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Short stories featuring Mickey Haller: "Burnt Matches", "The Perfect Triangle".
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* HiddenDepths: If you only read the Harry Bosch novels, Mickey Haller would come off as brash, gregarious, and confident to the point of cockiness. You have to read the novels where he's the protagonist to find out about his addictions, his ethical dilemmas and crises of conscience, and his anxieties about the failure of his marriage and his relationship with his daughter.
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* JusticeByOtherMeans: Mickey Haller novels tend to end with the bad guy getting killed before there's a verdict. One time he gets a client acquitted, only for the client to be guilty and to get Justice By Other Means; another time he gets an innocent client off but the bad guy still gets Justice By Other Means.
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* JusticeByOtherMeans: JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Mickey Haller novels tend to end with the bad guy getting killed before there's a verdict. One time he gets a client acquitted, only for the client to be guilty and to get Justice By Other Means; another time he gets an innocent client off but the bad guy still gets Justice By Other Means.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Mickey feels this way [[spoiler: every time someone is killed in a case he's involved in. It happens multiple times.]]
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* IWontSayImGuilty: EVERY one of Mickey's defense clients in the books. All of them refuse plea deals, and all firmly state that they will never say they're guilty, even though they risk a huge sentence if their trial is lost.
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* LoopholeAbuse: One of Mickey Haller's many [[Main/CoutroomAntic Courtroom Antics]]. He always ensures that he is acting within the letter of the law, but definitely ignores the spirit of it when he's trying to get something done. For example, in order to influence witnesses he has:
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Mickey basically says this to clients he finds out to be guilty after he gets them off.
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* LoopholeAbuse: One of Mickey Haller's many [[Main/CoutroomAntic Courtroom Antics]]. He always ensures that he is acting within the letter of the law, but definitely ignores the spirit of it when he's trying to get something done. For example, in order to influence witnesses he has:
**Used a former client of his to plant some testimony with a witness that was in the same drug program.
**Brought in a former associate of a current witness into the court room. This causes the lying witness to stop answering questions as he thought his former associate could impeach him and his testimony (though this was not the case).
**Managed to sepina a witness to the stand, only to force him to take the fifth in front of the jury in order to bolster his case.
**Faked a fight in a courtroom, forcing a mistrial and ensuring that the witness who was there would be too scared to come to a retrail.
**Used a former client of his to plant some testimony with a witness that was in the same drug program.
**Brought in a former associate of a current witness into the court room. This causes the lying witness to stop answering questions as he thought his former associate could impeach him and his testimony (though this was not the case).
**Managed to sepina a witness to the stand, only to force him to take the fifth in front of the jury in order to bolster his case.
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** While Mickey uses all of this, he will never do something that could give the Bar a reason to kick him out. He's meticulous wit his finances, will refuse client suggestions to do something outright illegal or objectively immoral (such as pay someone in exchange for evidence), or do anything else that could have him kicked out of the profession.
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* PragmaticHero: Mickey will whip out some CourtroomAntic or ManipulativeBastard moves, or anything else within the scope of the law to give his client the best defense possible. His personal view is that the law is malleable, and his job is to beat the hell out of it.
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* ClearMyName: Mickey Haller gets this from his clients in every novel, which makes it a bummer when they turn out to be guilty.
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* ClearMyName: CourtroomAntic: Mickey Haller gets sometimes stoops to this from his clients in every novel, order to get the outcome he wants. His favorite variation, which makes it a bummer when they turn he whips out about a dozen times per book, is asking a witness something that forces the judge to be guilty.tell the jury to DisregardThatStatement.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Mickey is one to some degree, praying up on witnesses', juries' and opposing council's emotional weaknesses in order to influence them and catch them off guard. He gathers as much information as possible and uses it to manipulate witnesses and prosecutors to bend his way. However, it is implied InUniverse that any lawyer worth their salt uses these techniques to some degree, on both sides of the courtroom, though prosecutors tend to think they are above these kind of underhanded tactics.
** While Mickey uses all of this, he will never do something that could give the Bar a reason to kick him out. He's meticulous wit his finances, will refuse client suggestions to do something outright illegal or objectively immoral (such as pay someone in exchange for evidence), or do anything else that could have him kicked out of the profession.
** Some of Mickey's clients are even MORE of a ManipulativeBastard than he is, and sometimes he's outmanuevered by them.
** While Mickey uses all of this, he will never do something that could give the Bar a reason to kick him out. He's meticulous wit his finances, will refuse client suggestions to do something outright illegal or objectively immoral (such as pay someone in exchange for evidence), or do anything else that could have him kicked out of the profession.
