The First Law: An Abe Glitsky/Dismas Hardy Mystery - Hardcover

Lescroart, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525947051 ISBN 13: 9780525947059

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 2003

Synopsis

Assigned to a desk job after recovering from a near-fatal gunshot wound, lieutenant Abe Glitsky becomes involved in the investigation into a murdered family friend when the prime suspect's lawyer turns to him for help, a request that places both of their careers in jeopardy. 150,000 first printing.

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Review:

One of mystery fiction's most enduring and affecting male buddy teams--San Francisco defense attorney Dismas Hardy and police lieutenant Abe Glitsky--are back in Lescroart's newest thriller. Glitsky's been kicked upstairs (or sideways) to a desk job and warned off his usual homicide beat even though it's his father's best friend who's been murdered in a robbery-slaying, and it's Hardy's pal and client, John Holiday, who's been targeted as the killer. When two more killings follow, no one in the department believes that Hardy's client was set up. They don't believe Abe, either--the harder he tries to get at the truth, the more his ex-colleagues are convinced that he's a rogue cop who wants his old job back and will stoop to anything to get it. They got that idea from the well-bribed police brass who are protecting the real killers from prosecution and putting Abe and Dismas's nearest and dearest in their cross-hairs, too. But that's not quite enough to call our heroes off the case, even though the talented author manages to maintain the tension and ratchet up the suspense long enough to make the reader wonder. --Jane Adams

About the Author:

John Lescroart is the bestselling author of thirteen previous novels, including The Oath, The Hearing, Nothing but the Truth, The Thirteenth Juror, and Hard Evidence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0525947051
• ISBN 13: 9780525947059
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384