Name: The Ophelia Cut
ISBN: 9781476764016

John Lescroart

"Defense attorney Dismas Hardy returns to defend a close friend against murder charges in New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart's most suspenseful and intricately plotted novel to date"--

A Novel

The Ophelia Cut

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.

Totally Addicted to Reading

This is suspense filled legal thriller set in the city of San Francisco. This is my first taste of a John Lescroart novel and I must say I enjoyed it. The characters were well developed and throughout the story the reader is able to see how each of them grows. They each had something to hide and this helped to add to the the intrigue of the whole story. This story is filled with a lot of questions but the most important one is who is the murderer?There were so many suspects even though the evidence pointed to one particular person. The story started it out with a bang, but it tapered of somewhat eventually picking up back the pace during the trial. I enjoyed how the author portrayed the the trial. It had me wondering what the defense team would be willing to do to get their client off. I was disappointed with the ending as I am still wondering who the actual murderer is.
I would recommend this book to lovers of mystery and legal thrillers.

The Ophelia Cut A Novel

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