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* BrokenAce: Despite being a crack defense attorney with a well-known reputation for his veracity in defending his clients (especially in later books), he is full of self-loathing for defending the guilty and the strain his work puts on his relationship between his first ex-wife and their daughter. Doesn't help that his personal life is somewhat of a trainwreck - something always seems to knock him down when things start to go well.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: Harry Bosch in ''The Reversal''. The book was marketed as "a Lincoln Lawyer novel", and the protagonist is Mickey Haller, with the main hook of the story being Haller's role reversal when he is appointed special prosecutor in the Jason Jessup case. But Bosch plays an important part as lead investigator and is a POV character for several chapters.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''The Reversal'' is both Jason Jessup's murder conviction being overturned and Mickey Haller being a prosecutor instead of a defender for a change.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''The Reversal'' is both Jason Jessup's murder conviction being overturned and Mickey Haller being a prosecutor instead of a defender for a change.
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* SuicideByCop: In ''The Reversal'', the titular reversal deals with a murder suspect whose conviction is overturned. After it becomes apparent that he is going to be convicted again, he commits Suicide By Cop rather than go back to prison.
* SwitchingPOV: ''The Reversal'' switches back and forth between its two POV protagonists, Mickey Haller in the first person and Harry Bosch in the third person.
* SwitchingPOV: ''The Reversal'' switches back and forth between its two POV protagonists, Mickey Haller in the first person and Harry Bosch in the third person.
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* ''The Lincoln Lawyer'' (2005)
* ''The Brass Verdict'' (2008)
* ''The Reversal'' (2010)
* ''The Fifth Witness'' (2011)
* ''The Gods of Guilt'' (2013)
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* DirtyCop: ''The Brass Verdict'' features a Dirty Judge who is part of a plot to fix a trial.
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* JuryAndWitnessTampering: In ''The Brass Verdict'', one of the jurors is an impostor, paid by the accused to assume the identity of a juror in order to have at least one guaranteed Not Guilty vote.
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* LongLostRelative: Haller learns in ''The Brass Verdict'' that Harry Bosch is his half-brother, the illegitimate son of his father. Contrary to how this trope usually plays out, their relationship remains awkward even after they realize this.
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* SeriesContinuityError: The number of J. Michael Haller's children. When Harry Bosch remembers his father in ''The Black Ice'', he remembers going to J. Michael Haller's funeral and seeing a son older than him, and three daughters. When Mickey Haller is introduced in ''The Lincoln Lawyer'', he is said to have been five years old when his father died. His three sisters are never mentioned, although he does mention an older brother. By ''The Brass Verdict'', when Mickey finds out about his half-brother Harry Bosch, the other brother has been forgotten about as well, and Mickey and Harry are apparently the only two offspring of J. Michael Haller Sr.
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* YouJustToldMe: In ''The Brass Verdict'', Mickey Haller uncovers information in this way, getting Harry Bosch to inadvertenly reveal whom he was questioning over the Jerry Vincent murder.
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* DisappearedDad: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel's husband has been missing for years after running out on Lisa and their little son. Subverted in the end, when it turns out she killed him and buried him in the backyard.
* DoubleMeaningTitle:
** ''The Fifth Witness'' is known as such for being the fifth person to be called by Mickey Haller to testify during Lisa Trammel's trial and taking the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.
** ''The Reversal'' is both Jason Jessup's murder conviction being overturned and Mickey Haller being a prosecutor instead of a defender for a change.
* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon in ''The Fifth Witness'', used to cave a banker's head in.
* EurekaMoment: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''The Fifth Witness''. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Mickey Haller's decision to turn away from criminal defense work and run for District Attorney is portrayed as this.
* DoubleMeaningTitle:
** ''The Fifth Witness'' is known as such for being the fifth person to be called by Mickey Haller to testify during Lisa Trammel's trial and taking the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.
** ''The Reversal'' is both Jason Jessup's murder conviction being overturned and Mickey Haller being a prosecutor instead of a defender for a change.
* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon in ''The Fifth Witness'', used to cave a banker's head in.
* EurekaMoment: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''The Fifth Witness''. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Mickey Haller's decision to turn away from criminal defense work and run for District Attorney is portrayed as this.
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* DisappearedDad: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel's husband has been missing for years after running out on Lisa and their little son. Subverted in the end, when it turns out she killed him and buried him in the backyard.
