The Hearing

Publisher Marketing: The powerful story of a father's love, a city's retribution, and a lawyer's hunt for elusive justice The call comes at midnight. It looks like a tragic and petty murder a rising star in San Francisco's legal firmament found shot in a dark alley. But for homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky, the crime cuts horribly close to home unknown to anyone, the victim was his daughter. Seething, Glitsky leans hard on his only suspect a homeless heroin addict found lingering over his daughter's body, with her jewelry in his pocket and a smoking gun in his hand. The city's embattled, ambitious D. A. Sharron Pratt sees an opportunity to revive her troubled administration by publicly declaring war on the killer and vowing to deliver a death penalty, putting the case on the fast track to certain conviction. Unable to watch a man die for Pratt's political gain, Dismas Hardy warily takes on the defense. But as Hardy's crusade to secure his client a fair hearing ensues, a lethal web of political corruption, legal conspiracy, and cold-blooded murder begins to unravel. In a case that will send shock waves through San Francisco and echo in the private lives of its most prominent citizens, the hearing is just the beginning." Review Citations: Library Journal 11/01/2001 (EAN 9781587881763, Analog Audio Cassette) BookPage 05/01/2001 pg. 30 (EAN 9781587881770, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2000 pg. 98 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Library Journal 01/01/2001 pg. 155 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2001 pg. 132 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/12/2001 pg. 60 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) BookPage 05/01/2001 pg. 30 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Booklist 12/01/2000 pg. 675 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2001 pg. 51 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Library Journal 12/20/2000 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/11/2001 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 562 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 600 (EAN 9780525945758, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Lescroart, John John Lescroart is the bestselling author of eighteen previous novels, which have sold more than ten million copies. He lives with his family in Northern California.