Worth reading: Yes

Summary: Mike Haller, defense lawyer. His office is the back seat of a Lincoln. His driver, one of his ex-clients.

His clients are the criminals looking to get off. His job is to create enough doubt, enough grey area, to get them off.

His latest client looks to be a windfall. A franchise client. One with a lot of money.

The victim is a street-walker. She has been seriously beaten and the evidence is pointing to Mike's client.

Twists and turns abound as Mike fights for his life both in the courtroom and out of it, and as the case unfolds Mike comes to face his greatest fear.. not recognising innocence when he's faced with it.

I usually find it hard to get into Lawyer tales but this one is a cracker.

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