The Gods Of Guilt by Michael Connelly

When Mickey Haller hears that a prisoner has asked to speak to him and hire him as his lawyer in a murder case, his first reaction is relief.  Things haven't been going well at the law firm.  After Haller gets a client off on drunk driving charges and that client later kills a mother and daughter in another drunk driving incident, Haller's name is mud in the local press.  His daughter knew the victims and she isn't speaking to him and his caseload went into a spiral.  Things aren't going well for Mickey.

When he meets with the prisoner, he finds out that the murder victim was someone he knew.  Gloria was a call girl and after helping her several times, Mickey had given her a stake so that she could move to Hawaii and leave the life.  Except he now finds that she didn't leave the life or even leave Los Angeles.  She's been there all along, on the same old game and now she is dead.  Her pimp, who ran her website, is the accused and Haller's newest client.

The more Haller talks to Andre the more he starts to believe he is actually innocent.  But if Andre didn't kill Gloria, who did?  After investigation Mickey thinks he knows that but how can he prove it in court and gain Andre's freedom?  There is danger whichever strategy he chooses but he needs to make things right with his memory of Gloria.

This is the fifth book in the Mickey Haller series.  Mickey has an entire group of people depending on him and his law practice, unlike his half brother, Bosch, who can be more of a lone wolf.  Haller has his ex-wife working for him and her new husband is his investigator.  He is training a new lawyer and spends lots of time with his mentor who is now in a nursing home.  Readers who are fans of Michael Connelly will enjoy this novel and the unfolding of another Mickey Haller case.  This book is recommended for mystery readers.