John T Lescroart
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English
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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 sensational clash between National Guard reservist Evan Scholler and an ex-Navy SEAL and private contractor named Ron Nolan. Two rapid-fire events in Iraq conspired to bring the men into fatal conflict: Nolan's relationship with Evan's girlfriend, Tara, a beautiful school-teacher...
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Wyatt Hunt volume 1
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English
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In the aftermath of a federal judge's murder, homicide inspector Devin Juhle discovers that the victim had powerful enemies, a mistress, and unsettling ties to a woman with whom Devin's best friend has fallen in love.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 1
Publisher
Donald I. Fine, Inc
Pub. Date
©1989
Language
English
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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.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 6
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
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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.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 9
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English
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Lieutenant Abe Glitsky becomes involved in the investigation of a murdered family friend when the prime suspect's lawyer turns to him for help, a request that places both of their careers in jeopardy.
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Wyatt Hunt volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Mickey Dade hates deskwork but that's all he's been doing at Wyatt Hunt's private investigative service, The Hunt Club. His itch to be active is answered when a body is discovered. It's Dominic Como one of San Francisco's most charismatic and high-profile activists. One "person of interest" in the case is Como's business associate, Alicia Thorpe - young gorgeous and the sister of one of Mickey's friends.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 13
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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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.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 4
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English
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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.
9) Damage
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2011
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English
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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.
10) The second chair
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 10
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Dutton
Pub. Date
©2004
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English
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Dismas Hardy becomes involved in a case involving the teenage son of a prominent San Francisco family who has been arrested for the murders of his girlfriend and English teacher, while an unseen killer terrorizes the city.
11) The oath
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 8
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2002
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English
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Attorney Dismas Hardy makes a discovery that threatens his family and his friendship with homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky while representing Dr. Eric Kensing, a man accused of murdering the head of San Francisco's largest HMO.
12) The motive
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 11
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English
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In the wake of the high-profile double murders of a politically connected socialite and his glamorous fiancée, Abe Glitsky is placed at the head of the controversial investigation.
13) Poison
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 17
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"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 Carver, the vigorous patriarch of the Carver family and its four-generations...
14) The hearing
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 7
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
©2001
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English
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When a homicide detective's daughter is killed, the aggrieved father pushes the main suspect for answers, D.A. Sharron Pratt sets out to revive her career by declaring war on the accused, and defense attorney Dismas Hardy struggles to ensure a fair trial.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 16
Pub. Date
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 naïve young man named Greg Treadway. Greg is a middle school teacher and he volunteers as a Special Advocate for foster children. At...
16) Hard evidence
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
When the bullet-ridden body of a Silicon Valley billionaire washes up on shore, assistant D.A. Dismas Hardy finds himself the prosecutor in San Francisco's murder trial of the century. But when a bizarre series of events blows the case wide open, Hardy finds himself on the other side of the law.
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Wyatt Hunt volume 3
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English
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"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 Hunt takes on a case he never knew existed, one that has lain unsolved for decades. His family's dark past unfurls in dead ends. The texter, who insists the killer is out there, refuses to be identified. The...
18) The Vig
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 2
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English
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Ex-cop, part-time investigator, and sometime bartender Dismas Hardy faces a death threat as he investigates the disappearance of his friend Rusty Ingraham, an investigation that exposes foot-dragging police and corruption.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 15
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"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 missing for five days. The case strikes close to home because Katie had been seeing Hardy's wife, a marriage counselor. By this time, the original Missing Persons case...