Tuesday, August 10, 2021

The Gods of Guilt

Mickey Haller is back though his life is as troubled as ever.  It has been a year since his run for District Attorney was ruined when a former client killed a mother and daughter in a drunk driving accident.  Mickey's teen-aged daughter, who has always had trouble understanding how her father defended criminals, has refused to see him.  It is a rough patch for him.  Out of the blue, he is called upon to represent a pimp who has been arrested for murdering one of his prostitutes.  When asked who referred him, the pimp says that the dead prostitute said he was the best lawyer.  Mickey had never heard of her.  Or had he?

There are a lot of callbacks to the Lincoln Lawyer in this novel.  Not only is Earl back as Mickey's driver, but we also see the return of lawyer-hating Detective Langford.  A major plot point to the novel was a throwaway deal that Mickey had engineered for a client during the Lincoln Lawyer.  Added to the callbacks, there is a cameo by Harry Bosch.

Can Mickey convince the jury, the titular Gods of Guilty, that his client is innocent.  It looks like long odds but the client is paying in gold bricks and Mickey has an angle.  Extremely entertaining and highly recommended.

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