This sequel is a bit straightforward and anticlimactic, but it remains fun to watch criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller at work, staying narrowly inside the ethical bounds of his profession in general and covering his tracks well when circumstances lead him to stray. In this volume, another lawyer has been killed, leaving instructions that our protagonist is to take over all his active cases, including an upcoming high-profile murder trial with a client who refuses to delay. The main appeal of the story for most readers is probably that Mickey finally meets his half-brother Harry Bosch, the LAPD detective and hero of other books by author Michael Connelly, although the two men don't share as many scenes together as I'd like. I've still enjoyed the read for its solid courtroom drama, but haven't found the novel overall to be as twisty or clever as the original Lincoln Lawyer.

[Content warning for gun violence, drug abuse, fatphobia, and homophobia including slurs.]

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