64 pages 2 hours read

Michael Connelly

The Lincoln Lawyer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

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Chapters 42-47Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 2: “A World Without Truth”-Part 3: “Postcard from Cuba”

Chapter 42 Summary

Outside the courtroom, Minton asks Mick to trust him for ten minutes. Minton knows that Mick’s strategy was to get him to use Corliss on the stand, and now he needs Mick’s cell phone number and a little bit of time. He leaves Mick in the hallway as Roulet, Dobbs, and Mary approach him.

Mick explains that the judge is upset with the prosecution and may decide to enact a directed verdict: an acquittal. Mary is in complete agreement with Mick that they do not want to accept the offer for a mistrial because they don’t want to go through this all over again, except this time with the prosecution knowing all of their angles. Roulet angrily shoves his finger in Mick’s chest, demanding to know how Corliss had so many details of the Renteria crime. Mick tells him to let it go because the plan is working. Roulet threatens Mick’s daughter. Mick threatens Roulet back, telling him that if Roulet goes after his family, Mick will kill Roulet.

Mick walks away and runs into Detective Sobel, who is watching the trial because Mick invited her to when she was searching his house. A call from the D.A.’s office interrupts their conversation.

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