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** ''The Fifth Witness'' is known as such for being the fifth person to be called by Mickey Haller to testify during Lisa Trammel's trial and taking the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.
**DoubleMeaningTitle: ''The Reversal'' is both Jason Jessup's murder conviction being overturned and Mickey Haller being a prosecutor instead of a defender for a change.
* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon in ''The Fifth Witness'', used to cave a banker's head in.
* EurekaMoment: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''The Fifth Witness''. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
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* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon in ''The Fifth Witness'', used to cave a banker's head in.
* EurekaMoment: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''The Fifth Witness''. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Mickey Haller's decision to turn away from criminal defense work and run for District Attorney is portrayed as this.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel would have gotten away clean after two murders--but she just had to taunt her lawyer.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel would have gotten away clean after two murders--but she just had to taunt her lawyer.
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* BadassBiker: Mickey Haller's investigator Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski, introduced in ''The Brass Verdict''. He has connections and an informal affiliation with the fictional Road Saints biker gang, but is not a full member of the club.
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Mickey Haller is the main character of a series of mystery novels by Creator/MichaelConnelly. He is a lawyer with a reputation for defending the obviously guilty.
The novels share a setting with those featuring LAPD detective Literature/HarryBosch, who also appears in this series as a supporting character.
Novels featuring Mickey Haller:
* ''The Lincoln Lawyer'' (2005)
* ''The Brass Verdict'' (2008)
* ''The Reversal'' (2010)
* ''The Fifth Witness'' (2011)
* ''The Gods of Guilt'' (2013)
''The Lincoln Lawyer'' has been adapted for film, with Creator/MatthewMcConaughey as Haller.
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* ''Literature/TheLincolnLawyer''
* ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt''
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* AlliterativeName: Upon learning Mickey Haller's daughter's name, a cop commented that "Hayley Haller" was a nice alliteration.
* AmicablyDivorced: Mickey Haller can't seem to quit dating his first ex-wife, and his second ex-wife works for him.
* AmoralAttorney: Mickey Haller skirts the edge of this, and feels bad about it. He often deals with more unambiguously Amoral Attorneys.
* ContinuityNod: Fictional film company Archway Studios pops up in ''The Brass Verdict'' and ''The Fifth Witness'', as well as the Harry Bosch novels ''Trunk Music'', ''A Darkness More Than Night'', ''Lost Light'', and ''The Drop''.
* ClearMyName: Mickey Haller gets this from his clients in every novel, which makes it a bummer when they turn out to be guilty.
* CrusadingLawyer: Maggie [=McPherson=], Haller's fiercely idealistic ex-wife and prosecuting attorney, who disapproves of his work as a criminal defense lawyer.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Harry Bosch in ''The Reversal''. The book was marketed as "a Lincoln Lawyer novel", and the protagonist is Mickey Haller, with the main hook of the story being Haller's role reversal when he is appointed special prosecutor in the Jason Jessup case. But Bosch plays an important part as lead investigator and is a POV character for several chapters.
* DirtyCop: ''The Brass Verdict'' features a Dirty Judge who is part of a plot to fix a trial.
* DisappearedDad: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel's husband has been missing for years after running out on Lisa and their little son. Subverted in the end, when it turns out she killed him and buried him in the backyard.
* DoubleMeaningTitle:
** ''The Fifth Witness'' is known as such for being the fifth person to be called by Mickey Haller to testify during Lisa Trammel's trial and taking the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.
** ''The Reversal'' is both Jason Jessup's murder conviction being overturned and Mickey Haller being a prosecutor instead of a defender for a change.
* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon in ''The Fifth Witness'', used to cave a banker's head in.
* EurekaMoment: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''The Fifth Witness''. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Mickey Haller's decision to turn away from criminal defense work and run for District Attorney is portrayed as this.
* HotScientist: Dr. Shamiram Arslanian, the forensic scientist who testifies for Mickey Haller in ''The Brass Verdict'' and ''The Fifth Witness''. Beyond her technical expertise, Haller values her for her hotness, which impresses jurors.
* JuryAndWitnessTampering: In ''The Brass Verdict'', one of the jurors is an impostor, paid by the accused to assume the identity of a juror in order to have at least one guaranteed Not Guilty vote.
* KnuckleTattoos: The murder suspect in ''The Reversal'' has tattoos that read FUCK THIS.
* LongLostRelative: Haller learns in ''The Brass Verdict'' that Harry Bosch is his half-brother, the illegitimate son of his father. Contrary to how this trope usually plays out, their relationship remains awkward even after they realize this.
