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* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon used to cave a banker's head in.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Haller is seen this way InUniverse by an Hispanic client, who tells Rojas that Haller looks like he should be able to understand Spanish.
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The downturn in the economy has caused fewer and fewer people to be able to afford high-priced criminal defense lawyers like Mickey Haller. Haller, looking for work, has gone into civil law--specifically, foreclosure law, and helping distressed homeowners fight eviction. This winds up yanking him back into criminal law when one of his clients, Lisa Trammel, is arrested for the murder of mortgage banker Mitchell Bondurant.
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The downturn in the economy has caused fewer and fewer people to be able to afford high-priced criminal defense lawyers like Mickey Haller. Haller, looking Looking for work, Mickey has gone into civil law--specifically, law--specifically foreclosure law, and law--and helping distressed homeowners fight eviction. This winds up yanking him back into criminal law when one of his clients, Lisa Trammel, is arrested for the murder of mortgage banker Mitchell Bondurant.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Mickey's ex-wife Maggie shows up at his house unannounced to berate him, because Haller used Maggie's connection with prosecutor Andrea Freeman to get Freeman to hand over discovery materials. She yells at him, he yells at her, and it ends in sex.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Mickey's ex-wife Maggie shows up at his house unannounced to berate him, because Haller he used Maggie's connection with prosecutor Andrea Freeman to get Freeman to hand over discovery materials. She yells at him, he yells at her, and it ends in sex.
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* DisappearedDad: Lisa Trammel's husband has been missing for years after running out on Lisa and their little son. Subverted in the end, when it turns out she killed him and buried him in the backyard.
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* DisappearedDad: Lisa Trammel's husband has been missing for years after running out on Lisa and their little son. Subverted [[spoiler:Subverted in the end, when it turns out she killed him and buried him in the backyard.]]
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* EurekaMoment: Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.
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* EurekaMoment: Lisa [[spoiler:Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.]]
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** He chooses not to tell the judge that one of the jurors had a father who suffered a foreclosure, because the juror question was "Have you or anyone in your immediate family ever been involved in a foreclosure?" ("The word 'ever' was not in that sentence.")
** Mickey's junior associate, Jennifer Aronson, has a more developed sense of ethics. When she expresses skepticism about Mickey's courtroom stunt in which he asked a witness to pick Lisa Trammel out of a photo she wasn't in, he says "I asked the question. Could she point out where Lisa was in the photo? I didn't say Lisa was in the photo."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
** Mickey's junior associate, Jennifer Aronson, has a more developed sense of ethics. When she expresses skepticism about Mickey's courtroom stunt in which he asked a witness to pick Lisa Trammel out of a photo she wasn't in, he says "I asked the question. Could she point out where Lisa was in the photo? I didn't say Lisa was in the photo."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
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** He chooses not to tell the judge that one of the jurors had a father who suffered a foreclosure, because the juror question was was, "Have you or anyone in your immediate family ever been involved in a foreclosure?" ("The word 'ever' was not in that sentence.")
** Mickey's junior associate, Jennifer Aronson, has a more developed sense of ethics. When she expresses skepticism about Mickey's courtroom stunt in which he asked a witness to pick Lisa Trammel out of a photo she wasn't in, hesays says, "I asked the question. Could she point out where Lisa was in the photo? I didn't say Lisa was in the photo."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing."In [[spoiler:In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.]]
** Mickey's junior associate, Jennifer Aronson, has a more developed sense of ethics. When she expresses skepticism about Mickey's courtroom stunt in which he asked a witness to pick Lisa Trammel out of a photo she wasn't in, he
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing."
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* HeelFaceTurn: Mickey Haller's decision to turn away from criminal defense work and run for District Attorney at the end of the novel is portrayed as this.
* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Lisa Trammel is guilty. Haller can't do anything about that, but he can send in an anonymous tip that will lead police to her ''other'' murder, namely her husband who is resting quietly beneath her flower garden.
* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Lisa Trammel is guilty. Haller can't do anything about that, but he can send in an anonymous tip that will lead police to her ''other'' murder, namely her husband who is resting quietly beneath her flower garden.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Mickey [[spoiler:Mickey Haller's decision to turn away from criminal defense work and run for District Attorney at the end of the novel is portrayed as this.
this.]]
* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans:Lisa [[spoiler:Lisa Trammel is guilty. Haller can't do anything about that, but he can send in an anonymous tip that will lead police to her ''other'' murder, namely her husband who is resting quietly beneath her flower garden.]]
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Lisa Trammel would have gotten away clean after two murders--but she just had to taunt her lawyer.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Lisa [[spoiler:Lisa Trammel would have gotten away clean after two murders--but she just had to taunt her lawyer.]]
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* RewatchBonus: There's a reason why Lisa Trammel was so desperate to hang on to her home. Namely, her husband's corpse is buried in the backyard.
* SequelHook: Ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
* ShoutOut: Mickey alludes to the ''[[Film/FieldOfDreams "If you build it" philosophy]]'' when commenting on how he attracted clients for the field his law firm expanded to.
* SequelHook: Ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
* ShoutOut: Mickey alludes to the ''[[Film/FieldOfDreams "If you build it" philosophy]]'' when commenting on how he attracted clients for the field his law firm expanded to.
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* RewatchBonus: There's a reason why Lisa Trammel was so desperate to hang on to her home. Namely, [[spoiler:Namely, her husband's corpse is buried in the backyard.
backyard.]]
* SequelHook:Ends [[spoiler:Ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
defeat.]]
* ShoutOut: Mickey alludes to the''[[Film/FieldOfDreams [[Film/FieldOfDreams "If you build it" philosophy]]'' philosophy]] when commenting on how he attracted clients for the field his law firm expanded to.
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* ShoutOut: Mickey alludes to the
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* HotScientist: Dr. Shamiram Arslanian, the forensic scientist who testifies for Mickey Haller. Beyond her technical expertise, Haller values her for her hotness, which impresses jurors.
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* FiveFiveFive: Averted. The number on Mickey Haller's business cards is 323-988-0761.
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** When Detective Kurlen proves surprisingly willing to turn over discovery material to Haller, Haller says it's because he and Kurlen "have a history". That's a reference to ''Literature/TheLincolnLawyer'', and how Haller helped Kurlen find and convict the true guilty party in the Martha Renteria murder.
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* RewatchBonus: There's a reason why Lisa Trammel was so desperate to hang on to her home. Namely, her husband's corpse is quietly decaying under the backyard garden.
* SequelHook: ''The Fifth Witness'' ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
* SequelHook: ''The Fifth Witness'' ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
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* RewatchBonus: There's a reason why Lisa Trammel was so desperate to hang on to her home. Namely, her husband's corpse is quietly decaying under buried in the backyard garden.
backyard.
* SequelHook:''The Fifth Witness'' ends Ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
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* TitleDropChapter: The last part of ''The Fifth Witness'', which includes the climax in which Mickey Haller gets his client off and then figures out who was the murderer, is called "The Fifth Witness".
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* TitleDropChapter: The last part of ''The Fifth Witness'', part, which includes the climax in which Mickey Haller gets his client off and then figures out who was the murderer, is called "The Fifth Witness".
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* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Lisa Trammel is guilty. Haller can't do anything about that, but he can send in an anonymous tip that will lead police to her ''other'' murder, namely her husband who is resting quietly beneath her flower garden.
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** Murder victim Mitchell Bondurant was an executive at [=WestLand=] National Bank. That was the bank that was robbed waaaaay back in the backstory to Michael Connelly's very first novel, ''Literature/TheBlackEcho''.
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* FunWithAcronyms: '''F'''oreclosure '''L'''itigants '''A'''gainst '''G'''reed.
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* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall: Mickey Haller's firm website, www.stopfinancialruin.com, is a real site that will redirect to some information about the book.
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* TitleDrop: The prosecutor describes Opparizio as "a Fifth witness", that is, someone brought to the stand solely so Haller could badger him into taking the Fifth Amendment.
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** Mickey says that the rare old gun left to him by his father has "a tragic history." This was the climax to ''Literature/TheLincolnLawyer''.
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* ExactWords: Being a lawyer, Mickey Haller is a big fan of this trope.
** He chooses not to tell the judge that one of the jurors had a father who suffered a foreclosure, because the juror question was "Have you or anyone in your immediate family ever been involved in a foreclosure?" ("The word 'ever' was not in that sentence.")
** Mickey's junior associate, Jennifer Aronson, has a more developed sense of ethics. When she expresses skepticism about Mickey's courtroom stunt in which he asked a witness to pick Lisa Trammel out of a photo she wasn't in, he says "I asked the question. Could she point out where Lisa was in the photo? I didn't say Lisa was in the photo."
