![]() ![]() Connelly are idealists and reformers, and both like to say so. Grisham’s contender in the rolling lawyer derby is Sebastian Rudd, a creative shyster who has more in common with Mickey than he ought to. ![]() Who just wrote “Rogue Lawyer,” about a dangerously Mickey-like character on wheels of his own. Who once got another huge career assist by playing the main character in “A Time to Kill,” by John Grisham. Odd coincidences: Playing Mickey in “The Lincoln Lawyer” gave a big boost to the career of Matthew McConaughey. He’s also Harry’s admiring half brother and now his lawyer, too, as Harry sues the Los Angeles Police Department for forcing him into retirement. Mickey is best known for three things: his place of business, a Lincoln Town Car his vanity plates, which read “IWALKEM” and his way of trawling for clients by advertising on bus benches near the courthouse. detective, now retired, who has trodden his way, clue by clue, through most Connelly novels. Connelly’s stolid, jazz-loving Hieronymus Bosch, known as Harry, the battle-weary Vietnam veteran and L.A.P.D. ![]() Rakish, trick-loving Mickey seemed like the diametrical opposite of Mr. the Lincoln lawyer, to his stable of characters. In 2005 Michael Connelly revitalized his career by adding Mickey Haller, a.k.a. ![]()
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