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Outstanding
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Chicago Tribune Dick Adler
Connelly has stepped up to the plate in the overflowing ballpark of
legal thrillers and blasted a grand slam his first time at bat. [2 Oct 2005]
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Outstanding
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Los Angeles Times Eugen Weber
Beware of picking up Michael Connelly's "The Lincoln Lawyer." You won't want to put it down until you've navigated its rapids to the end. [30 Sep 2005, p. E28]
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Outstanding
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Publishers Weekly
Heart-stopping twists and topflight storytelling. [5 Sep 2005, p. 36]
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Outstanding
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San Francisco Chronicle David Lazarus
Connelly's work has it all--sharply drawn, engaging characters, snappy dialogue and a plot that moves like a shot of Red Bull.
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Outstanding
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The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Margaret Cannon
The Lincoln Lawyer is everything a great novel ought to be. [8 Oct 2005]
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Outstanding
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USA Today Carol Memmott
The Lincoln Lawyer is Connelly's first legal thriller and is one of the best novels he has written, if not the best.
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Outstanding
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Boston Globe Hallie Ephron
Legal thrillers don't get better than this, and Connelly is at the top of his game in this departure from his usual PI/police procedural.
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Favorable
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Chicago Sun-Times Gary Dretzka
Ethically blind lawyers lead a famously blind justice system through a maze of misplaced values, all in the service of morally blind clients and politicians blinded by power.
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Favorable
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Wall Street Journal Tom Nolan
A tense and surprise-filled story that does justice to both halves of the phrase "legal thriller."
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Favorable
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Washington Post Jonathan Yardley
If the best of Grisham's legal novels grade in at a solid A, The Lincoln Lawyer gets an equally solid B+, which isn't exactly bad for the first time out.
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Favorable
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Daily Telegraph Susanna Yager
There are moments of real tension before Connelly, the master storyteller, comes up with a solution worthy of John Grisham. A fine start to a welcome new series.
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Favorable
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The Guardian Maxim Jakubowski
Connelly has risen to the challenge of reinvigorating the legal thriller in this, probably his best book since The Poet.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
Mr. Connelly hurtles into the realm of the legal thriller with excitingly renewed energy and a full bag of tricks.
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Favorable
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Entertainment Weekly Thom Geier
While the book's villain turns out to be a tad too one-note, Connelly presents a fascinating look at how defense lawyers below the Johnnie Cochran level operate--as well as a compelling mystery that has more sudden turns than Mulholland Drive.
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Favorable
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Kirkus Reviews
Contains everything readers have come to expect from powerhouse Connelly. [1 Aug 2005, p. 803]
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Favorable
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Library Journal Jeff Ayers
Connelly, author of the best-selling Harry Bosch police procedurals (e.g., The Closers), proves he can handle even the legal thriller genre with this intricate and cynical look into the criminal justice system. [1 Oct 2005, p. 64]
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