, he ignores the maxim that he who would defend himself has a fool for a client, showing himself to be the same old fool. Nevertheless, he's nobody's fool. He won't even bale himself out because that would involve spending the money he has put away for his daughter's education--Maddy is now in law school. So it's easy to cheer them on when friends and associates rally around and Mick fights the case of his life. Michael Connelly plots wonderfully, and this book keeps the fun coming with twists and turns, all believable, all engrossing. In most of the Lincoln Lawyer novels Mick and his team eviscerate the evidence, but in Law of Innocence, they fight a case without having all the pieces to the puzzle, which keeps the series fresh. There is one aspect of Connelly's narration that I always enjoy, and Law of Innocence has it in spades. He has the ability to describe action in the simplest of terms, yet I can see it before my eyes. Connelly has a trick where he will describe a character's gesture, and I find myself repeating that gesture to myself, compelled to act it out, not just to visualize the gesture, but to feel it. The author's latest is worth every word. And lest you be worried, Mick's half-brother, Bosch, is there for the fun--he wouldn't miss it for the world.

I’m ready for the next one! Already ordered and waiting for me. At lease it gives leisure time some adventure!