Wes Ferrell
is a former district attorney in San Francisco who now practices as a defense
attorney with his buddy, Dismas Hardy.
Ferrell struggles with his role because his years as DA have convinced
him that everyone charged with a crime is probably guilty. He wonders if he is harming his clients by
not trying harder or doing an injustice to society by trying at all. What he really longs for is an innocent
client.
Then Paul
Riley, a criminal who Ferrell had prosecuted eleven years earlier for rape and
murder is released from prison through the efforts of the Exoneration
Initiative. This group sponsors inmates
who can be proven innocent and springs them from prison. Soon after his release, Riley is murdered and
Doug Rush, the father of the woman that Riley was accused of murdering, is the
chief suspect. Rush hires Ferrell as his
defense attorney. Of course, Ferrell
assumes Rush is guilty but when Rush is murdered Ferrell can’t help but
wonder. Now feeling guilty for his assumption
of the worst from his client, Ferrell hires Abe Glitsky, retired head of
homicide now P.I. to investigate. Glitsky’s
poking around results is two other murders and an attempt on his own life. Now Glitisky can’t let it go and uncovers
several potential perpetrators but none seem to have motive to commit all four
murders. A complex ‘who-done-it’ follows.
This is
Lescroart’s nineteenth Dismas Hardy novel and I’ve enjoyed every one. The author has created an interesting cast of
characters and is a great storyteller. I
look forward to the next.
Thanks to
Netgalley and Atria Books for the advance read.
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