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.
WHEN A BRUTAL RAPIST IS MURDERED, A LOVING FATHER
STANDS ACCUSED OF THE CRIME. DEFENSE ATTORNEY DISMAS HARDY
MUST DEFEND HIS BROTHER–IN–LAW AND OLD FRIEND
MOSES McGUIRE IN A THRILLING CASE THAT HITS FAR TOO CLOSE
TO HOME.
Moses McGuire has good reason to be concerned about his
beautiful twenty–three–year–old daughter,
Brittany. She moves quickly from one boyfriend to the next,
and always seems to prefer a new and mysterious stranger to
a man she knows something about. But her most recent ex,
Rick Jessup, isn't willing to let her go, culminating in a
terrible night when Brittany is raped.
Within twenty–four hours, Rick Jessup is dead,
Moses McGuire is the prime suspect in the investigation,
and Dismas Hardy has been hired to defend his
brother–in–law. Making things even more
complicated, McGuire has fallen off the wagon, and his stay
in prison could bring to light old secrets that would
destroy Hardy and his closest colleagues' careers.
As the overwhelming evidence against McGuire piles up,
Dismas Hardy focuses on planting doubt in the minds of the
jurors—until, in a feat of legal ingenuity that is
staggering in both its implications and its simplicity,
Hardy sees a new way forward that might just save them all.
But at what price?
For the first time since 2009, Dismas Hardy, the
author's most beloved protagonist, returns in a masterful
novel that showcases Lescroart's extraordinary
story–telling gifts: a cast of
flesh–and–blood characters, morally complex
situations, and relentless, nail–biting suspense.
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