John T Lescroart
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Series
Dismas Hardy novels volume 5
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Description
Lawyer Dismas Hardy of San Francisco is hired to defend a man accused of mercy-killing his father who had Alzheimer's disease. The man denies administering the deadly morphine, but in that case who did? By the author of Guilt.
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Series
Dismas Hardy novels volume 6
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San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy finds himself caught up in a high-stakes murder case when his wife, Frannie, is jailed for refusing to reveal the secret of a man accused of killing his wife, a friend whose children attend the same school as Hardy's own.
23) The vig
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 2
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Rusty Ingraham, friend of former cop and prosecutor Dismas Hardy, disappeared leaving behind a murdered woman and a houseboat splattered with blood. Hardy must find out if Ingraham is dead.
24) Hard evidence
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 3
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When Dismas Hardy, a San Francisco district attorney, takes up the case of a Japanese prostitute accused of murdering a Silicon Valley billionaire, he becomes the target of her powerful clientele and falls for the victim's daughter
25) Guilt
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Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
As chief legal counsel for the archbishop of San Francisco, Mark Dooher could not divorce his wife, therefore he murdered her. So say the police and the novel is the story of his trial, a conflict between a tenacious police detective and the powerful lawyer. By the author of A Certain Justice.
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Series
Wyatt Hunt novels volume 1
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Lescroart, the author of the New York Times best-selling series starring Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky, introduces a new series character here. Wyatt Hunt is an embittered ex-caseworker in San Francisco, dismissed from Child Protective Services in a dispute with his boss.
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Series
Abe Glitsky volume 2
Pub. Date
1997
Description
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.
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Series
Dismas Hardy volume 9
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A spellbinding novel that forces defense attorney Dismas Hardy and Lieutenant Abe Glitsky outside the law and into a fight for their lives.
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Series
Dismas Hardy volume 8
Pub. Date
2002
Description
When the head of San Francisco's largest HMO dies in his own hospital, no one doubts it is anything but the result of massive injuries inflicted by a random hit-and-run car accident. But the autopsy soon tells a different story--an overdose of potassium killed him, and the attending physician, Eric Kensing, becomes the prime suspect in a high-profile homicide.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Dismas Hardy is looking forward to cutting back his work hours and easing into retirement after recovering from two gunshot wounds. He is determined to spend more time with his family and even reconnect with his distant son, Vincent. But Dismas just can't stay away from the courtroom for long, and soon he is pulled into an intense family drama with fatal consequences. From jealous children to gold-digging girlfriends, Dismas has his work cut out...
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Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
"Auguste Lupa, reputed son of the greatest detective of all time--and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right--is summoned to the court of the Czar. There, with a bit of assistance from none other than Holmes and Watson, he untangles a chilling plot that holds the Winter Palace in a lethal grip..."--From the publisher.
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Series
Dismas Hardy volume 5
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
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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Dismas Hardy volume 4
Pub. Date
1994
Description
Lawyer/investigator Diamas Hardy defends a woman accused of killing her husband, her son, and her previous husband.
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Series
Dismas Hardy volume 1
Pub. Date
c1989
Description
San Francisco ex-cop and current bartender Dismas "Diz" Hardy cannot believe his friend Eddie would commit suicide, so he decides to investigate. The progress of his search into Eddie's last days coincides with changes in his own emotional make-up, as he faces the reasons for his divorce and his feelings of guilt over the death of his infant son.
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Dismas Hardy volume 12
Pub. Date
2008
Description
When Dismas Hardy agrees to clean up the caseload of recently disappeared attorney Charlie Bowen, he thinks it will be easy. But one of the cases is far from small-time - the appeal to overturn the murder conviction of National Guard reservist Evan Scholler, who has been sentenced to life without parole for the murder of an ex-Navy SEAL and private contractor named Ron Nolan. Two rapid-fire events in Iraq conspired to bring the men into fatal conflict....
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Dismas Hardy volume 18
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"In "master of the legal thriller" (Chicago Sun-Times) John Lescroart's electrifying new novel, attorney Dismas Hardy is called to defend the least likely suspect of his career: his longtime, trusted assistant who is suddenly being charged as an accessory to murder. Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his trusted secretary, Phyllis. Her out-of-character behavior and sudden disappearances concern Hardy, especially when he learns that her convict...
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Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
In San Francisco, a black lawyer is mistaken for a killer and lynched by whites. A white bystander trying to save him by cutting the rope is photographed holding a knife and portrayed by a newspaper as the mob's leader. The city explodes into violence, politicians outdo each other calling for retribution and a decent man runs for his life
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