A Plague of Secrets

"A Shocking Secret!" according to Linda Holman. Get ready to stay up all night! John Lescroart's newest entry into the Dismas Hardy series is full of plot twists, political ambition and heart pounding courtroom scenes.The book opens with Harlen Fisk, a reoccuring character who is a county supervisor, asking Dismas if he would take a call from his sister, Maya Townshend. It seems that the manager of her coffee house was murdered, and Maya might be in the sights of the police. Another murder later, and Maya is arrested. Dismas once again has to defend a complicated murder trial, in which the d. "Repetitive" according to Oel Wingo. Well I have now read 1-1Repetitive Well I have now read 1-13 of Dismas Hardy. I need to take a break; they are getting to be repetitive. same SODIT theme each time, Perry Mason win in the courtroom at the end, lots repetitive fill. Fun reading and entertaining,b it reading them all I. A row just a little too much. Gave it Repetitive Oel Wingo Well I have now read 1-13 of Dismas Hardy. I need to take a break; they are getting to be repetitive. same SODIT theme each time, Perry Mason win in the courtroom at the end, lots repetitive fill. Fun reading and entertaining,b it reading them all I. A row just a little too much. Gave it 4 stars, as it is entertaining. stars, as it is entertaining. of Dismas Hardy. I need to take a break; they are getting to be repetitive. same SODIT theme each time, Perry Mason win in the courtroom at the end, lots repetitive fill. Fun reading and entertaining,b it reading them all I. A row just a little too much. Gave it Repetitive Oel Wingo Well I have now read 1-13 of Dismas Hardy. I need to take a break; they are getting to be repetitive. same SODIT theme each time, Perry Mason win in the courtroom at the end, lots repetitive fill. Fun reading and entertaining,b it reading them all I. A row just a little too much. Gave it 4 stars, as it is entertaining. stars, as it is entertaining. "Lescroart Remains A Master of the Genre!!" according to John R. Linnell. To find that John Lescroart has written another novel featuring Dismas Hardy is always a pleasure. Reading it is more so.What starts out as a casual call to Hardy from a friend to counsel his sister who has been interviewed by the police due to one of her employees being murdered, turns as serious as a heart attack when the investigating officers jump to some conclusions and go somewhat off the reservation in pursuit of murder convictions against the lady.Abe Glitsky, SFPD detective and supervisor of the officers is distracted by a serious inju

He’s in the top echelon of thriller masters. There is indeed a plague of secrets, one in particular that Hardy becomes legally bound to protect. I’ve been a fan for a long time (don’t tell him, okay?). His latest novel is The Charlemagne Pursuit. . John Lescroart is a master at building worlds. A few books back in the series (The Hunt Club) we met Wyatt Hunt, a local private detective. Over the course of his many novels, he’s created a supple, elegant theater of San Francisco, populating it with an entourage of fascinating people. A Plague

Ambitious prosecutors close in on Maya, and as her trial gets under way, Hardy discovers that his client harbors an explosive secret. Hardy begins to question how much his client knew about what was actually going on inside her businessand whether she was also Vogler's lover.All the while Hardy's best friend, homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky, sick with worry over his severely injured youngest child, barely functions at his job. A secret that Dismas Hardy is privilege-bound to protect.Perceptive, fast-paced, and masterfully plotted, A Plague of Secrets represents John Lescroart working at the absolute top of his game.. Even if the price is his client's life.When Dylan Vogler, the charming manager of the popular Bay Beans West coffee shop in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, is gunned down near the store, inspectors are shocked to discover that his knapsack is overflowing with high-grade marijuana. In a multiple murder case plagued by lies and deception, there is one terrible secret that defense attorney Dismas Hardy is duty-bound to protect. When she becomes Dismas Hardy's client, he thinks it will be a simple hand-holding exercise until the police identify a suspect. Without his supervision, his inspectors are prey to the machinations of the many power brokers with interests in the case. But then another of Maya's past acquaintances turns up murdered, and the newspapers begin to reveal the names of the coffee shop's c