The Gods of Guilt

When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from number-one New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly and bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt. Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. He soon finds out that she was back in LA

Red Rock Bookworm said PLAYING THE BLAME GAME AND THE GODS OF GUILT. Michael Connelly is one of those writers' who is able to grab the reader's imagination with his first sentence: "I approached the witness stand with a warm and welcoming smile. This, of course, belied my true intent, which was to destroy the woman who sat there with her eyes fixed on mine." From this opening, Connelly's latest Mickey Haller book, THE GODS OF GUILT, weaves its way through a slalom-like plot that has Mickey and his team wending their way through multiple precarious scenarios as they build a defense for their latest client, a cyber-pimp known as Andre LaCosse.Curren. "Vultures and defense attorneys" according to Lacelle. The Gods of guilt are us. We, who have a conscience, a sense of morality, a sense of humanity, and everything that makes us compassionate.Mickey lost his election bid for DA and this is months later. He has become estranged from his 15 year old daughter. She still sees life in black and white, right or wrong, nothing in between. To make matters worse between them, Mickey is called on to defend a digital pimp who is accused of killing one of his girls. He had defended that same girl several years ago and she had a special place in his heart. He had helped her out of the life, or d. The Lincoln Lawyer rides again Criminal defence attorney Mickey Haller is back doing what he does best - running his small legal practice from the back of his Lincoln Town Car. He is still recovering from a time when switched sides to be a successful prosecutor, and he nearly became Los Angeles County District Attorney before disaster struck when a defence case went badly wrong and impacted his career and his relationship with his daughter and first wife.Mickey is always on the lookout for cases with the highest stakes and biggest paybacks and the top of the line are murder cases. One day Andre La Cosse, an in