Overview
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).
Full Product Details
Author: John Lescroart
Publisher: Pocket Books
Imprint: Pocket Books
Volume: 18
Dimensions:
Width: 10.80cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 18.60cm
Weight: 0.231kg
ISBN: 9781982187880
ISBN 10: 1982187883
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 23 August 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""[Lescroart's writing] unfolds like a classic Law & Order."" --Entertainment Weekly ""A master of legal suspense."" --Associated Press ""Deserves to be considered alongside Turow and Grisham."" --Chicago Sun-Times ""No one, attorney or not, can write a trial scene better than John Lescroart."" --New York Journal of Books"
Enthralling... Sharp dialogue and a timely plot help make this entry a winner. -- Publishers Weekly Lescroart plots so cleverly that he has you believing his split-level thriller is really a single foreshortened novel. The perfect read for those who agree that it's only trouble if somebody's shooting at you. -- Kirkus Lescroart's novels are known as much for their abundantly human characters as they are for their rigorously plotted stories, and this one is a showcase for both of those attributes. Also impressive is the way Lescroart has kept his long-running series fresh by allowing Dismas to grow over the years. . . . Lescroart is a certifiable A-lister. His series entries and stand-alones always draw a crowd. -- Booklist 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 The Rule of Law cements Lescroart's status as the undisputed master of the courtroom thriller, as always spiced with richly drawn characters and genuine emotion. Neither he nor Dismus Hardy have ever been better. -- Providence Journal
Author Information
John Lescroart is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine previous novels, including the The Rule of Law, Poison, and Fatal. His books have sold more than ten million copies and have been translated into twenty-two languages. He lives in Northern California.
