The Fifth Witness vs The Lincoln Lawyer: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Fifth Witness The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly · 2011 ★★★★☆ 4.0 421 pages · ≈ 7 h 48 m · Moderate

Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team…

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Cover of The Lincoln Lawyer The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly · 1895 ★★★★☆ 4.2 492 pages · ≈ 9 h 07 m · Challenging

Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn’t recognize innocence if it stood right in front of him. But what he should have been on the watch for was evil. Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a…

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How to choose

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The Fifth WitnessThe Lincoln Lawyer
Goodreads — 4.2 (264965)
Hardcover 4.1 (134) 4.2 (278)
Google Books 3.5 (6) 4.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.0 (3205) 4.5 (2430)

Reception

The Fifth WitnessThe Lincoln Lawyer
Ratings 3205 264965
Editions 2 59
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read — 82235
Reading it now — 13941
Written reviews — 8684
Wikipedia attention 1426 7630
Pages 421 492

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