* MythologyGag: In ''The Fifth Witness'', a producer muses that Matthew [=McConaughey=] would be good to play Mickey Haller in a movie. [=McConaughey=] actually did play Mickey Haller in the film version of ''The Lincoln Lawyer'', released that same year.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel would have gotten away clean after two murders--but she just had to taunt her lawyer.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In ''The Reversal'', Jason Jessup's [[AmoralAttorney defense attorney]] complained to the judge about the prosecution only releasing part of the data they intend to use against Jessup. Prosecutor Margaret [=McPherson=] (nicknamed Maggie [=McFierce=]) replied they were still within the deadline and suggested the defender believed no good deed should go unpunished.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Mickey Haller receives one in ''The Fifth Witness''.
* PantsPositiveSafety: ''The Brass Verdict''.
* ParentalIncest: ''The Reversal''.
* RealPersonCameo: Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski, a recurring character who works as Mickey Haller's private investigator, is based on a real-life person of that name who works as a researcher for Michael Connelly.
* SequelHook: ''The Fifth Witness'' ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
* SeriesContinuityError: The number of J. Michael Haller's children. When Harry Bosch remembers his father in ''The Black Ice'', he remembers going to J. Michael Haller's funeral and seeing a son older than him, and three daughters. When Mickey Haller is introduced in ''The Lincoln Lawyer'', he is said to have been five years old when his father died. His three sisters are never mentioned, although he does mention an older brother. By ''The Brass Verdict'', when Mickey finds out about his half-brother Harry Bosch, the other brother has been forgotten about as well, and Mickey and Harry are apparently the only two offspring of J. Michael Haller Sr.
* SuicideByCop: In ''The Reversal'', the titular reversal deals with a murder suspect whose conviction is overturned. After it becomes apparent that he is going to be convicted again, he commits Suicide By Cop rather than go back to prison.
* SwitchingPOV: ''The Reversal'' switches back and forth between its two POV protagonists, Mickey Haller in the first person and Harry Bosch in the third person.
* TitleDrop: Every single novel mentions the title at some point in the narrative.
* TitleDropChapter: The last part of ''The Fifth Witness'', which includes the climax in which Mickey Haller gets his client off and then figures out who was the murderer, is called "The Fifth Witness".
* TheUnreveal: In ''The Reversal'', Bosch develops a theory that murder suspect Jason Jessup is actually a SerialKiller, but we never find out if Bosch is right.
* VanityLicensePlate: Mickey Haller's "IWALKEM".
* YouJustToldMe: In ''The Brass Verdict'', Mickey Haller uncovers information in this way, getting Harry Bosch to inadvertenly reveal whom he was questioning over the Jerry Vincent murder.
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The novels share a setting with those featuring LAPD detective Literature/HarryBosch, who also appears in this series as a supporting character.
Novels featuring Mickey Haller:
* ''The Lincoln Lawyer'' (2005)
* ''The Brass Verdict'' (2008)
* ''The Reversal'' (2010)
* ''The Fifth Witness'' (2011)
* ''The Gods of Guilt'' (2013)
''The Lincoln Lawyer'' has been adapted for film, with Creator/MatthewMcConaughey as Haller.
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!!Novels in this series with their own pages:
* ''Literature/TheLincolnLawyer''
* ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt''
!!Other novels in this series contain examples of:
* AlliterativeName: Upon learning Mickey Haller's daughter's name, a cop commented that "Hayley Haller" was a nice alliteration.
* AmicablyDivorced: Mickey Haller can't seem to quit dating his first ex-wife, and his second ex-wife works for him.
* AmoralAttorney: Mickey Haller skirts the edge of this, and feels bad about it. He often deals with more unambiguously Amoral Attorneys.
* ContinuityNod: Fictional film company Archway Studios pops up in ''The Brass Verdict'' and ''The Fifth Witness'', as well as the Harry Bosch novels ''Trunk Music'', ''A Darkness More Than Night'', ''Lost Light'', and ''The Drop''.
* ClearMyName: Mickey Haller gets this from his clients in every novel, which makes it a bummer when they turn out to be guilty.
* CrusadingLawyer: Maggie [=McPherson=], Haller's fiercely idealistic ex-wife and prosecuting attorney, who disapproves of his work as a criminal defense lawyer.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Harry Bosch in ''The Reversal''. The book was marketed as "a Lincoln Lawyer novel", and the protagonist is Mickey Haller, with the main hook of the story being Haller's role reversal when he is appointed special prosecutor in the Jason Jessup case. But Bosch plays an important part as lead investigator and is a POV character for several chapters.
