World Famous Comics: Nothing but the Truth (Dismas Hardy)
Nothing but the Truth (Dismas Hardy)
By: John Lescroart Publisher: Signet Average Rating: Binding: Mass Market Paperback Label: Signet Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 464 Publication Date: February 01, 2001 Release Date: February 01, 2001
Product Description: From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Guilt and The 13th Juror comes an electrifying new thriller--a novel in which San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy faces the case of his career. This time his family is involved--and for Hardy, a devoted husband and father, the stakes have never been higher.
Dismas knows his wife, Frannie, is the most reliable of mothers. When she fails to pick up their children from school one afternoon, he's convinced something terrible has happened. It has: Frannie Hardy is in jail. Called before the grand jury in a murder investigation, she refused to reveal a secret entrusted to her by a man whose children attend the same school as hers, a friend who is accused of killing his wife. But now he has disappeared. Hardy knows there's only one way to get Frannie out of jail: clear her friend of murder. That is, if he can be found.
As he moves through a labyrinthine world of big business and San Francisco politics, looking for a man he half hopes never to find, a furious and frustrated Hardy is struggling to understand why his impeccably faithful wife is being so loyal to another man. What kind of truth could keep a wife from her husband, a mother from her children--could hold Hardy so powerless before the wrath of the law?
With an unparalleled ability to illuminate the complexities of relationships while weaving a story of breathtaking suspense, Lescroart has never been in finer form. And Nothing But the Truth is his finest hour.
Amazon.com Review: Fans of John Lescroart's series hero Dismas Hardy, the thoughtful and likable San Francisco lawyer, will welcome this meditation on marriage served up as a murder mystery. In previous outings, Hardy has been a cop, a bartender, and even an assistant prosecutor, so he knows that, "Sometimes the whole truth is the last thing you want to hear." But then his wife Frannie goes to jail for refusing to tell what she knows about the husband of a murdered environmental activist. The Hardy's children are classmates of the victim's youngsters, and Dismas must confront the secrets in his own relationship that have been concealed by the all-too-familiar pressures of trying to balance work and love in the modern family. The plot, which involves oil, gas, ethanol, and gubernatorial politics, doesn't take center stage in this carefully written and deeply compelling novel; the real action is the series of revelations about the crime in question, which uncover the more interesting story of how even a good marriage can deteriorate despite--or perhaps because of--the daily work of trying to keep it going. Lescroart is in Scott Turow territory here, and he explores and conquers it with the same keen talent for describing the distance between private life and public trust. Nothing But the Truth represents a major step forward for Lescroart, who expands the mystery genre with every Dismas Hardy outing. --Jane Adams
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A Perfect Whodunit Lescroart is a master of the complicated criminal novel plot. Furthermore, he keeps the story under control, not letting it spin off into unbelievability or triteness as so many other writers do. Lescroart is a true master of the genre: Nobody does it better. His characters are stunningly believable, his courtroom dialog is sharply authentic, but most of all, his intricate plots are masterpieces. And just when you think you've identified the villain (after changing your mind about five times) Lescroart pulls the rug out from under you and you find it was the guy standing quietly in the back behind the scenery. When completing a Lescroart novel, I always have a strong feeling of satisfaction, knowing that I had just completed a good read and had not wasted my time. Many authors fail to deliver, but Lescroart bats 1.000 in my book, which translates in this case to five stars.
Like Sitting in the Dentist Chair I've been a fan of Lescroats for a few years now. I really did enjoy reading works like The First Law and The Hearing. However,I just couldn't get excited about this work. The plot was a bit unrealistic while a great chunk of the novel was void of intense dialogue and a few action scenes for good measure. Lescroats disappointed me in this one. Fortunately, I bought this book at a used book sale for a buck thirty and do not feel too cheated.
Best Book EVER!!!!!!(Holes) This story is about a boy that got accused for stealing a pair of shoes.Those shoes were some one famous. The boys name was Stanley and his last name is spelled backwards Yelants. Stanley's family was cursed with a spell.His familyhad to send stanley to this camp called Camp Green Lake but it was not a lake it was a dry dessert it use to be a lake untill it dryed up and every one sarted to move away. There was this person named uncle sam the onion man that makes medican for sick people but all his medican was made from onion. At camp green lake he meet this boy named Zero that did not know how to spell or to read. They had to dig holes all day in the hot dessert. Thats all l will tell you. I think you should read it and find out what else happened. Also make sur e you finish it all up and its not a boring story like others!
Ashley This book is about a 14 year old boy named Philip Malloy.He goes to Harrison high in new Hampshire.Philip is in the 9th grade when he starts to be disrespectful.He tells a lie and it turns in to a big mess.I like this book and I think if you read it,you will like it too.
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