They're called Lincoln Lawyers the bottom of the legal food chain, the criminal defence attorneys who operate out of the back of a Lincoln town car, taking whatever cases the system throws in their path Mickey Haller has been in the business a long time, and he knows just how to work it When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested for brutally beating a woman, Haller has his first high-paying client in years The evidence mounts on the defence's side, and Haller might even be in the rare position of defending a client who is actually innocent But then his case starts to fall apart