A Plague of Secrets.A Plague of Secrets John Lescroart John Lescroart (b. January 14 1948 in Houston, Texas) is an American author best known for two series of legal and crime thrillers featuring the characters Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky. Lescroart, (pronounced "less-kwah") is a writer with a highly diverse background. Dutton 375 Hudson St., NY, NY 10014 9780525950929 $26.95 800-847-5515, www.penguin.com This latest in the courtroom thrillers featuring Dismas Hardy and Lt. Abe Glitsky of the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden homicide squad takes the reader right down to the last page in a murder trial virtually without evidence but plenty of motive and hidden secrets. Background includes blackmail blackmail, in law, exaction of money from another by threat of exposure of criminal action or of disreputable conduct. The term was originally used for the tribute levied until the 18th cent. , marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. , politics, murder, and good old-fashioned legwork leg·work n. Informal Work, such as collecting information or doing research in preparation for a project, that involves much walking or traveling about. and intuition, much less courtroom drama. The manager of a popular Starbucks-like coffee emporium in San Francisco is found shot, killed by a single bullet, and the owner, a prominent woman, niece NIECE, domestic relations: The daughter of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1 Jacob's Ch. R. 207. of the mayor and sister of a supervisor, is accused of the deed. Hardy has his work cut out for him to defend her with the police and prosecution stacking the cards against the defendant with little or no evidence. She is charged with a second murder as well. Both victims were known to her while they were in college and she was present at the scenes of their deaths around the time of the events. Hardy's friend Glitsky is distracted throughout by an accident to his son and the investigation had proceeded without his supervision. The tension mounts as the trial progresses, and the complicated plot provides an intriguing mystery for this, the author's 20th novel. Fluidly written, sometimes Hardy's leaps of knowledge defy one's imagination, but, after all, that's what makes the genre appealing. Recommended. Theodore Feit Reviewer |
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