The Motive, John Lescroart
The Motive, John Lescroart
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The Motive

Author: John Lescroart

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 14 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017

Categories: Fiction, Legal


Synopsis

It starts with a double homicide. Because of the high profiles of the victims—a politically connected socialite and his glamorous fiancée—the mayor of San Francisco herself demands that a high-ranking detective be put on the case. And so Abe Glitsky is thrust into the controversial investigation.Dan Cuneo, the officer already working the case, is immediately wary of Glitsky and doesn’t hide his distrust. Matters are made worse when Cuneo starts to focus on his primary suspect—who also happens to be an old girlfriend of Dismas Hardy. For Hardy and Glitsky, this is an awkward and uncomfortable coincidence. But for Cuneo, it’s proof positive of collusion, and yet another instance of Glitsky cheating with his insider friends and cronies.Convinced that Hardy’s client is the wrong suspect, Glitsky breaks ranks within the police department to continue his own investigation. As Hardy’s murder trial builds to its stunning conclusion, Glitsky’s search for the truth does more than fuel suspicion against the two men. It reveals a trail of deception that leads beyond San Francisco, where exposing desperate secrets can be the most deadly offense.

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 Ms.pegasus on May 12, 2015

Flames engulf a picturesque, renovated San Francisco Victorian in the opening pages of this mystery. The entire first chapter is a mesmerizing drama pitting the fire against wave after wave of arriving fire fighters. As the fire is contained but not yet totally extinguished, Arnie Becker, the lead a......more

Goodreads review by Iniye on June 18, 2023

#11 of the Dismas Hardy series. One of the famous “Painted Ladies”—Victorian houses in San Fransisco—is on fire. The house belonging to famous lawyer and political figure, Paul Hanover. Two bodies are later discovered inside the building, Paul Hanover and his supposed young fiancée, Missy D'Amiens, w......more

Goodreads review by Kendra on January 15, 2019

Okay, sometimes I need a mindless page turner to get me through a long layover or boring bus ride. This book helped with that. It's definitely captivating, and I like that it is set in SF (makes me nostalgic) but this will be my last Lescroart book. His characters are just so one-dimensional, and I......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on April 16, 2017

When a heavy contributor to the San Francisco mayor is found murdered in his burning home, an ambitious maverick detective with a background of sexual harassment and a grudge against Dismas Hardy's childhood girlfriend, Hardy must prove the detective abuse of his position and inadequate investigatio......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on May 25, 2020

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