The First Law

Murder

Author: John Lescroart

John Lescroart — author of the ‘New York Times’ bestseller ‘The Oath’ and a ‘master’ of the modern thriller (‘People’)– returns with a spellbinding novel about events that force defense attorney Dismas Hardy and Lieutenant Abe Glitsky outside the law and into a fight for their lives.Prodded by his father, Glitsky asks the new homicide lieutenant about the case, but the b….Read More

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