The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly
The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly
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The Fifth Witness

Author: Michael Connelly

Narrator: Peter Giles

Unabridged: 13 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/05/2011


Synopsis

In this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, after taking on a foreclosure case, defense attorney Mickey Haller fights to prove his client’s innocence—but first he must follow a trail of black market evidence to its sinister end   Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home.

Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market dealings of his own, Haller is assaulted, too -- and he's certain he's on the right trail.

Despite the danger and uncertainty, Haller mounts the best defense of his career in a trial where the last surprise comes after the verdict is in. Connelly proves again why he "may very well be the best novelist working in the United States today" (San Francisco Chronicle).

About Michael Connelly

Author Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia PA in 1956. His genre of choice are crime fiction and thrillers. The term "detectiveis used to describe many of his works, such as those featuring LAPD Detective HieronymusBosch or criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. Most every reader is familiar with those characters. A fun fact is that Connelly recreated a lot of publicity when President Bill Clinton was exiting a bookstore carrying the Connelly novel, "The Concrete Blonde "Harry novels

Connelly wrote which was adapted to film with Cline Eastwood as director and playing the lead actor as character FBI agent Terry McCabe. The book and movie were based on the "survivorsthat a person has after a heart transplant. s interest in the world of crime investigation come when he was 16 and one night on his way home from working as a dishwasher, he witnessed a man throwing an object into a hedge. Curious, he retrieved the object which ended up being a gun wrapped in a flannel shirt. A great happening for a future fictional crime novelist.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on December 19, 2024

Full disclosure, the more and more I was reading this book, the more and more this story felt familiar. And then it occurred to me that this book was one of the stories that was used in “The Lincoln Lawyer” Netflix series. So, that is why I thought I had “read” it before. But, the book and series, s......more

Goodreads review by James on January 20, 2019

In a difficult economy, the criminal defense business is not all that it used to be and so Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, is reduced to defending clients who are about to lose their homes to foreclosure. One of his clients, a not very pleasant woman named Lisa Trammel, is not content simply to l......more

Goodreads review by Anne on July 01, 2024

Harry gets into defending foreclosures during the housing crisis to make a buck. So how does he end up with another high-profile murder case? When his biggest pain in the ass client gets arrested for killing the bank executive in charge of her foreclosure, her first call is to him. Who better to defen......more

Goodreads review by Baba on December 10, 2023

The Lincoln Lawyer book No. 4: Not my first Harry Bosch universe read, but my first Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller series read. And before I start recounting this volume I must say that Connelly has completely nailed the way to write serial books that anyone can jump in on in any volume and still enj......more

Goodreads review by Neil on January 18, 2014

I'm on a Michael Connelly/Micky Haller roll right now. I picked up THE FIFTH WITNESS while on vacation and stayed up late the other night to finish it. Not to worry, I went to bed satisfied. Once again, Michael Connelly excels in courtroom drama. What continues to amaze is how well Connelly thoroughl......more