** He chooses not to tell the judge that one of the jurors had a father who suffered a foreclosure, because the juror question was "Have you or anyone in your immediate family ever been involved in a foreclosure?" ("The word 'ever' was not in that sentence.")
** Mickey's junior associate, Jennifer Aronson, has a more developed sense of ethics. When she expresses skepticism about Mickey's courtroom stunt in which he asked a witness to pick Lisa Trammel out of a photo she wasn't in, he says "I asked the question. Could she point out where Lisa was in the photo? I didn't say Lisa was in the photo."
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* TheCameo: Mickey's half-brother Literature/HarryBosch makes an appearance at his birthday party.
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** The umpteenth reference to fictional movie studio Archway Studios, first mentioned in Connelly novel ''Literature/TrunkMusic'' and in several novels since. Haller also says that former Archway head Walter Elliot was a client of his once--that is the plot of novel ''Literature/TheBrassVerdict''.
** Mickey mentions that Harry Bosch worked a case with him the year before. That's Connelly novel ''Literature/TheReversal''.
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** The umpteenth reference to fictional movie studio Archway Studios, first mentioned in Connelly novel ''Literature/TrunkMusic'' and in several novels since. Haller also says that former Archway head Walter Elliot was a client of his once--that is the plot of novel ''Literature/TheBrassVerdict''.
** Mickey mentions that Harry Bosch worked a case with him the year before. That's Connelly novel ''Literature/TheReversal''.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Mickey's ex-wife Maggie shows up at his house unannounced to berate him, because Haller used Maggie's connection with prosecutor Andrea Freeman to get Freeman to hand over discovery materials. She yells at him, he yells at her, and it ends in sex.
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* MythologyGag: A producer muses that Creator/MatthewMcConaughey would be good to play Mickey Haller in a movie. [=McConaughey=] actually did play Mickey Haller in the film version of ''Film/TheLincolnLawyer'', released that same year.
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* MythologyGag: A producer muses that Creator/MatthewMcConaughey would be good to play Mickey Haller in a movie. [=McConaughey=] actually did play Mickey Haller in the film version of ''Film/TheLincolnLawyer'', ''Literature/TheLincolnLawyer'', released that same year.
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* FiveFiveFive: Averted. The number on Mickey Haller's business cards is 323-988-0761.
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It revolves around the trial of Lisa Trammel for the murder of mortgage broker Mitchell Bondurant.
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!!This novel contains examples of:
* DisappearedDad: Lisa Trammel's husband has been missing for years after running out on Lisa and their little son. Subverted in the end, when it turns out she killed him and buried him in the backyard.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: The "Fifth Witness" is known as such for being the fifth person to be called by Mickey Haller to testify during Lisa Trammel's trial and taking the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.
* DropTheHammer: The murder weapon used to cave a banker's head in.
* EurekaMoment: Lisa Trammel gives a child a balloon at a party, and Haller instantly figures out how she managed to strike a much taller man in the top of the head with a hammer--the victim was looking up, at a balloon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. A detail (a freshly turned garden in the suspect's home) is introduced, and Mickey Haller says, "It was what the great filmmakers would call foreshadowing." In the end it ''is'' foreshadowing, but in a different way from what Haller guesses.
* HeelFaceTurn: Mickey Haller's decision to turn away from criminal defense work and run for District Attorney at the end of the novel is portrayed as this.
* HotScientist: Dr. Shamiram Arslanian, the forensic scientist who testifies for Mickey Haller. Beyond her technical expertise, Haller values her for her hotness, which impresses jurors.
* MythologyGag: A producer muses that Creator/MatthewMcConaughey would be good to play Mickey Haller in a movie. [=McConaughey=] actually did play Mickey Haller in the film version of ''Film/TheLincolnLawyer'', released that same year.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Lisa Trammel would have gotten away clean after two murders--but she just had to taunt her lawyer.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Mickey Haller receives one.
* SequelHook: ''The Fifth Witness'' ends with Mickey Haller deciding to run for DA. However, this sequel hook is subverted in ''Literature/TheGodsOfGuilt'', which reveals that Haller's nascent political career ended in scandal and defeat.
* TitleDropChapter: The last part of ''The Fifth Witness'', which includes the climax in which Mickey Haller gets his client off and then figures out who was the murderer, is called "The Fifth Witness".
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