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Assistant District Attorney Dismas Hardy is thrust into the litigation over a bullet‑ridden billionaire’s death, becoming the prosecution leader in San Francisco’s murder trial of the century. As a series of baffling events expose hidden truths, Hardy must confront his own role in the case and confront the law from a completely different perspective.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: John T. Lescroart
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