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Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his... read more
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Characters edit
- Mickey Haller: Lawyer and main charater
- Cisco: Mickey Haller's investigator
- Michael Haller: aka Mickey; a defense lawyer, currently working in the field of bank foreclosures to stay in business
- Lisa Trammel: one of Mickey's foreclosure clients; becomes the primary suspect in the murder of the bank employee who was overseeing her foreclosure case
- Maggie: Mickey's ex wife
- Hayley: Haller's daughter
- Lorna: Haller's admin
- Mitchell Bondurant: the bank employee responsible for overseeing many foreclosure cases, including Lisa Trammel's; murdered at the start of the story
- Andrea Freeman: the prosecuting attorney assigned to oppose Mickey in the trial of Lisa Trammel
- Dennis Wojciechowski: aka Cisco, a private investigator and friend of Mickey's, married to Lorna Taylor
- Lorna Taylor: one of Mickey's ex-wives, currently works for Mickey as a receptionist, married to Cisco
- Jennifer Aronson: aka Bullocks, a fresh-out-of-law-school junior attorney working for Mickey
- Maggie McPherson: aka Maggie McFierce, Mickey's ex-wife and on-again-off-again flame, works in the DA's office
- Hayley McPherson: Mickey's daughter, currently living with her mom, Maggie
- Herb Dahl: Movie producer who is interested in Lisa Trammel's case and becomes her companion.
- Rojas: Driver of Mickey Haller's Lincoln Town car
- Kurlen: Chief detective on Lisa Trammel's murder case.
- Donald Driscoll: Facebook friend of Lisa Trammel, witness for the Defense.
- Judge Perry: Judge in Lisa Trammel's murder case.
- Louis Opparizio: CEO of ALOFT, company that handles foreclosures.
- Lisa Trammel: Mickey Haller's client, who has been accused of murder.
- Longstreth: A new detective working with Kurlen. Longstreth is great on the stand, and works well with scientific evidence.
- Mrs. Pena: A forclosure client of Haller's. Mrs. Pena is unable to pay her mortgage after her drug dealer sons are imprisoned.
- Margo Schafer: The only eyewitness in the Trammel case.
- Jeff Trammel: Lisa Trammel's estranged husband.
- Gutierrez: Dr. "Guts" works for the M.E. office. He testifies about the wounds and the murder weapon.
- Vasquez: FBI Agent
- Mcreynolds: Add a description of this character.
- Covington
- Joe
- Andy
- Danny Greene
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First Sentence edit
Mrs Pena looked across the seat at me and held her hands up in a beseeching manner.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 5 in Mickey Haller. (standard series)
Preceded by The Reversal.
This is book 5 of 20 in New York Times Bestsellers - Paperback Mass-Market Fiction (Current). (authoritative list)
Preceded by A Game of Thrones, and followed by Vision in White.
This book is in 2011 Published Books. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael Connelly (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 5, 2011
ISBN: 9780316069359
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 5, 2011
ISBN: 9780316069359
Page Count: 448
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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