“Lescroart still lays on the political intrigue as fearlessly as if he were writing exposé journalism rather than courtroom drama.” — Kirkus Reviews
With a midnight call that will forever change his life and the city he calls home, San Francisco Homicide Detective Abe Glitsky is charged with the task of investigating the murder of Elaine Wager — a star in San Francisco’s legal firmament and, unbeknownst to anyone, Glitsky’s daughter. Glitsky leans hard on his only suspect, a homeless junkie the police found lingering over Elaine’s body, her jewelry in his pocket and a gun in his hand. The city’s embattled D.A., seeing an opportunity, publicly declares war on the “killer”. Unable to watch a man die for political gain, Dismas Hardy warily takes on the defense.
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The DA is equally eager to capitalize (pun intended) on the murder: bent on reversing her public image as being soft on crime, Sharron Pratt declares that her office will seek the death penalty. Enter Dismas Hardy, author John Lescroart's smooth-talking Irish lawyer, cajoled into defending Burgess. He doesn't like his client, but he doesn't trust the confession nor Pratt's sudden blood thirst. Joining investigative forces with Elaine's paralegal, Treya Ghent, and Glitsky himself suspended after news of the confession leaks out, Hardy will find himself on the trail of corruption and deceit in the most rarefied of legal circles.
The Hearing is a big, burly legal thriller, and its size is both vice and virtue. Lescroart handles his courtroom scenes with a deft touch, but his ex judicia narrative is often ponderous. He tends to introduce plot developments with sweeping statements, bolstering them with clumsy retrospection, and his characterization leaves something to be desired: "the very cute Amy Wu" has "large enough breasts so that people rarely noticed the bit of thickness at her waist"; and "Visser had a couple of character flaws that were going to negatively impact his aspirations on the force." These cavils aside, The Hearing will doubtlessly appeal to Grisham and Turow fans-- and to Lescroart's own considerable retinue. --Kelly Flynn
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