Dismas Hardy novels
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1) Dead Irish
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Signet
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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When the boss of ex-cop Dismas Hardy begins an investigation into the alleged suicide of his brother-in-law, also a friend of Hardy, Hardy steps in to help and becomes privy to the lives of the victim's family.
2) The vig
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English
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Ex-cop, part-time investigator, and sometime bartender Dismas Hardy faces a death threat as he investigates the disappearance of his friend Rusty Ingraham, an investigation that exposes foot-dragging police and corruption.
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Hard evidence , Dismas Hardy novels volume 3
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English
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Dismas Hardy, lawyer/investigator, undertakes the defense of Jennifer Witt, accused of murdering her husband and their eight-year-old son as well as her first husband, who had died nine years earlier from an apparent drug overdose. While preparing his case, Hardy learns that both of Jennifer's husbands had physically abused her. But Jennifer refuses to allow a defense that presumes her guilt. She is not guilty, she claims. Hardy is now driven to seek...
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New American Library
Pub. Date
2001.
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English
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In an effort to save his wife, lawyer Dismas Hardy investigates the murder of a woman thrown out of a window. The victim was his wife's friend and she has been jailed for refusing to reveal a secret which the other confided to her.
7) The hearing
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 7
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Signet
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
8) The oath
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Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Attorney Dismas Hardy makes a discovery that threatens his family and his friendship with homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky while representing Dr. Eric Kensing, a man accused of murdering the head of San Francisco's largest HMO.
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The first law , Dismas Hardy novels volume 9
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10) The second chair
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Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Dismas Hardy, a successful managing partner at a thriving law firm, has lost his faith in the law. When his young associate takes on a high profile and challenging double homicide case, Hardy assists with the defense, hoping to salvage his firm's reputation. As evidence against their client mounts, and the search for truth becomes more perilous, Hardy must conquer his own demons if he is to clear his client, and save himself.
11) The motive
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Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Deputy Chief Inspector Abe Glitsky and defense attorney Dismas Hardy work to solve a double homicide case. What at first seems straightforward quickly turns complex when it is revealed that the bodies were not burned in a leveling fire but were victims of gunshot wounds.
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Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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"Dismas Hardy agrees to take an appeal to overturn the murder conviction of National Guard reservist Evan Scholler. Scholler had plenty of reasons for revenge--but as Dismas delves into the case, he begins to uncover a terrible truth that drops him right into the complicated world of government conspiracy, assassination, and betrayal."--Publisher description.
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 14
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English
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WHEN A BRUTAL RAPIST IS MURDERED, A LOVING FATHER STANDS ACCUSED OF THE CRIME. DEFENSE ATTORNEY DISMAS HARDY MUST DEFEND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW AND OLD FRIEND MOSES McGUIRE IN A THRILLING CASE THAT HITS FAR TOO CLOSE TO HOME.
Moses McGuire has good reason to be concerned about his beautiful twenty-three-year-old daughter, Brittany. She moves quickly from one boyfriend to the next, and always seems to prefer a new and mysterious stranger to a man she...
15) The keeper
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 15
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English
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"On the evening before Thanksgiving, Hal Chase, a guard in the San Francisco County Jail, drives to the airport to pick up his step-brother for the weekend. When they return, Hal's wife, Katie, has disappeared without a clue. By the time Dismas Hardy hears about this, Katie has been missing for five days. The case strikes close to home because Katie had been seeing Hardy's wife, a marriage counselor. By this time, the original Missing Persons case...
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Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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San Francisco lawyers Dismas Hardy and his associate and only daughter Rebecca find themselves in the middle of a difficult murder case involving a teenage African American foster child.
17) Poison: a novel
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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. Grant Carver, the vigorous patriarch of the Carver family and its four-generations...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"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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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Having joined the "dark side" after years spent prosecuting criminals as the San Francisco DA, defense attorney Wes Farrell is experiencing a crisis of faith. How can he in good conscience defend clients whom, in his estimation, are most likely guilty? In his role as DA, Farrell had helped put away Paul Riley, a young man charged for the rape and murder of his then-girlfriend Dana Rush, only for Riley to later be released from his life sentence -...