Resurrection Walk, Connelly - B+
A resurrection walk is when a prisoner is freed after it's determined he/she did not commit the crime. It's a defense lawyer's dream and the focus of this, the sixth Lincoln Lawyer novel featuring Harry's half-brother Mickey Haller. Harry is working for Mickey as a driver and an investigator on possible freedom initiative cases. They surface one where a woman was sent to jail for shooting her ex, a sheriff's department deputy. It turns out that the cop was crooked, the fix was in with the prosecuting DA, and the defense lawyer was threatened with his life if he didn't go along. Clearly, there was a miscarriage of justice. However, proving that in the face of the government's intransigence, obstruction and narrow minds proves to be a challenge. Kudos to the author who never misses a beat.
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