The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly is the sixth of seven books in the Lincoln Lawyer series. Defense star attorney Mickey Haller had just won another case, setting an innocent man free. He spent several hours in a bar while celebrating with his team although Haller had been sober for about five years. When he was pulled over by a cop on his way home, he was baffled because he knew he had not violated and traffic rules. It was then that he found that his license plate was missing, and allegedly, that was why the cop pulled him over. Upon was appeared to be blood dripping from his trunk, the cop demanded that he open the trunk, and that was when they discovered the body of one of Haller’s former clients who had been shot in the head. Haller was promptly taken to jail and charged with murder.
This book had Connelly’s usual cast of great characters. The young DA was hard hitting and uncompromising. She clearly believed that Haller was guilty and that this would be a great victory for her. Haller planned to have his up and coming law partner, Jennifer Arronson, be his co-council on the case. She was making progress until she was called away to be with her father who was dying. Interestingly, Haller’s first wife. Maggie McPherson, a life-time prosecutor, then stepped into take over the defense co-council role. This was another dramatic courtroom drama of highs and lows as the case developed.
To some extent, those of us who love such murder mysteries and thrillers, must be willing to accept some hits on reality testing of these stories. I think Connelly’s remarkable success with this series has been do in part to making the circumstances of his characters to be believable. However, this book does not live up to that standard. It just seemed ridiculous to me that the mighty Lincoln Lawyer was blindly held for a crime he would not have committed. Unlike my take on nearly ever book Connelly has written, I simply can’t give this one a solid recommendation.
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