The Lincoln Lawyer

Executive Summary: A decent lawyer/mystery/thriller story that I enjoyed more than the movie. I'll likely continue on in the series at some point.Audiobook: Adam Grupper does a really good job. I'd never heard of him before be he does some voices and reads with good inflections making him the kind of narrator that makes listening better than reading for me. I will say however the audio obviously comes from a CD because there are the tell tale audio cues for the end and beginning of a disc, often in the middle of a chapter. That could make it annoying at times, but at least they made it so the chapters were intact rather than simply ripping the CD to whatever breaks they originally had. Knowing how much time is left in a chapter is something I find very helpful and I hate it when older books aren't properly split.Overall I'd say the audio is a good choice and I'll likely try to get more of this series in audio if I can and (hopefully) with the same narrator.Full ReviewI was a huge fan of [a:John Grisham 721 John Grisham https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1583932591p2/721.jpg] growing up. He tends to write about lawyers fighting for the little guy standing up to big corporations or defending the innocent from injustice. Mickey Haller is a different kind of lawyer. I remember watching the movie awhile back and thinking it was good, but not great.I didn't realize that not only is Mickey Haller written by the same author as Harry Bosch (which I've also been reading lately) but apparently they are set in the same universe. Reading this book you never would know that either. I assume those connections come later on.It'd been so long since I've seen the movie I no longer remember any details beyond Matthew McConaughey played Haller. So for me it was a bit of a surprise as things unfolded. Mickey is likeable despite his clientele. He generally gets along with not one but two ex-wives. He's not going to win lawyer of the year, but he does care about doing the right thing. Just so long as he makes a buck while he's at it. The animosity with him and very cops did get a bit old at times though.Without getting into details, I felt that the ending of this was pretty elaborate. So it wasn't too surprising to me that they largely rewrote it for the movie. As is typical I liked the book better, but I thought both version were pretty enjoyable. I plan to revisit the Bosch series (which seems plagued with inconsistent narration) and will likely return to this series as well. I tend to like legal stories but I kind of got tired of Grisham awhile ago. If nothing else, these kinds of books are nice to break my usual habit of nothing but Sci-Fi and Fantasy books.