Dismas Hardy novels
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2. The vig
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Tragedy has struck at the Little Shamrock where Dismas Hardy, formerly of the San Francisco Police Department and District Attorney's Office, tends bar. The fatal shooting of one of Hardy's customers sets a deadly game in motion, with Hardy poised as the killer's next target.
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3.
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Following the discovery of the bullet-ridden body of a Silicon Valley billionaire on the shore, assistant D.A. Dismas Hardy finds himself the prosecutor in San Francisco's murder trial of the century. When a bizarre series of events blows the case wide open, Hardy soon finds himself on the other side of the law--as a lawyer for the defense.
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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...
7. The hearing
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When an up-and-coming San Francisco attorney is found dead in an alley as a homeless heroin addict holds a gun and lingers over the body, it looks like a robbery gone wrong. But it hits very close to home for homicide detective Abe Glitsky. Unknown to anyone, the victim was his daughter. There is much more to this murder, and lawyer Dismas Hardy and Glitsky risk their lives to uncover the truth.
8. The oath
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While investigating the murder of the head of San Francisco's largest HMO, defense attorney Dismas Hardy discovers too many patients are dying--and it looks like it is the hospital that is killing them. This "People" Page-Turner of the Week pits Hardy and homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky against each other in a story of bad medicine and hard-hitting justice.
10. The second chair
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10.
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1 stars
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Dismas Hardy becomes involved in a case involving the teenage son of a prominent San Francisco family who has been arrested for the murders of his girlfriend and English teacher, while an unseen killer terrorizes the city.
11. The motive
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In the wake of the high-profile double murders of a politically-connected socialite and his glamorous fiancée, Abe Glitsky is placed at the head of the controversial investigation.
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15.
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3.7 stars
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When one of his counselor wife's clients suspiciously disappears and the woman's husband, a San Francisco jail guard, is accused of her murder, lawyer Dismas Hardy examines possible suspects before discovering evidence of the corruption-related death of an inmate.
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16.
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4.5 stars
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Late one night, a teenage African American foster child named Tanya Morgan plummets to her death from the overpass above San Francisco's Stockton tunnel. But did she fall...or was she pushed? Rushing to produce a convictable suspect in the glare of the media spotlight, homicide inspectors focus their attention on a naive young man named Greg Treadway. Greg is a middle school teacher and he volunteers as a Special Advocate for foster children. At first,...
17. Poison: a novel
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17.
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3 stars
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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 ... From jealous children to gold-digging girlfriends, Dismas has his work cut out...
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18.
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5 stars
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"Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his secretary, Phyllis. Her out-of-character behavior and sudden disappearances concern Hardy, 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 at work for allegedly being an accessory to the murder of Hector Valdez, a coyote who'd...
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"In his role as DA, [Wes] 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--after eleven years of time served--when the Exoneration Initiative unearthed DNA evidence that pinned the crime on someone else. But just months after walking free, Riley is murdered at his home, and Farrell is roped back into defending the prime...