The Proving Ground

Mickey Haller - The Lincoln Lawyer - leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit. But to him, this is still a murder trial.<BR><BR>An AI company's chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend. Can Haller prove the company knew the dangers of its own creation?<BR><BR>To do so, he turns to Jack McEvoy - a journalist who knows how powerful the coming wave will be - and together they soon uncover a whistleblower in hiding.<BR><BR>As the tech titans try to buy or bully their way out, the scale of their courtroom battle before them becomes clear. Because billions are at stake - along with countless lives - in an all or nothing case, which could change everything...<BR><BR>From the author of the books behind the #1 Netflix show The Lincoln Lawyer, and #1 Amazon Prime series Bosch and Ballard.<BR><BR>*****<BR><BR>PRAISE FOR MICHAEL CONNELLY & THE LINCOLN LAYWER THRILLERS:<BR><BR>'An incredible writer' RICHARD OSMAN<BR><BR>'The Lincoln Lawyer series keeps getting better' WASHINGTON POST<BR><BR>'A superb natural storyteller' LEE CHILD<BR><BR>'The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation' IAN RANKIN<BR><BR>'Mickey Haller is a worthy colleague of Atticus Finch' LOS ANGELES TIMES<BR><BR>'A master of the genre' STEPHEN KING<BR><BR>'A terrific writer' THE TIMES<BR><BR> 'A powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction' MICK HERRON<BR><BR>'Crime thriller writing of the highest order' GUARDIAN<BR><BR>'Nobody writes a better modern thriller' EVENING STANDARD<BR><BR> 'One of the world's greatest crime writers' DAILY MAIL<BR><BR>'The master of modern crime fiction' EXPRESS