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Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game.

When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. He soon finds out that she was back in LA and back in the life. Far from saving her, Mickey may have been the one who put her in danger.

Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly and bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt.

Table of Contents
Part 1: Glory Days
Chapters 1-10

Part 2: Mr. Lucy
Chapters 11-28

Part 3: The Man in the Hat
Chapters 29-42

Part 4: The Gods of Guilt
Closing Argument

Character List
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J. Michael (Mickey) Haller: Defense attorney who operates out of his Lincoln town car. He has been married and divorced twice, and has a young daughter from his first wife.
Maggie McPherson: Mickey's first ex-wife. She is a skilled prosecutor in the District Attorney's office.
Hayley Haller: Mickey and Maggie's 14-year old daughter.
Lorna Taylor: Mickey's ex-wife and his business manager. She's married to Cisco.
Dennis (Cisco) Wojciechowski: Mickey's investigator. He's married to Lorna.
Jennifer (Bullocks) Aronson: Mickey's new associate, a recent graduate of Southwestern.
Earl Briggs: Mickey’s driver.
Kendall Roberts: Former prostitute who once worked with Gloria. She’s 39-years old and is now owns a yoga studio called Flex. She’s tall with reddish brown hair.
David (Legal) Siegel: Mickey’s father’s former law partner. He mentored Mickey after his father died.
Andre La Cosse: Digital pimp for Giselle who is accused of having murdered her. He’s Mickey’s client.
Giselle Dallinger: Murder victim La Cosse is accused of killing.
Gloria Dayton: aka Glory Days. Mickey’s former client who he helped start a new life.
Hector Arrande Moya: Man Gloria helped put behind bars in exchange for her freedom. He received a life sentence. He was a low-level dealer involved with a brutal cartel.
Sylvester (Sly) Fulgoni, Sr.: Disbarred attorney serving time in the same federal prison as Moya for tax evasion.
Sylvester (Sly) Fulgoni, Jr.: Sly, Sr.’s son, a "baby" attorney. He’s representing Moya in his quest to get his conviction overturned.
Fernando Valenzuela: Bail bondsman and owner of Liberty Bail Bonds who once referred clients to Haller.
Nancy Leggoe: Judge presiding over Andre’s case.
Mark Whitten: Lead detective assigned to Giselle’s case.
William Forsythe: Deputy DA assigned to Andre’s case.
Lee Lankford: Former Glendale Police detective, now an investigator for the DAs office.
James Marco: DEA agent.
Damon Kennedy: District Attorney.
Leslie Faire: Former deputy DA on Gloria Dayton's case seven years ago. She’s now the head deputy DA in charge of the Major Trials Unit.
Trina Rafferty: aka Trina Trixxx. Prostitute who worked with Gloria and Kendall.
Mallory Gladwell: Juror #4 who Mickey considers to be the alpha juror, the one he needs to convince of Andre’s innocence.
Stratton Sterghos: Gloria’s neighbor who Mickey included on his witness list.
Brian (Brandi) Goodrich: One of Andre’s clients.
David: Andre’s life partner.
Victor Hensley: Head of security at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
Patrick Sewell: Inmate where Andre is located.
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Spoiler Info
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Giselle Dallinger was really Gloria Dayton. When Mickey arranged her deal, unbeknownst to him was a connected deal with the DEA to rat out Moya. She planted a gun in his apartment, which got him a life sentence. Marco killed her when she contacted him after having been served by Sly, Jr. Lankford was the man in the hat who followed her from the Beverly Wilshire hotel and got her address. Lankford was under Marco’s thumb from an earlier arrangement where he accepted money to abandon a murder investigation.

Earl gets killed when Mickey’s car is sent over a railing at Marco’s order.

Lankford shoots himself in court while on the stand after Mickey showed him the tape of him and Marco trying to set up Stratton Sterghos. Marco escapes but months later Mickey gets an anonymous email, presumably from Moya, showing his tortured, brutalized dead body.

Moya was released from prison since it was proven that he was set up. He was promptly deported for being an undesirable.

Sewell was the inmate who attacked Andre. His defense attorney was purported to be seeing Marco who arranged the attack.

Andre La Cosse is freed from jail and all charges dropped. Mickey got a $2.4 million settlement for him and got his hospital bills paid for all of his medical injuries.

Maggie is moving to the Ventura DA’s office, heading up the Digital Crimes Unit.

Mickey is in a relationship with Kendall. He has a decent relationship with Hayley. (hide spoiler)]

I promise to catch up!