Description

When defense attorney Mickey Haller is framed for the murder of a former client, his fight for freedom becomes a high-stakes test of everything he believes about justice. From inside a jail cell, he must navigate the same legal machinery he once controlled—contending with shifting evidence, strategic delays, and the brutal psychological toll of a case that threatens to swallow him whole. As Haller works to prove his innocence, the novel explores the “law of innocence”: the idea that true exoneration requires more than a verdict—it demands the exposure of the real culprit. Michael Connelly delivers his trademark, hard-edged legal thriller intensity with first-person immediacy, sharp courtroom tension, and a deeply personal, morally charged story about truth, power, and the cost of defending it.

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paperback

Little Brown & Company

Published Jan 1, 2020

480 pages

ISBN: 9780316541732

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First Published

2020

Language

eng

Content Warnings

Content and trigger warnings for Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly.

Violence
Death/Grief
War/Trauma