Dismas Hardy novels
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1) Dead Irish
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Series
Dismas Hardy novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2005], c1989
Language
English
Description
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...
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The vig , Dismas Hardy novels volume 2
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Series
Dismas Hardy novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"When Dismas Hardy, a San Francisco district attorney, takes up the case of a Japanese prostitute accused of murdering a Silicon Valley billionaire, he becomes the target of her powerful clientele and falls for the victim's daughter." -- Provided by publisher.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 4
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
A legal thriller featuring a battered San Francisco wife accused of shooting both her husband and her seven-year-old son. When the trial opens she refuses to allow a defense of spousal abuse because of its implication of guilt. Which presents her lawyer, the narrator, with a major problem as the prosecution claims she killed the husband for the insurance. By the author of Hard Evidence.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 5
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Dismas Hardy, the former bartender, loving husband and father, and reluctant defense attorney of The 13th Juror, returns here in his most challenging case. Vowing to spend more time with his family, Dismas is hesitant to represent Graham Russo, a could-have-been-great baseball player turned lawyer who is indicted for the murder of his father, Sal.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 6
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Lawyer Dismas Hardy tries to get his wife out of jail by tracking down a murder suspect whose confidence she refuses to betray.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 9
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English
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Prodded by his father, Glitsky asks the new homicide lieutenant about the case, but the brass tells him in no uncertain terms to stay out of it. Guided by the Patrol Special -- a private police force supervised by the SFPD that is a holdover from San Francisco's vigilante past-the police have already targeted their prime suspect: John Holiday, proprietor of a run-down local bar, and a friend and client of Dismas Hardy. While Dismas Hardy has built...
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Betrayal , Dismas Hardy novels volume 12
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Series
Dismas Hardy novels volume 13
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When acquaintances of Maya Townshend are murdered and she is brought to trial, her future and the political landscape of the city hangs in the balance, hostage to the explosive secret that Dismas Hardy, San Francisco defense attorney, is privilege-bound to protect.
14) The Ophelia cut
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 14
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English
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Defending old friend Moses McGuire against wrongful murder charges involving a man who raped his daughter, attorney Dismas Hardy risks his career when the case threatens to expose old secrets involving him and police lieutenant Abe Glitsky.
15) The keeper
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English
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Hal Chase is a guard at the San Francisco County Jail. One night, while he's out at the airport picking up a relative, his wife, Katie, disappears from their home. Hal is soon picked up by police as the prime suspect. Because Katie was a client of Hardy's marriage-counselor wife, Hal wants Dismas to take his case. Hardy asks his old pal, former homicide cop Abe Glitsky, to pitch in with the investigative legwork. Glitsky soon uncovers some serious...
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 16
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English
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Late one night, a teenage African American foster child named Tanya Morgan plummets to her death from the overpass above San Francisco's Stockton tunnel. But did she fall...or was she pushed? Rushing to produce a convictable suspect in the glare of the media spotlight, homicide inspectors focus their attention on a naive young man named Greg Treadway. Greg is a middle school teacher and he volunteers as a Special Advocate for foster children. At first,...
17) Poison: a novel
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 17
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Dismas Hardy is looking forward to cutting back his work hours and easing into retirement after recovering from two gunshot wounds. He is determined to spend more time with his family and even reconnect with his distant son, Vincent. But Dismas just can't stay away from the courtroom for long and soon he is pulled into an intense family drama with fatal consequences ... From jealous children to gold-digging girlfriends, Dismas has his work cut out...
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 18
Language
English
Description
"In "master of the legal thriller" (Chicago Sun-Times) John Lescroart's electrifying new novel, 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...
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 19
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English
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"No one mourned with DA Wes Farrell put Paul Riley in prison for the rape and murder of his girlfriend. And no one is happy to see him when he's released after uncovered evidence pinned the crime on someone else. In fact, Riley soon turns up murdered. To the cops, it's straightforward: the father of Riley's dead girlfriend killed the former prisoner. Farrell, now practicing law with Dismas Hardy, agrees to represent the defendant--Doug Rush--and is...
