John Lescroart
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WHEN A BRUTAL RAPIST IS MURDERED, A LOVING FATHER STANDS ACCUSED OF THE CRIME. DEFENSE ATTORNEY DISMAS HARDY MUST DEFEND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW AND OLD FRIEND MOSES McGUIRE IN A THRILLING CASE THAT HITS FAR TOO CLOSE TO HOME.
Moses McGuire has good reason to be concerned about his beautiful twenty-three-year-old daughter, Brittany. She moves quickly from one boyfriend to the next, and always seems to prefer a new and mysterious stranger to a man she...
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The New York Times—bestselling author tells the story of how he created his popular San Francisco sleuth.
In 1989, everyman “Dismas Hardy” debuted in John Lescroart's mystery, “Dead Irish”. It's a story millions of readers have enjoyed, along with other entries in the New York Times—bestselling series. But a tale they may not know is how Lescroat invented the ex-Marine, ex-cop, and ex-lawyer turned sleuth.
In this brief autobiographical...
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From New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart, a riveting novel featuring Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky on the hunt for clues about a woman who has gone missing.
On the evening before Thanksgiving, Hal Chase, a guard in the San Francisco County Jail, drives to the airport to pick up his step-brother for the weekend. When they return, Hal's wife, Katie, has disappeared without a clue.
By the time Dismas Hardy hears about this, Katie has been...
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New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. From small-town crime stories to sweeping global conspiracies, this is a cross section of today's hottest thriller-writing talent. This original collection is now split into four e-book volumes, packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem!
First Thrills: Volume 4 contains stories seven original stories by:
John...
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2022.
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English
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"Having joined the "dark side" after years spent prosecuting criminals as the San Francisco DA, defense attorney Wes Farrell is experiencing a crisis of faith. How can he in good conscience defend clients whom, in his estimation, are most likely guilty? In his role as DA, Farrell had helped put away Paul Riley, a young man charged for the rape and murder of his then-girlfriend Dana Rush, only for Riley to later be released from his life sentence -...
7) Guilt
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Mark Dooher, a San Francisco attorney, finds himself assigned to a scandalous lawsuit involving the city's Archdiocese, begins an affair with an engaged law student, and must prove his innocence when he is linked to two murders.
8) Damage
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Dutton
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Homicide chief Abe Glitsky and attorney Dismas Hardy work to make sure Ro Curtlee, convicted of raping and murdering a family housekeeper, is sent back to prison when he is released after serving ten years of his sentence, pending a new trial ordered by the appeals court under pressure from Curtlee's parents, owners of a major San Francisco newspaper.
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Delacorte Press
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c1999
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English
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San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy becomes involved in the case of his career when his wife, Frannie, called before the grand jury in a murder investigation, is put in jail for refusing to reveal a secret entrusted to her by the father of some of her children's classmates.
17) The mercy rule
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Delacorte Press
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c1998
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English
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Attorney Dismas Hardy becomes involved in what could turn out to be his last case when he reluctantly agrees to defend fellow lawyer Graham Russo against a charge that he delivered a fatal dose of morphine to his already dying father, Sal.
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Atria Books
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2015.
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English
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Late one night, a teenage African American foster child named Tanya Morgan plummets to her death from the overpass above San Francisco's Stockton tunnel. But did she fall...or was she pushed? Rushing to produce a convictable suspect in the glare of the media spotlight, homicide inspectors focus their attention on a naive young man named Greg Treadway. Greg is a middle school teacher and he volunteers as a Special Advocate for foster children. At first,...