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"Mick Haller is a criminal defense attorney whose clients are mostly shady, and many have trouble paying him. He gets most of his clients through bail bondsmen to whom he gives “bonuses” at Christmas. When one of the bondsmen refers a wealthy prospective client to Mick, Mick is surprised, not only because the client comes from a wealthy family, but also because he is a real estate agent with no police record.
Even though Mick is excited at the prospect of making the kind of money he usually only dreams about, Mick is also somewhat suspicious because he wonders why this man did not want representation from his family's attorney C. C. Dobbs or from someone Dobbs could recommend. Mick suspects there is more to this case than meets the eye, but when he meets Louis Ross Roulet, Mick comes to believe Roulet is truly innocent of the charges of beating, attempted rape and attempted murder of a prostitute. Mick thinks the prostitute set up Roulet with the criminal charges so that she can pursue a civil case against Roulet afterward, as they had been in the same bars several times and she thus had several opportunities to observe that he is wealthy. Besides, Mick reasons that Roulet, as a handsome and clean-cut man, would not have to pay for sex anyway.
After hearing Roulet's side of the story in which he explains away all the evidence the police used to arrest him, Mick thinks it won't be hard to win this case. However, during the course of preparing for trial, Mick discovers some disturbing information that shows that Roulet may not be innocent after all.
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Crystal, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
- present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 70%
Murder of certain profession?
- prostitutes/stripper/porn
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- solving long-past murder
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller
Yes
Legal Plotlets
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- throughout most of the book.
Motive of antagonist
- kicks
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- 3-4
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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