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Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Berkley (2008), Edition: Reprint, 528 pages
Description
When Dr. Caryn Dryden is found floating dead in her hot tub, her husband becomes the prime suspect. Gina Roake takes the case and feels her client's innocence will be easy to prove since he was at his cabin on Echo Lake that weekend.
User reviews
LibraryThing member kd9
I'm glad to see Lescroart return to basics. Rather than escalating violence done to his main protagonists (Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky), he tells the story of a colleague of Hardy's who married the head of his law firm, David Freeman, only to have her husband gunned down. Gina Roake needs a long
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time to recover. She is a good lawyer, but she has never defended a murder suspect. On the advice of her ex-lover and politician, Jedd Conley, she takes the case of a outdoors writer accused of killing his wealthy and ambitious doctor wife. There are plenty of suspects and great insights into the workings of the criminal justice system, especially the mindsets of the police and prosecution once a suspect is arrested. This is a good book for lovers of San Francisco and of seeing justice triumph. Show Less
LibraryThing member OneMorePage
Lescroart's 'normal' lawyer is Dismiss Hardy. Although he has a bit part, the main charter is Gina Roake, former fiance of Dismiss' partner, David.
Yet again, we don't actually go to trial; instead, everything is settled at a preliminary hearing. Lescroart is recycling a tired plot.
Yet again, we don't actually go to trial; instead, everything is settled at a preliminary hearing. Lescroart is recycling a tired plot.
LibraryThing member citygirl
The author: a pretty reliable genre writer, legal thrillers set in San Francisco from the pov, usually of the defense attorney, sometimes a cop. In recent years he's moved away from his first main character, Dismas Hardy, into Hardy's circle of friends and colleagues. And he's written sooo many in
In this one defense attorney Gina Roake takes the case of writer accused of killing his doctor wife after she dumps him. Roake is the only one who thinks he's innocent, blah blah. Unless you're really into SF and legal thrillers like I am, you can skip it safely. Heck, even if you are.
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this series. It's readable. In this one defense attorney Gina Roake takes the case of writer accused of killing his doctor wife after she dumps him. Roake is the only one who thinks he's innocent, blah blah. Unless you're really into SF and legal thrillers like I am, you can skip it safely. Heck, even if you are.
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LibraryThing member Bonni208
Kept me up at night. Great story. Suspenseful.
LibraryThing member christinejoseph
good about man has to prove innocence — set up — almost
When Dr. Caryn Dryden is found floating dead in her hot tub, homicide inspector Devin Juhle targets a suspect close to home: her husband, Stuart Gorman. After all, Stuart was recently asked for a divorce . . . and he stands to gain millions
When Dr. Caryn Dryden is found floating dead in her hot tub, homicide inspector Devin Juhle targets a suspect close to home: her husband, Stuart Gorman. After all, Stuart was recently asked for a divorce . . . and he stands to gain millions
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in insurance. His alibi — that he was at his cabin on Tamarack Lake that weekend — doesn't keep him out of hot water. But maybe a shrewd attorney will. Show Less
LibraryThing member susandennis
I really enjoyed this one. It was not his Lescroart's usual in that it did not focus on attorney Dismiss Hardy but on one of his associates. A refreshing change. The plot was tight and original and the story clipped along nicely. I enjoyed it to the end.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2007
Physical description
7.4 inches
ISBN
0451222768 / 9780451222763