Dismas Hardy is a highly skilled and extremely clever defense attorney, and he will need all of those attributes and more to defend his wife's brother, Moses McGuire, when Moses is accused of murdering the man who abused and raped his daughter Brittany, who's also Dismas' niece.

It doesn't help that everyone, even Dismas, thinks his client is guilty. As crushing evidence mounts against Moses, Dismas feels his only defense must be to cause as much doubt as possible in the jurors' minds and hope for a hung jury. But shocking revelations during the trial lead to even more shocking consequences afterward.

John Lescroart's THE OPHELIA CUT is crime suspense at its best. The masterful maneuverings of the characters and the surprising plot turns give readers an exemplary reading experience. It's great to have Dismas Hardy back in action, and for him to realize he may not be able to handle everything in his life as he could before.