The Lincoln Lawyer: A Mysterious Profile

By Michael Connelly

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author tells the origin story of LA defense attorney Mickey Haller.
 
In this concise, absorbing account, Michael Connelly reveals the work—and the strokes of luck—that contributed to his creation of the character Mickey Haller, the subject of multiple bestselling novels as well as the hit Netflix series. He reveals the lawyers, both fictional and real-life, who played a role in shaping the sharp-witted attorney who does his best work in the back seat—and the librarian who planted the seeds of his future literary career in the steamy, sticky Florida of his childhood. This is not only a portrait of Mickey Haller, but a fascinating look at the award-winning crime novelist who created him, along with Harry Bosch and other unforgettable characters.
 
“Haller is the kind of slick, cynical showman who can’t resist making high drama out of every legal procedure. . . . There’s always something deadly serious behind Connelly’s entertaining courtroom high jinks.” ―Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times
 
“If at first encounter Connelly seems primarily an exceptionally accomplished writer of crime novels, at closer examination he is also a mordant and knowing chronicler of the world in which crime takes place, i.e., our world.” —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post

• Language: English
• Publisher: MysteriousPress.com Open Road
• Release date: Jul 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781504079419

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. His books have been translated into 36 languages and have won many awards. He lives with his family in Florida.

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The Lincoln Lawyer

A Mysterious Profile

Michael Connelly

Mickey Haller: The Origin of the Species

One part of the theory of evolution holds that only the fittest of species survive over time. In many ways the development of a protagonist for a novel or a series of novels goes through the same process. A synthesis of sorts in which many ideas and nuances of character come to the writer and are sifted over time. Only a few of these brush strokes make it to the canvas and only a few of these characters become fully realized and go the distance, seeing life in the pages of a book. I think Defense Attorney Mickey Haller makes a good case for the literary theory of survival of the fittest.

Haller first found life in The Lincoln Lawyer but I can trace his origins back to at least four places—some old, some recent, at least one and maybe all purely happenstance. These influences became part of