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    The Hearing: A Novel
    The Hearing: A Novel
    The Hearing: A Novel
    Audiobook14 hours

    The Hearing: A Novel

    Written by John Lescroart

    Narrated by Robert Lawrence

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    The powerful story of a father's love, a city's retribution, and a lawyer's hunt for elusive justice

    The call comes at midnight. It looks like a tragic and petty murder—a rising star in San Francisco's legal firmament found shot in a dark alley. But for homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky, the crime cuts horribly close to home—unknown to anyone, the victim was his daughter. Seething, Glitsky leans hard on his only suspect—a homeless heroin addict found lingering over his daughter's body, with her jewelry in his pocket and a smoking gun in his hand.

    The city's embattled, ambitious D.A. Sharron Pratt sees an opportunity to revive her troubled administration by publicly declaring war on the killer and vowing to deliver a death penalty, putting the case on the fast track to certain conviction. Unable to watch a man die for Pratt's political gain, Dismas Hardy warily takes on the defense. But as Hardy's crusade to secure his client a fair hearing ensues, a lethal web of political corruption, legal conspiracy, and cold-blooded murder begins to unravel. In a case that will send shock waves through San Francisco and echo in the private lives of its most prominent citizens, the hearing is just the beginning.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 16, 2017
    ISBN9781543613049
    The Hearing: A Novel
    Author

    John Lescroart

    John Lescroart is the bestselling author of eighteen previous novels, which have sold more than ten million copies. He lives with his family in Northern California.

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    • 2/5
      Good writing undermined by poor indifferent narration. This author deserves better.
    • 3/5
      The beginning and ending kept me turning pages...the middle, not so much. Still a good legal thriller and the first Lescroart book I've read. i will give another of his books a try.
    • 5/5
      A popular attorney is killed. It appears that the killer is in custody. But, then we find out that the attorney was the love child of series regular, Homicide Detective Art Gilsky. And the killer is the brother of a good friend of the other series regular, defense attorney Dismis Hardy. I like these characters a lot and have enjoyed all the other Hardy/Gilsky books. This one started off fairly slowly but about a third of the way in, I was totally hooked.
    • 5/5
      As mentioned after reading, Nothing But the Truth, John Lescroart's series with Dismas Hardy, wife Frannie, friend and Head Homicide Detective Abe Glitsky, and brother-in-law (Frannie's brother) Moses McGuire, are characters that the reader comes to know more intimately than in some legal thrillers. I knew I had the next novel in the series on my "to read" pile and couldn't resist spending more time with all the series characters. This novel definitely becomes one of my favorites of the series. The headliner relationship in this novel features the friendship of Dismas and Abe. We learn more about Abe's sons and a relationship that he has kept secret. As family dynamics are explored when a carefully protected secret is exposed to family and friends. The legal thriller aspect takes us back to the court room with Dismas trying to protect a young man's life - guilty or not guilty - he doesn't deserve the death penalty or does he? Is the D.A.'s office so interested in the next election that they'll prosecute for a wrongful conviction? Is Abe as Head Homicide Detective so guilty over his silence in keeping a special and personal relationship a secret that he has created the opportunity for a wrongful confession? Can Dismas defend a client in the court room each day with so many unanswered questions about the night of the murder?

      Without a doubt, don't miss #7 in the series! This series can be read out of order or as single stand-alone titles but knowing the history between the major characters definitely adds to the reading pleasure and treasure chest of John Lescroart's writing.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoy Lescroart's books. This is a series I've been reading out of order, so unfortunately I already know the fate of some of the characters. But, it doesn't really matter. The books still suck me in, and the third part of this book was really fast-paced and interesting. Lescroart managed to throw in a twist that even I didn't expect, and that's pretty hard to do!