The Rule of Law, John Lescroart
The Rule of Law, John Lescroart
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The Rule of Law

Bestseller

Author: John Lescroart

Narrator: Jacques Roy

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/22/2019


Synopsis

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 in this instant New York Times bestseller from “the undisputed master of the courtroom thriller” (The Providence Journal).

Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his trusted secretary, Phyllis. Her strange behavior and sudden disappearances concern him, especially when he learns that her convict brother—a man who had served twenty-five years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder—has just been released.

Things take a shocking turn when Phyllis is suddenly arrested for allegedly being an accessory to the murder of Hector Valdez, a coyote who’d been smuggling women into this country from El Salvador and Mexico. That is, until recently, when he was shot to death—on the very same day that Phyllis first disappeared from work. The connection between Phyllis, her brother, and Hector’s murder is not something Dismas can easily understand, but if his cherished colleague has any chance of going free, he needs to put all the pieces together—and fast.

A whip-smart, engrossing novel filled with shocking twists and turns, “The Rule of Law is vintage Lescroart, drawing on parallels between real-life and hot-button issues while also providing top-notch entertainment” (The Real Book Spy).

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 Julie

The Rule of Law by John Lescroart is a 2019 Atria Books publication. It feels like old times, now that the gang is back together, working as a unit again. However, that also means there has been a new DA elected to office- a DA that was once suspected of murder. But, Dismas Hardy finds himself embro......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

In this 18th book in the 'Dismas Hardy' series, John Lescroart ties up hanging elements from previous books. Thus the author revisits crimes that occurred in 'The First Law' - where Russian mobsters were implicated in mass murder and 'Fatal' - where infidelity had dire consequences. Though this book......more