Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lincoln Lawyer | 2005 | Mickey Haller | Buy |
| 2 | The Brass Verdict | 2008 | Mickey Haller | Buy |
| 3 | The Reversal | 2010 | Mickey Haller | Buy |
| 4 | The Fifth Witness | 2011 | Mickey Haller | Buy |
| 5 | The Gods of Guilt | 2013 | Mickey Haller | Buy |
| 6 | The Law of Innocence | 2020 | Mickey Haller | Buy |
| 7 | Resurrection Walk | 2023 | Mickey Haller | Buy |
| 8 | The Proving Ground | 2025 | Mickey Haller | N/A |
Mickey Haller is not a detective. He’s the defense lawyer who gets called in after the arrest, and he’s very good at his job. Michael Connelly built the Lincoln Lawyer series around the other side of the legal system — the side that asks whether the prosecution can actually prove what it claims. Haller works out of the back of his Town Car because a fixed office would mean fixed overhead; his practice is mobile, like his clients’ problems.
The first novel introduces Haller representing a motorcycle gang member who turns out to be innocent, and the moral weight of that discovery drives the rest of the book. Later entries put Haller in more complex territory: defending someone he knows killed before, investigating a case after the verdict, and in The Law of Innocence, being charged with murder himself. The series stays grounded in Los Angeles courts and neighborhoods throughout.
Netflix began adapting the series in 2022 with Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Haller. The show has run for multiple seasons and draws from several books, though it rearranges events and adds storylines not in the source material. Start with The Lincoln Lawyer if you want the original version of the story.