The Second Chair (Dismas Hardy Series #10)

The Second Chair (Dismas Hardy Series #10)

Overview

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.

Editorial Reviews

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Praise for The Second Chair

“Lescroart gives his ever-growing readership another spellbinder to savor.”—Library Journal

“Lescroart devises realistically flawed people who slog through the muck of criminal justice....Lescroart pulls it all together.”—People
 
“Great characters and a wonderful sense of place.”—Chicago Tribune

“Lescroart plays out clues with the patience and cunning of a master fly fisherman.”—Orlando Sentinel
 
“Perfectly paced.”—Booklist

“Stylish suspense.”—The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
 
“A talented author, Lescroart adroitly maintains a high level of tension and suspense.”—Roanoke Times
 
“This suspenseful and involving novel combines the best of the legal and police procedural.”—Dallas Morning News

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781491544815
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Publication date: 10/21/2014
Series: Dismas Hardy Series , #10
Edition description: Unabridged
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.50(d)

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