Proving Ground Connelly Michael (2026)

Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, leaves criminal court behind for his first civil lawsuit, but to him it is still a murder trial. An AI companys chatbot encouraged a sixteen-year-old boy to kill his ex-girlfriend, and Haller must prove that the company knew the dangers of its own creation. He turns to Jack McEvoy, a journalist who understands how powerful the coming wave will be, and together they uncover a whistleblower in hiding. As technology giants try to buy or bully their way out, the scale of the courtroom battle becomes clear. Billions are at stake, along with countless lives, in an all-or-nothing case that could change everything. This English-language thriller is by the author of the books behind the Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer and the Amazon Prime series Bosch and Ballard.