John T Lescroart
1) The keeper
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 15
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When one of his counselor wife's clients suspiciously disappears and the woman's husband, a San Francisco jail guard, is accused of her murder, lawyer Dismas Hardy examines possible suspects before discovering evidence of the corruption-related death of an inmate.
Author
Series
Wyatt Hunt volume 2
Language
English
Description
Released from desk work when a high-profile San Francisco activist is murdered, Hunt Club private investigator Mickey Dade discovers that the victim was involved in suspicious deals that also implicate the beautiful Alicia Thorpe.
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 18
Language
English
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...
4) Damage
Author
Language
English
Description
His career derailed by the vengeful billionaire Curtlee family for his part in convicting one of their number for murder, former homicide detective Abe Glitsky learns that the killer has won a retrial at the same time a star witness has been murdered.
5) Fatal
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
One act of infidelity. Two couples on the edge. Three days to find a killer hiding in plain sight. --Publisher
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 13
Language
English
Description
Dismas Hardy defends Maya Townshend, the beautiful socialite niece of the San Francisco's mayor, who is suspected of killing a charming ex-convict. A compelling and timely legal thriller filled with blackmail, political intrigue, and multiple murder which also features returning characters Abe Glitsky and Wyatt Hunt.
7) The hunter
Author
Series
Wyatt Hunt volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised by loving adoptive parents, San Francisco private investigator Wyatt Hunt never had an interest in finding his birth family--until he gets a chilling text message from an unknown number: "How did ur mother die?" The answer is murder, and urged on by curiosity and the mysterious texter, Hunt takes on a case he never knew existed, one that has lain unsolved for decades.
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 -...
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 17
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
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. Grant Wagner, the vigorous patriarch of the Wagner family and its four-generations...
10) Dead Irish
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In his new life as a bartender at the Little Shamrock in San Francisco, Dismas Hardy--divorced, ex-Marine, ex-cop, ex-attorney--is just hoping for a little peace. When the news of Eddie Cochran's death reaches him, however, Hardy is propelled back into all the things he was trying to escape for the sake of Eddie's pregnant widow, Frannie, and for the others whose lives may still be at risk.
11) The first law
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an elderly shop owner can no longer pay for the services of the Patrol Specials private police force, he tries to get help from his friend in the police department of San Francisco only to wind up murdered. Dismas Hardy is putting together a lawsuit against the Patrol Specials when his friend is accused of the murder. The policeman and the lawyer must try to protect each other and their nearest and dearest.
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 6
Publisher
Signet Book
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In an effort to save his wife, lawyer Dismas Hardy investigates the murder of a woman thrown out of a window. The victim was his wife's friend and she has been jailed for refusing to reveal a secret which the other confided to her.
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 4
Publisher
Signet Book, New American Library
Pub. Date
2005, c1994
Language
English
Description
A legal thriller featuring a battered San Francisco wife accused of shooting both her husband and her seven-year-old son. When the trial opens she refuses to allow a defense of spousal abuse because of its implication of guilt. Which presents her lawyer, the narrator, with a major problem as the prosecution claims she killed the husband for the insurance. By the author of Hard Evidence.
15) The hearing
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 7
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"The call comes at midnight. An up-and-coming lawyer has been found dead in a dark alley, with a homeless heroin addict lingering over her body, holding a gun and carrying her jewelry in his pocket. It looks like a robbery gone awry, a tragic and petty murder. But for homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky, the crime cuts close to home. Because, unknown to anyone—even Glitsky’s best friend, lawyer Dismas Hardy—the victim was his daughter."--
17) The vig
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 2
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2006,
Language
English
Description
"A beautiful woman paid it with her body. A seedy lawyer used somebody else’s money. It’s the vig – the exorbitant interest mob loan sharks take on their money. Now, in the city by the Bay, everyone has to pay… Down-and-out-lawyer Rusty Ingraham left behind a murdered woman and a houseboat splattered with blood. All the evidence said Ingraham was in San Francisco Bay. Dead. But a friend of Ingraham’s, former cop and prosecutor Dismas Hardy,...
18) The Ophelia cut
Author
Series
Dismas Hardy volume 14
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Defending old friend Moses McGuire against murder charges involving a man who raped his daughter, attorney Dismas Hardy risks his career when the case threatens to expose old secrets involving him and police lieutenant Abe Glitsky.
20) Sunburn
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
As the country of Spain prepares for revolution, two couples -- a husband and wife bored with the life they have drifted into, and a combative pair that relish every moment in life -- find their lives forever changed by the arrival of a young American seeking his missing lover.