John T. Lescroart Knihy

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In John T. Lescroart's brilliant new novel, The 13th Juror, Dismas Hardy, lawyer/investigator, undertakes the defense of Jennifer Witt, accused of murdering her husband and their eight-year-old son as well as her first husband, who had died nine years earlier from an apparent drug overdose. While preparing his case, Hardy learns that both of Jennifer's husbands had physically abused her. But Jennifer refuses to allow a defense that presumes her guilt. She is not guilty, she claims. Hardy is now driven to seek an alternative truth a jury can believe. As the trial progresses, the complex truth itself begins to change, to bend, to fade in and out of focus as the clock keeps ticking on Jennifer's fate, until there seems only one person left to convince, and she is "the 13th juror"—the judge. The 13th Juror is a stunning and suspenseful novel of moral ambiguity, of good intentions, bad judgements and the tortuous path to ultimate justice.

Lieutenant Abraham Glitsky is known by everyone in San Francisco's world of crime and punishment. But they don't know everything about him. In particular that he has an illegitimate daughter, Elaine, who never knew her father. Now she never will. Elaine has been murdered. The only suspect is a hopeless heroin addict, and Dismas Hardy - a close friend of Glitsky's - agrees to defend the alleged killer when the DA calls for the death penalty. Thrust into a bitter collaboration with Glitsky, a man confronting uncharted regions of his heart, Hardy battles to win a fair trial for Burgess, and finds himself entering a world of corruption and cold-blooded murder.

Influential San Francisco attorney Mark Dooher is affluent, powerful, totally in control, and used to getting what he wants. When he meets a beautiful young attorney, he decides he wants her too. But Dooher is a married man, and as legal counsel for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, divorce isn't exactly on his agenda. Then Dooher's wife is murdered, and he becomes a suspect in the case. Even then, there's no cause for alarm. The woman he wants is close by his side. His best friend, the ever-loyal Wes Farrell, is his defense lawyer. Nothing, not past crimes, current scandals, or future desires, is going to stop him. Except perhaps the truth

Set in a captivating backdrop, this stylish whodunit showcases a masterful blend of suspense and intricate plotting. The narrative unfolds through a series of twists and turns, keeping readers engaged as they piece together clues alongside the characters. The author, praised for reaching new heights in storytelling, delivers a compelling mystery that delves into the complexities of human nature and morality, making it a must-read for fans of the genre.

When a bar crowd turns into a murderous, racist mob, Kevin Shea tries to do the right thing. He fails, and an innocent black lawyer is lynched. The next day, TV pictures show Shea apparently trying to hang the lawyer and Shea suddenly finds himself a hunted, hated man.

A morning jog turns fatal for HMO executive Tim Markham when he is struck by a car and later dies under suspicious circumstances in his own hospital. The situation escalates when his family is murdered, leading Lt. Abe Glitsky to suspect Dr. Eric Kensing, who has both motive and opportunity. As Glitsky navigates the investigation with the help of inexperienced rookies, defense attorney Dismas Hardy must protect his client while also safeguarding a close friend, all while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens their lives.

When Assistant DA Dismas Hardy finds himself on the trail of a murdered Silicon Valley billionaire, he seizes the opportunity to emerge from a mountain of minor cases. Before long he is prosecuting San Francisco's biggest murder trial, but with a sinking suspicion that the accused is innocent.

From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Guilt and The 13th Juror comes an electrifying new thriller--a novel in which San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy faces the case of his career. This time his family is involved--and for Hardy, a devoted husband and father, the stakes have never been higher. Dismas knows his wife, Frannie, is the most reliable of mothers. When she fails to pick up their children from school one afternoon, he's convinced something terrible has happened. It has: Frannie Hardy is in jail. Called before the grand jury in a murder investigation, she refused to reveal a secret entrusted to her by a man whose children attend the same school as hers, a friend who is accused of killing his wife. But now he has disappeared. Hardy knows there's only one way to get Frannie out of jail: clear her friend of murder. That is, if he can be found. As he moves through a labyrinthine world of big business and San Francisco politics, looking for a man he half hopes never to find, a furious and frustrated Hardy is struggling to understand why his impeccably faithful wife is being so loyal to another man. What kind of truth could keep a wife from her husband, a mother from her children--could hold Hardy so powerless before the wrath of the law? With an unparalleled ability to illuminate the complexities of relationships while weaving a story of breathtaking suspense, Lescroart has never been in finer form. And Nothing But the Truth is his finest hour.

After the owner of a successful family business is murdered, attorney Dismas Hardy, who doubts the guilt of the chief suspect, navigates the dangerous secrets and gold-digger agendas to identify the killer.