|
Showing 1 - 24 of
24 matches in All Departments
|
Poison (Paperback)
John Lescroart
|
R443
R372
Discovery Miles 3 720
Save R71 (16%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
USA TODAY BESTSELLER The beloved New York Times bestselling Dismas
Hardy series returns with a "perfect piece of entertainment from a
master storyteller" (Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling
author) about a relentlessly twisty murder mystery. No one mourned
when San Francisco DA Wes Farrell put Paul Riley in prison eleven
years ago for the rape and murder of his girlfriend. And no one is
particularly happy to see him again when he's released after The
Exoneration Initiative uncovered evidence that pinned the crime on
someone else. In fact, Riley soon turns up murdered, surrounded by
the loot from his latest scam. But if Riley was innocent all along,
who wanted him dead? To the cops, it's straightforward: the
still-grieving father of Riley's dead girlfriend killed him.
Farrell, now out of politics and practicing law with master
attorney Dismas Hardy, agrees to represent the defendant, Doug
Rush--and is left in the dust when Rush suddenly vanishes. At a
loss, Farrell and Hardy ask PI Abe Glitsky to track down the
potentially lethal defendant. The search takes Glitsky through an
investigative hall of mirrors populated by wounded parents, crooked
cops, cheating spouses, and single-minded vigilantes. As Glitsky
embraces and then discards one enticing theory after another, the
truth seems to recede ever farther. So far that he begins to
question his own moral compass in this "hypnotic and powerful"
(Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author) thriller that'll
keep you guessing until the very end.
"New York Times" bestselling author John Lescroart's most beloved
protagonist returns to face the most personal case of his career in
a masterful novel that showcases all of this author's extraordinary
storytelling skills.
When Moses McGuire becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his
own daughter's rapist, attorney Dismas Hardy- Moses's
brother-in-law- agrees to defend him. But McGuire has fallen off
the wagon, and his stay in prison could bring to light old secrets
that would destroy Hardy and his closest colleagues' careers. As
the overwhelming evidence against McGuire piles up, Hardy focuses
on planting doubt in the minds of the jurors- until, in a feat of
legal ingenuity that is staggering in both its implications and its
simplicity, he sees a new way forward that might just save them
all. But at what price?
|
The Fall (Paperback)
John Lescroart
|
R395
R331
Discovery Miles 3 310
Save R64 (16%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
Dismas Hardy is plunged into San Francisco's murder trial of the
century... The third novel in John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy series,
Hard Evidence, unpicks every last clue in this gripping murder
mystery. Perfect for fans of Sheldon Sigel and Michael Connelly. 'A
blockbuster courtroom drama' - Kirkus Review When the bullet-ridden
body of a Silicon Valley billionaire washes up on shore, assistant
D.A. Dismas Hardy finds himself the prosecutor in San Francisco's
murder trial of the century. The suspect: a Japanese call girl with
a long list of prominent clients. But when a bizarre series of
events blows the case wide open, Hardy finds himself on the other
side of the law--as a lawyer for the defence.... What readers are
saying about the Hard Evidence: 'There are enough twists in the
trail to make it an interesting guessing game' 'A real page turner'
'Draws you in and doesn't let go until the final paragraphs'
He is obsessed with her innocence. He will be destroyed by her
guilt... John Lescroart writes a gripping courtroom thriller
delving deep into the life and mind of the suspect in The
Thirteenth Juror, the fourth novel in the Dismas Hardy series.
Perfect for fans of J.J. Miller and John Sandford. 'I double-dare
you to begin reading John T. Lescroart's new suspense trial novel
and put it down... This one is on the money' - Larry King, USA
Today Dismas Hardy, lawyer/investigator, undertakes the defence of
Jennifer Witt, accused of murdering her husband and their
eight-year-old son as well as her first husband, who had died nine
years earlier from an apparent drug overdose. While preparing his
case, Hardy learns that both of Jennifer's husbands had physically
abused her. But Jennifer refuses to allow a defence that presumes
her guilt. She is not guilty, she claims. Hardy is now driven to
seek an alternative truth a jury can believe. As the trial
progresses, the complex truth itself begins to change, to bend, to
fade in and out of focus as the clock keeps ticking on Jennifer's
fate, until there seems only one person left to convince, and she
is 'the 13th juror' - the judge. The 13th Juror is a stunning and
suspenseful novel of moral ambiguity, of good intentions, bad
judgements and the tortuous path to ultimate justice. What readers
are saying about The Thirteenth Juror: 'Intricate, multi-layered
story that goes way beyond the basics' 'It was hard to put this
book down!' 'Keeps you on the edge of your seat until the end'
A brutal murder rocks a city. An innocent man stands accused. And
justice is the next to die. A novel that examines the nature of
justice - and injustice - follows an ordinary man who, through no
fault of his own, is hounded, hunted, and almost destroyed for a
crime he did not commit. Perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and
Mark Nolan. 'Catapults Lescroart into the top ranks of crime
writers' - Playboy In San Francisco--a city of tolerance and
hope--everything came apart. One man died at the hands of another.
