The Lincoln Lawyer (pages 160-220)

This book is by far the creepiest thing that I have ever read in my entire life. Granted I haven't read many books, but this is at the top. I am the kind of person that laughs at scary movies, but I have found myself getting chills up and down my spine almost every page. In my favorite show Friends, Joey has this thing where he will put a book in the freezer when he is terrified; he reads "Cujo" a lot. Well, right now, I am blogging only after 40 pages while my book is in the freezer.

Up until page 160, the book was still making the introduction, showing the life of Louis Roulet, the defendent, and his lawyer Mickey Haller. It was giving a background on the case, and describing why Louis should be considered innocent. The police report was read and Louis stuck to his side of the story. I felt terrible for Louis because he was being set-up by Reggie Campo. I am serious when I say that I seriously wanted to hurt Reggie because of her lies, and then everything changed.

Mickey starts digging up old cases and finds out that the knife used to threaten Reggie was the same knife used in a murder two years ago where Haller's defendent was given the death sentence. The entire book twisted around, and you find out that Louis is not only guilty of attempted rape/murder of Reggie, but also the woman killed in the old case, and he was possibly linked to three other cases as well.

At this point I was freaking out, I couldn't believe that a writer was able to twist a book in that big of a way. Connelly was able to make me feel sympathy for Roulet, and then on a dime turn those feelings into hatred, and for me, nightmares. So while I'm freaking out, I continue reading, and only 10 pages later, Haller's P.I. is murdered. Haller states that he doesn't know how Roulet could possibly beat the tracking device, but he knows that he did it.

This book has me smiling and freaking out all in one, by far best book ever, and I still have 200 pages left. :)

I can't wait to see what happens next, especially since the actress from bones' character was just introduced.