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1) Poison
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English
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Dismas Hardy is looking forward to 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-owned family business, has been...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"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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"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--after...
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Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
417 pages ; 25cm
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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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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...
7) Betrayal
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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...
12) Hard evidence
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English
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Assistant D.A. Dismas Hardy finds himself the prosecutor in San Francisco's murder trial of the century, when the bullet-ridden body of a Silicon Valley billionaire washes up on shore. A Japanese call girl with a long list of prominent clients is the suspect in the murder. A bizarre series of events causes Hardy to find himself on the other side, as lawyer for the defense.
13) The second chair
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Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 24 cm
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English
Description
As San Francisco lawyer Dismas Hardy works second chair on a juvenile murder trial, a killer is randomly shooting the city's citizens. As the two cases twist and turn to shocking conclusions, they shake the foundations of San Francisco's legal system.
14) The hearing
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English
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Dismas Hardy encounters political corruption and conspiracy when he takes on San Francisco's embattled, ambitious D.A. by defending a homeless heroin addict on trial for the murder of a homicide lieutenant's daughter.
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Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
484 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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When Jennifer Witt is put on trial for murdering her husband and son, her attorney, Dismas Hardy, believes that the years of abuse she suffered will provide a foolproof defense. But Jennifer rejects that defense--abused or not, she didn't kill anyone. Can Hardy convince anyone of that?