| Record Number |
792276 |
| ISBN |
9781501115738 (hardback) |
| Author |
Lescroart, John T. author. |
| Title |
The rule of law : a novel / John Lescroart. |
| Edition |
First Atria Books hardcover edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York : Atria Books, [2019] |
| ©2019 |
| Pagination etc. |
324 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Dismas Hardy 18. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary Note |
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. Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his trusted secretary, Phyllis. Her out-of-character behavior and sudden disappearances concern Hardy, 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 with Phyllis is suddenly arrested at work 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. |
| Subject - Name |
Hardy, Dismas(Fictitious character)Fiction |
| Subject |
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
| Missing persons -- Fiction |
| San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction |
| Thrillers (Fiction) |
| Legal fiction (Literature) |
| Detective and mystery fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
F LESC |
