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 The Hearing - John Lescroart
 The Hearing - John Lescroart ... world of crime and punishment. But they don't know everything about him. In particular that he has an illegitimate daughter, Elaine, who never knew her father. Now she never will. Elaine has been murdered. The only suspect is a hopeless heroin addict, and Dismas Hardy - a close friend of Glitsky's - agrees to defend the alleged killer when the DA calls for the death penalty. Thrust into a bitter collaboration with Glitsky, a man confronting uncharted regions of his heart, Hardy battles to win a fair trial for Burgess, and finds himself entering a world of corruption and cold-blooded murder.Newest Review: ... friend of Glitsky) Through this friendship he hears that Elaine was Abe's daughter and because of his passion to get this ... more ... perp, the confession might not be strictly kosher - and might not infact be even true, something which eventually leads to Abe's suspension and subsequent heart attack. The book follows the DA's zeal to get Cole the death sentence no matter what, Abe's unofficial investigation into other leads, Dismas's investigations and employment as Cole's Lawyer, the friends and colleagues that Elaine left behind and of course the string of dodgy-lawyers, guns and drugs you would expect!! Excellent court-room...more |
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The Hearing - John Lescroart: Courtrooms and Coverups (552 words)
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Abe Glitsky is head of homicide, he is called out in the middle of the night to a street just off Union Square, San Francisco, where a body of a young woman lies in a heap. The body is that of ex Assistant DA and now top lawyer Elaine Wager. When patrol cops find her body, drunken heroin addict Cole Burgess is standing over her, with her jewellery in his pocket and a gun in his hand. Glitsky is desperate for this perp to go down, Elaine is his daughter - a secret that has been kept from everyone (including himself until very recently). It's an open and shut case, body, perp, weapon, motive - they can't go wrong! Dismas Hardy is brought onbaord as ... Read the complete review
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