In Michael Connelly’s The Proving Ground, former defense attorney Mickey Haller, aka the Lincoln Lawyer, changes his stripes and becomes a public litigator. The case: The parents of a teenage girl, killed by her ex-boyfriend after he was told to do so by an A.I. bot, sue Tidalwaiv, the A.I. company. The boy actually becomes enamored with the A.I. posing as a jealous lover. The question at hand: Is an A.I. company responsible for the intelligence it creates and, if not, what’s to protect any of us from the power of that intelligence? That question holds true especially for children and teens, whose brains’ frontal cortexes are not fully developed.
Fans of Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer books will enjoy Mickey’s new approach to the law and will love this one!
reviewed July 2026
In Michael Connelly’s The Proving Ground, former defense attorney Mickey Haller, aka the Lincoln Lawyer, changes his stripes and becomes a public litigator. The case: The parents of a teenage girl, killed by her ex-boyfriend after he was told to do so by an A.I. bot, sue Tidalwaiv, the A.I. company. The boy actually becomes enamored with the A.I. posing as a jealous lover. The question at hand: Is an A.I. company responsible for the intelligence it creates and, if not, what’s to protect any of us from the power of that intelligence? That question holds true especially for children and teens, whose brains’ frontal cortexes are not fully developed.
Fans of Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer books will enjoy Mickey’s new approach to the law and will love this one!
reviewed July 2026