The Second Chair, John Lescroart
The Second Chair, John Lescroart
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The Second Chair

Author: John Lescroart

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017

Synopsis

Dismas Hardy is finally on top: as a managing partner at his thriving, newly reorganized law firm, he’s a rainmaker and fix-it guy for clients leery of taking their chances in a courtroom. Now Hardy’s up-and-coming associate, Amy Wu, brings him a high-profile case: Andrew Bartlett, the seventeen-year-old son of a prominent San Francisco family, has been arrested for the double slaying of his girlfriend and his English teacher. The D.A. wants to try him as an adult. Determined to get the case into juvenile court, and overwhelmed by the mounting evidence against her client, Wu asks Hardy to sit second chair for her in Bartlett’s defense.As the Bartlett case moves swiftly to trial, another series of murders grips the city. An unseen killer seems to be shooting citizens wantonly, and as fear and anxiety build around the Executioner (as he is quickly dubbed in the ensuing media frenzy), Abe Glitsky, the newly promoted deputy chief of the Investigations Bureau, leads the desperate hunt to stop him.With the city on the verge of panic, Hardy and Glitsky are locked in a race against time—to save a client and to catch a murderer. But nothing is what it seems, and as both men’s cases twist and turn to their shocking conclusions, the very foundations of San Francisco’s legal system will be shaken to the core.

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 Barbara on November 03, 2021

In this 10th book in the 'Dismas Hardy' lawyer series, the attorney helps an associate in his firm defend a boy accused of murder. The book works well as a standalone. ***** High school student Laura Wright and her drama teacher Mr. Mooney are rehearsing for the school play in his apartment when both......more

Goodreads review by Paul on February 24, 2025

Three stories for the price of one! The first, and for my money, the least interesting of the three, is a straight-up police procedural hunt for a serial killer dubbed The Executioner. Well, yeah … what else would you call an apparently motiveless killer whose MO involves getting up close and person......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on October 12, 2014

Lescroart’s The Second Chair is a cautionary tale against cynicism, assumption, and habit. The mystery fooled me slightly on a couple of levels. I thought I knew the murderer from early on, but I was close with no cigar. And, even when I was fairly certain about the murderer’s identify, I became cau......more

Goodreads review by Jim on July 28, 2016

Dismas Hardy returns for the tenth time in author John Lescroart's, "The Second Chair". However the primary protagonist in this novel was one of Hardy's associates, Amy Wu. Wu has had recently lost her father and is struggling with keeping it together at the office. Hardy highly respects Wu and is p......more

Goodreads review by Mary JL on February 15, 2009

I have read several of the Dismas Hardy---Abe Glitsky novels set in San Francisco. I enjoy the series immensely. First, the two main characters, Disman Hardy and Abe Glitsky are well well written. They grow and change in the various novels so re4ading them in order if possible is a good idea. Though......more

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