Mickey Haller Sparknotes

“The saying goes that if you build it, they will come” (Connelly 8). This became Mickey Haller’s motto when he moved to the foreclosure business from crime. He was forced to change his career when his business stopped getting clients. This is until Mickey gets a call saying his former client, Lisa Trammel; is accused of murdering the banker who was in the process of foreclosing her home. Now, Mickey and his team struggle to prove his client’s innocence with all the evidence saying that she is guilty. While reading this novel, I made a connection to Andrea Freeman’s motives, I questioned Jeff Trammel’s secrecy, and predicted who really killed the banker.

At first, I, the reader, and Mickey Haller were tentative about Andrea Freeman’s actions.

“I couldn’t. I don't want to put myself out like that, Mr. Haller. My failings. That wouldn’t feel right” (Connelly 152). This was Jeff’s response when Mickey asked if he would come home to testify and support his ex-wife and son. Is he afraid to face Lisa or their son? Or did he commit a crime back home? If the answer was that he was afraid to face his son, this would make a lot of sense. Jeff had left Lisa to raise their son on her own. He had taken a lot of their money, and his family almost lost their home because of it. Jeff may assume that his family still blames him for the challenging life they have had, so he does not want to come back and face them. Another possible reason is that he committed a crime back at home. While on the phone with Mickey, Jeff gives an intimation that he is in Mexico. He says that there is no TV and that he can’t read spanish. Jeff also states they he has had no idea what has been going on with his ex-wife’s case. If he was in the United States, he would have heard very much about it, and because of this I can assume he has left the country. Why has he left? A possible answer could be that he committed a crime and needed to get out of the country fast. This could also explain why he took the money and why he would leave his own son. Jeff Trammel has proven himself as a

I predict that Opparizio murdered the banker. I do not think that he killed him directly, but hired someone to do the job for him. As I mentioned before, Opparizio is a very opulent man, who has a lot of money, and could easily pay someone to do it. “While three sunglasses security men fanned out across the grounds, two more swept Gallery Z before giving the all-clear signal. Only then did Opparizio emerge from the stretch Mercedes” (Connelly 176). Now an opportunity is seen, but a motive is still needed. The banker had sent Opparizio a letter that, in summary, had said he wanted in on his company and was threatening to file an SAR (Suspicious Activity Report). Other threats are written passive aggressively in this letter, and it provides plenty motive for the writer’s murder. I also believe Opparizio hired the two men that attacked Mickey in the parking ramp. This would make sense since Mickey is defending Lisa, and Opparizio would want her to go to prison instead of himself. It will be hard for Mickey and his team to prove this theory, but the truth always come