The next victim was killed by a mob. Now fires burn in the night,
helicopters throb through the air, and politicians, lawyers and
cops vie for the remnants of power. Somewhere in the once-placid
streets of San Francisco, a young man is on the run, charged by the
media with a crime he didn't commit, hounded by demagogues, hunted
by a desperate police department. One cop knows that Kevin Shea is
innocent of a brutal racial murder. An ambitious politician will
use Shea for her own ends. And a down-and-out lawyer is all that
stands between Kevin Shea and an even more atrocious crime. For
when there's no law left, justice is the only hope. What readers
are saying about A Certain Justice: 'A mystery thriller with twists
and turns as fast as a bullet' 'You'll not be able to put the book
down until you've read the last word' 'Compelling story of how
justice can be manipulated by people in high places'
He was hoping for a little peace, but is propelled back into all
the things he was trying to escape... John Lescroart introduces
Dismas Hardy for the first time in Dead Irish, the gripping crime
thriller. Perfect for fans of John Grisham and Scott Turow. 'With
John Lescroart's polished writing, Dead Irish becomes more than a
mystery novel with a bartender as detective. With razor precision,
characters stand out, flawed and human... Chilling in its
intensity, this is an ingenious tale of many different kinds of
people' - Pasadena Star-News An ex-policeman, ex-husband and
ex-lawyer, Dismas Hardy is now a barman wondering what to do with
the rest of his life. Then he hears that one of his friends, Eddie
Cochran, has just lost his. It seems that Eddie killed himself but,
recently married to Frannie McGuire, the sister of Dismas' boss
Moses, Eddie had a lot to live for. Reluctantly, Dismas agrees to
use his long-neglected skills to investigate the death, if only to
rescue Frannie from the agony of believing her husband killed
himself. At first it appears Eddie was silenced when he stumbled on
a drug deal. But Dismas gets to know Eddie's family and starts to
uncover a reservoir of anger rotting the fabric that binds the
generations. And then another member of the Cochran clan goes
missing... What readers are saying about Dead Irish: 'Nail-biting'
'[This] book is a joy to read' 'Intricate and fraught with
complications, nuanced characters, and believable relationships'
The later you pay, the steeper the price... Dismas Hardy returns in
The Vig, the second instalment in John Lescroart's stirring series.
Perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and Scott Turow. 'The plot
twists and turns...Hardy is one of the more real and engaging
characters in... crime solving' - Los Angeles Times Payback is
murder. A beautiful woman paid it with her body. A seedy lawyer
used somebody else's money. It's the vig - the exorbitant interest
mob loan sharks take on their money. Now everyone has to pay...
Down-and-out lawyer Rusty Ingraham left behind a murdered woman and
a houseboat splattered with blood. All the evidence said Ingraham
was in San Francisco Bay. Dead. But a friend of Ingraham's, former
cop and prosecutor Dismas Hardy, isn't so sure. And Hardy has to
find out, because a stone-cold killer, now paroled, once threatened
to kill Ingraham and Dismas Hardy both. To save his own skin, Hardy
must face down liars and killers on both sides of the law. From mob
foot soldiers to broken-hearted lovers to renegade cops, a dozen
lives are tied to the fate of Rusty Ingraham - and the payback has
only just begun. What readers are saying about John Lescroart:
'[John Lescroart] develops characters and storylines like no other
author I have read' 'Lescroart is a very talented and imaginative
crime writer' 'I am never disappointed by any books from John
Lescroart'
At first, The Hunt Club had a membership of one: private
investigator Wyatt Hunt. Since then, others have joined with a
common interest in obtaining justice. One member, inspector Devin
Juhle, has just caught a major case: the shooting of a
sixty-three-year old federal judge and his twentysomething
mistress...
While Juhle works, Hunt plays, hooking up with TV star and legal
analyst Andrea Parisi. But before Hunt knows it, Juhle's case will
be of great interest to the members of The Hunt Club. Especially to
Hunt himself-as Andrea's card is found in the wallet of one of the
victims.
John Lescroart, bestselling author of the Dismas Hardy series,
whose recent titles include THE FALL, THE KEEPER and THE OPHELIA
CUT, returns with a gripping one-off thriller about a deadly love
affair that will enthrall fans of Linwood Barclay and Harlan Coben.