* DirtyCop: ''The Brass Verdict'' features a Dirty Judge who is part of a plot to fix a trial.
* DisappearedDad: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel's husband has been missing for years after running out on Lisa and their little son. Subverted in the end, when it turns out she killed him and buried him in the backyard.
* DoubleMeaningTitle:
** ''The Fifth Witness'' is known as such for being the fifth person to be called by Mickey Haller to testify during Lisa Trammel's trial and taking the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.
** ''The Reversal'' is both Jason Jessup's murder conviction being overturned and Mickey Haller being a prosecutor instead of a defender for a change.
* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon in ''The Fifth Witness'', used to cave a banker's head in.
* EurekaMoment: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''The Fifth Witness''. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Mickey Haller's decision to turn away from criminal defense work and run for District Attorney is portrayed as this.
* HotScientist: Dr. Shamiram Arslanian, the forensic scientist who testifies for Mickey Haller in ''The Brass Verdict'' and ''The Fifth Witness''. Beyond her technical expertise, Haller values her for her hotness, which impresses jurors.
* JuryAndWitnessTampering: In ''The Brass Verdict'', one of the jurors is an impostor, paid by the accused to assume the identity of a juror in order to have at least one guaranteed Not Guilty vote.
* KnuckleTattoos: The murder suspect in ''The Reversal'' has tattoos that read FUCK THIS.
* LongLostRelative: Haller learns in ''The Brass Verdict'' that Harry Bosch is his half-brother, the illegitimate son of his father. Contrary to how this trope usually plays out, their relationship remains awkward even after they realize this.
* MythologyGag: In ''The Fifth Witness'', a producer muses that Matthew [=McConaughey=] would be good to play Mickey Haller in a movie. [=McConaughey=] actually did play Mickey Haller in the film version of ''The Lincoln Lawyer'', released that same year.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''The Fifth Witness'', Lisa Trammel would have gotten away clean after two murders--but she just had to taunt her lawyer.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In ''The Reversal'', Jason Jessup's [[AmoralAttorney defense attorney]] complained to the judge about the prosecution only releasing part of the data they intend to use against Jessup. Prosecutor Margaret [=McPherson=] (nicknamed Maggie [=McFierce=]) replied they were still within the deadline and suggested the defender believed no good deed should go unpunished.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Mickey Haller receives one in ''The Fifth Witness''.
* PantsPositiveSafety: ''The Brass Verdict''.
* ParentalIncest: ''The Reversal''.
* RealPersonCameo: Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski, a recurring character who works as Mickey Haller's private investigator, is based on a real-life person of that name who works as a researcher for Michael Connelly.
* SequelHook: ''The Fifth Witness'' ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
* SeriesContinuityError: The number of J. Michael Haller's children. When Harry Bosch remembers his father in ''The Black Ice'', he remembers going to J. Michael Haller's funeral and seeing a son older than him, and three daughters. When Mickey Haller is introduced in ''The Lincoln Lawyer'', he is said to have been five years old when his father died. His three sisters are never mentioned, although he does mention an older brother. By ''The Brass Verdict'', when Mickey finds out about his half-brother Harry Bosch, the other brother has been forgotten about as well, and Mickey and Harry are apparently the only two offspring of J. Michael Haller Sr.
* SuicideByCop: In ''The Reversal'', the titular reversal deals with a murder suspect whose conviction is overturned. After it becomes apparent that he is going to be convicted again, he commits Suicide By Cop rather than go back to prison.
* SwitchingPOV: ''The Reversal'' switches back and forth between its two POV protagonists, Mickey Haller in the first person and Harry Bosch in the third person.
* TitleDrop: Every single novel mentions the title at some point in the narrative.
* TitleDropChapter: The last part of ''The Fifth Witness'', which includes the climax in which Mickey Haller gets his client off and then figures out who was the murderer, is called "The Fifth Witness".
* TheUnreveal: In ''The Reversal'', Bosch develops a theory that murder suspect Jason Jessup is actually a SerialKiller, but we never find out if Bosch is right.
* VanityLicensePlate: Mickey Haller's "IWALKEM".
* YouJustToldMe: In ''The Brass Verdict'', Mickey Haller uncovers information in this way, getting Harry Bosch to inadvertenly reveal whom he was questioning over the Jerry Vincent murder.
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