Diretamente do seu carro, um clássico Lincoln, o advogado Mickey Haller resolve casos penais e faz de tudo para ganhar.

Max, a failed writer, goes in search of her estranged girlfriend while simultaneously, trying to unload a large quantity of drugs she stole off her bosses to pay for a trip back East to care for her dying mother. She also might have her dead sister in the trunk of her car.