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The first law : a novel
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- ISBN: 9780525947059
- ISBN: 0525947051
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403 p ; cm. - Publisher: New York : Dutton, c2003.
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| Subject: | Hardy, Dismas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Police -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction Fugitives from justice -- Fiction San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Fraser Lake Public Library | AFHC MYS LES (Text) | 35195000083607 | Main Floor - Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #1 December 2002
The popular lawyer-cop team of Dismas "Diz" Hardy (lawyer) and Abe Glitzky (cop) returns for another episode of legal maneuvering on the streets of San Francisco. The bullet wound sustained by Abe in Lescroart's last adventure (The Oath, 2002) confines him to a desk job, so he's no help to Diz when he goes up against the Patrol Special, a private-enterprise neighborhood security system supervised by the SFPD. It seems that Diz's good friend, John Holiday, a bar owner in one of the patrolled areas, is fingered as a murder suspect; however, John contends the corrupt beat "cops" framed him. But no one buys into the conspiracy theory, and with an ambitious D.A. on his tail, John has no choice but to become a fugitive, dragging Diz and Abe into hiding with him. So Diz, who up to now has had a pretty clean slate (his relationship to the less straight-and-narrow John notwithstanding), is seen as corrupt, and Abe, who has no business doing anything coplike on the street, is thought to be on the wrong side of the law. Lescroart's expert crafting turns this legal thriller into quite a wild ride. As always, expect demand. ((Reviewed December 1, 2002)) Copyright 2002 Booklist Reviews - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2002 November #2
It's lawyers vs. cops, rent-a-cops vs. cops, cops vs. cops in Lescroart's latest big bite of Bay City malfeasance (The Oath, Feb. 2002, etc.).Ever since its vigilante days, the San Francisco Police Department hasn't been able to guarantee every single downtown business the level of security they'd all like. So the slack's been taken up by private-security firms like WGP, Inc., a corporation Dismas Hardy and David Freeman have named in a $30 million suit for systematic criminal harassment of undesirables and former clients balking at skyrocketing rates-even without knowing that the firm's businessman/philanthropist head Wade Panos, who also walks one of his own beats, is secretly helping the Russian National Treasury launder money and dump diamonds on the world market. When Sam Silverman, the pawnbroker friend of Lt. Abe Glitsky's father, is killed in a botched robbery, Glitsky, the former Homicide chief banished to Payroll by a bullet wound, and Hardy, attorney for prime suspect John Holiday, take a lively interest in the case, especially when three follow-up murders seem to put Holiday even more firmly in the frame. Before Glitsky can press his connections in the D.A.'s office or Hardy put out the word about his client's alibi for two of the crimes, however, the case is sewn up by WGP's employees, who supply crucial evidence that Holiday and Dis insist can't be authentic. Now that Lescroart has unlimbered his big guns-and it takes forever for him to get them ready to fire-the stage is set for a no-holds-barred confrontation between Dis and Co. (minus Freeman, lying in a coma after a savage beating) and Panos and his far-reaching tentacles. The resulting body count should put a serious dent in traffic jams on the Golden Gate Bridge.The sturdy but simple conflict between Establishment villains and a heroic band of merry men is stretched to the breaking point by male-bonding badinage and felonies obbligato.Author tour Copyright Kirkus 2002 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2002 September #1
When his father's best friend is murdered, Lt. Abe Glitsky starts investigating, even though he is on desk duty after sustaining a near-fatal injury. Soon, he's joined by Lescroart stalwart Dismas Hardy, whose pal John Holiday is a prime-and most unlikely-suspect. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2003 January #2
Abe Glitsky, the gruff, hard-nosed homicide cop from San Francisco who typically plays a supporting role in Lescroart's line of legal thrillers (Hard Evidence; The Hearing; etc.), takes center stage in the series's 11th entry. After convalescing for 13 months from a gunshot wound suffered in last year's The Oath, Glitsky finally returns to the force, only to discover that his beloved homicide detail is now under the command of someone else. Glitsky is assigned to head the payroll department. Embittered about his new job and itching to return to real police work, Glitsky starts poking around when one of his father's friends, a pawnshop owner, is shot to death. His superiors warn him to stop trying to horn his way back into homicide, but it soon becomes apparent to Glitsky-and the series's usual star, defense attorney Dismas Hardy-that the case is far more significant than a simple robbery gone bad; it's part of a string of murders that appear to be connected to a private security company that provides protection for much of the city's business community. Worse, somebody on the police force is trying to cover up the murder spree and frame one of Hardy's clients for it. With his latest, Lescroart again lands in the top tier of crime fiction. On display are his usual strengths-a grasp of current social and legal issues, an insider's knowledge of San Francisco and an ability to draw characters with sensitive, nuanced strokes. Even when his plots grow a little far-fetched-as this one does toward the end-Lescroart's storytelling skills conceal the blemishes. Agent, Barney Karpfinger. (Jan. 27) Forecast: A major marketing campaign and author tour should help Lescroart make the usual splash with his latest, a Literary Guild main selection. Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.
