The Mercy Rule, John Lescroart
The Mercy Rule, John Lescroart
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The Mercy Rule

Author: John Lescroart

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 17 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/12/2009

Synopsis

The Mercy Rule is a brilliant and moving human drama set against a backdrop of relentless suspense, legal complexity and moral ambiguity. Dismas Hardy, the former bartender, loving husband and father, and reluctant defense attorney of The 13th Juror, returns here in his most challenging case.Vowing to spend more time with his family, Dismas is hesitant to represent Graham Russo, a could-have-been-great baseball player-turned-lawyer who is indicted for the murder of his father, Sal. Everyone close to the Russos knew that Sal was dying and that he needed morphine injections to ease his suffering. Graham admits to administering these injections, but insists he wasn't there the night of Sal's overdose.Was it suicide, mercy, or murder?

About John Lescroart

American thriller author, John Lescroart, was born in Houston, TX in 1948. He graduated from high school in San Mateo, CA, and then earned a B. A. in English with honors at UC Berkeley in 1970.

Lescroart held many varied jobs through his early years out of college. Everything from bartender, moving man, house painter to singer/songwriter with his own band.

John has written more than twenty novels and several screenplays. His most popular novels are the Dismas Hardy/Abe Glitsky series and the Wyatt Hunt series. His books are translated and sold in more than seventy-five countries. He is also popular with his blogs at johnlescroart.com, Twitter, and Facebook.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on November 08, 2023

An already dying man strolls through death’s door a little earlier than expected! Natural death, suicide, assisted suicide, or capital first degree murder? Fans of John Lescroart could certainly be forgiven for picking up THE MERCY RULE expecting a suspense or legal thriller. After all, that’s how Le......more

Goodreads review by Marti on April 12, 2009

I have been a fan of John Lescroart since the first book of his that I read. I like the idea of having characters which recur in subsequent books--even ones like Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky, who are at times seriously flawed. This is probably the longest of his novels, and quite entertaining with ma......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on May 04, 2020

The Mercy Rule took a little too long in the groundwork and introduction, though enjoyable, to the main course. The issue of assisted suicide in the trial is interesting. The trial is fairly entertaining, though.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on July 11, 2019

What a great book! It’s a well crafted combination of legal drama, police procedural and insights about the realities of the bureaucracy that governs the system. This is the 5th entry in a series but, while it’s helpful to know the background of the characters by reading the series in order, I think......more

Goodreads review by Connie on October 16, 2022

Dismas Hardy does not want another murder trial, but Graham Russo has gotten under his skin and he can't shake it off. After being estranged from his father for years Graham and Sal have reconciled. But Sal is now battling advancing Alzheimer disease and an inoperable brain tumor. Now Sal is dead and......more

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