The Mercy Rule by John Lescroart

The Mercy Rule by John Lescroart

"A stylish whodunit . . .Lescroart is in his best form yet."-People

Once Dismas Hardy was a cop. Now he spends his days in a lawyer's suit, billing hours to a corporate client in a downtown San Francisco office. Hardy's wife and kids like it that way. Then one client changes everything.

Graham Russo, a former baseball star, is charged with murdering his dying father. Was it suicide, the last desperate act of a dying man? Was it murder? Or mercy?

Now, as a carnival of reporters, activists, cops, lovers, and families throng around the case, Dismas Hardy is going to trial with a client he doesn't trust, a key witness he cannot believe, and a system that almost destroyed him once. For Dismas, this case will challenge everything he believes about the law, about his family, and about himself. Because a chilling truth is beginning to emerge about an old man's lonely death. And what Dismas knows could put him next in line to die. . . .

Praise forThe Mercy Rule

"Very entertaining . . . a large and emotionally sprawling novel."-Chicago Tribune

"As usual in a Lescroart novel, character dominates plot as the author proves, yet again, that resonant drama can be found in family."-The Philadelphia Inquirer

"An edge-of-the-seat legal thriller that has it all-hot-button issues, deception, greed, corruption, and alabyrinthine plot that will keep you guessing until the very last page."-Faye Kellerman

The Betrayal, The Suspect, The Hunt Club, The Motive, The Second Chair, The First Law, The Oath, The Hearing, and Nothing But the Truth are among John Lescroart's earlier novels. He is a resident of Northern California.

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ISBN 13	9780440222828
ISBN 10	0440222826
Title	The Mercy Rule
Author	John Lescroart
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1999-08-10
Number of pages	640
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