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    The Rule of Law: A Novel
    The Rule of Law: A Novel
    The Rule of Law: A Novel
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    The Rule of Law: A Novel

    Written by John Lescroart

    Narrated by Jacques Roy

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    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 in this instant New York Times bestseller from “the undisputed master of the courtroom thriller” (The Providence Journal).

    Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his trusted secretary, Phyllis. Her strange behavior and sudden disappearances concern him, especially when he learns that her convict brother—a man who had served twenty-five years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder—has just been released.

    Things take a shocking turn when Phyllis is suddenly arrested for allegedly being an accessory to the murder of Hector Valdez, a coyote who’d been smuggling women into this country from El Salvador and Mexico. That is, until recently, when he was shot to death—on the very same day that Phyllis first disappeared from work. The connection between Phyllis, her brother, and Hector’s murder is not something Dismas can easily understand, but if his cherished colleague has any chance of going free, he needs to put all the pieces together—and fast.

    A whip-smart, engrossing novel filled with shocking twists and turns, “The Rule of Law is vintage Lescroart, drawing on parallels between real-life and hot-button issues while also providing top-notch entertainment” (The Real Book Spy).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 22, 2019
    ISBN9781508266716
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    John Lescroart

    John Lescroart is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine previous novels, including the The Rule of Law, Poison, and Fatal. His books have sold more than ten million copies and have been translated into twenty-two languages. He lives in Northern California.

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    • 3/5
      The Rule of Law was to political for me. The courtroom and other parts of this book lacked the tension & suspense that John Grisham excels in.
    • 3/5
      A newly elected corrupt D.A. crosses Dismas Hardy when he has Hardy’s secretary arrested. When the police prove the D.A. wrong he is determined to bring Hardy down and turns to the Dock Yard Massacre to do so. Lescroart says he wrote this book to tie up some loose ends. It works for those of us who have read the series but will be difficult for others. Not his usual high quality read.
    • 3/5
      This is going to probably be the shortest review I have ever written in my entire life. It was a decent criminal story but had entirely too much political opinion. Everyone is entitled to theirs but pick a different venue.
    • 3/5
      I was a little disappointed with this because it was not as good as Poison but that's probably not a fair comparison. It was readable, but a tad drawn out and repetitive. It almost seemed as if he needed a certain amount of pages and kept beefing it up until he got there.
    • 4/5
      The Rule of Law by John LescroartA Dimas Hardy Novel #18I usually don’t step into a series on book eighteen but for some reason did just that with this book and had no trouble at all following the story. In fact, it may have made me want to go back and begin with book one of the series and read them all!As mentioned in the blurb about the book The long-time employee of Dismas Precision Hardy (and there is a story I want to hear in the future) has gone missing. He begins to worry early on as her disappearance is so against her normal pattern of behavior. So, he decides to play sleuth and find out what he can about her whereabouts only to have her show up in a few days and immediately be taken into custody by the police. Since he is a lawyer, doesn’t believe she is guilty and has a feeling it is payback of some sort he dives into clearing her name. There is murder and prostitution and human trafficking and political intrigue and a major cover-up and good friends dealing together with issues as they no doubt have done before in the previous books. I believe the author was tying up threads he felt were left hanging from previous stories but they all flowed seamlessly as the story unfolded. This book did bring to light an intriguing underground railroad that I was unaware of and when I looked it up online learned even more. This was an interesting and intriguing story that left me wondering if it could have really happened but as I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the characters I didn’t worry too much about the details. Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books – Simon & Schuster for the ARC – This is my honest review. 4 Stars
    • 2/5
      I was underwhelmed by Lescroat's new book in the Dismas Hardy series.
      It was not believable, the characters felt like caricatures of themselves.
      And the ending was a total bust.