Kate is happily married to Ron with two children and a beautiful
home in San Francisco. But everything changes when Kate meets
Peter. What begins as a passing fancy develops into a dangerous
obsession and one intense, passionate encounter. Confident that
life can go back to normal, Kate never considers that Peter may not
be so willing to move on. Until a masked man fires a weapon into
the crowd of a cafe that Kate is in with her best friend. This
tragedy is just the first in a series of horrifying events that
will show exactly how fatal the consequences of one mistake can
be...
|
Dead Irish (Paperback)
John Lescroart
|
R238
R215
Discovery Miles 2 150
Save R23 (10%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
In his new life as a bartender at the Little Shamrock, Dismas Hardy
is just hoping for a little peace. He's left both the police force
and his law career behind. Unfortunately it's not as easy to leave
behind the memory of a shattering personal loss-but for the time
being, he can always take the edge off with a stiff drink and round
of darts. But when the news of Eddie Cochran's death reaches him,
Hardy is propelled back into all the things he was trying to
escape. Now he must untangle a web of old secrets and raw passions,
for the sake of Eddie's pregnant widow Frannie-and for the others
whose lives may still be at risk.
|
The Hunter (Paperback)
John Lescroart
|
R268
R242
Discovery Miles 2 420
Save R26 (10%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
Raised by loving adoptive parents, San Francisco private
investigator Wyatt Hunt never had an interest in finding his birth
family--until he gets a chilling text message:
""How did your mother die?"
"
The answer is murder, and Hunt takes on a case he never knew
existed, unsolved for decades. His family's dark past unfurls in
dead ends. Child Protection Services, who suspected Hunt was being
neglected, is uninformed; his birth father, twice-tried but never
convicted of the murder, is in hiding; Evie, his mother's
drug-addicted religious fanatic of a friend, is untraceable. And
who is the texter, and how is this person connected to Hunt? Time
is running out. Insisting the murderer is out there, the texter
refuses to be identified. But as the case escalates, so does the
threat--for the killer has a secret that will go to the grave...
"
"
Auguste Lupa, reputed son of the greatest detective of all time—and possessor of a brilliant deductive mind in his own right—is summoned to the court of the Czar. There, with a bit of assistance from none other than Holmes and Watson, he untangles a chilling plot that holds the Winter Palace in a lethal grip… *Publishers Weekly
From John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of THE
OPHELIA CUT and THE KEEPER, comes THE FALL - the riveting new legal
thriller featuring Dismas Hardy and introducing his daughter
Rebecca. Late one night, fostered teen Anlya Paulson plummets to
her death from the overpass above San Francisco's Stockton tunnel.
But did she fall...or was she pushed? Pushed to find a suspect,
homicide inspectors focus on naive school teacher Greg Treadway,
who volunteers as a Special Advocate for foster children. But by
the time Greg's murder trial is underway, lawyer Dismas Hardy and
his daughter, Rebecca, have unearthed some alternative harrowing
possibilities: a missing stepfather, a roommate who ran an escort
service, and Anlya's own birth mother. How will they get these
theories in front of the jury? And, if they can, what price will
they have to pay?
In his latest "New York Times" bestseller, legal-thriller
powerhouse Lescroart delivers the story of a man accused of
murdering his wife. Investigator Wyatt Hunt and police detective
Devin Juhle appear, as does longtime series regular Dismas Hardy,
but the lead goes to Gina Roake, an attorney in Hardy's firm.
Available in a tall Premium Edition.
A federal judge is murdered, found shot in his home together with
the body of his mistress. To homicide inspector Devin Juhle, it
looks like a case of a wife's jealousy and rage. But the judge had
some powerful enemies... Meanwhile, Private Investigator Wyatt Hunt
finds himself smitten with the beautiful and enigmatic Andrea
Parisi, a celebrity television lawyer. But Andrea, too, had a
connection to the judge, along with a client that had everything to
gain from the judge's death. And then she suddenly disappears. . .
. Andrea becomes Juhle's prime suspect. Wyatt Hunt thinks she may
be a kidnap victim, or worse, another murder victim. And far more
than that, she's someone with whom he believes he may have a
future. As the search for Andrea intensifies, Hunt gathers a loose
band of friends and associates willing to bend and even break the
rules, leading to a chilling confrontation from which none of them
might escape.
|
Damage (Paperback)
John Lescroart
|
R342
R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
Save R19 (6%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
When wild boy Ro Curtlee was convicted of rape and murder, the
fallout against those responsible for putting him behind
bars-including detective Abe Glitsky-was uncompromising. That's
because the Curtlee family is among the Bay Area's most powerful
billionaires. When a retrial ends in Ro's release, it appears his
need for retribution isn't over. And this time, Glitsky's in the
crosshairs.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R383
R318
Discovery Miles 3 180
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R383
R318
Discovery Miles 3 180
|