The Ophelia Cut Mass market paperbound - 2014

When a brutal rapist is murdered, a loving father stands accused of the crime and 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, isnâÈçt 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 colleaguesâÈç careers.

As the overwhelming evidence against McGuire piles up, Dismas Hardy focuses on planting doubt in the minds of the jurorsâÈ'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 authorâÈçs most beloved protagonist, returns in a masterful novel that showcases LescroartâÈçs extraordinary storytelling gifts: a cast of flesh-and-blood characters, morally complex situations, and relentless, nail-biting suspense.

Details

• Title The Ophelia Cut
• Author John Lescroart
• Binding Mass Market Paperbound
• Edition Reprint
• Pages 473
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Pocket Books, New York
• Date 2014-03-25
• ISBN 9781476764016 / 1476764018
• Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
• Dimensions 7.5 x 4.1 x 1.1 in (19.05 x 10.41 x 2.79 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects Trials (Murder), Fiction
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014659942
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC

"A nail-biting suspense yarn that's not to be missed."