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    The Suspect
    The Suspect
    The Suspect
    Audiobook11 hours

    The Suspect

    Written by John Lescroart

    Narrated by David Colacci

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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 recently asked for a divorce…and he stands to gain millions in insurance. His alibi—that he was at his cabin on Echo Lake that weekend—doesn’t keep him out of hot water. But maybe a shrewd attorney will.

    Gina Roake, a partner in Dismas Hardy’s firm, is eager to take on such a high-profile case, especially when the client’s innocence seems so easy to prove. Yet the more time she spends with Stuart, the more complicated her feelings become; she feels strangely drawn to him at first, then has to confront the possibility of a dark history lurking in his past. Desperate to know the truth, Gina calls in Wyatt Hunt to investigate. Before the facts are in, her client is on the lam; he’s already been tried in the press, and so he’s certain the courtroom won’t bring him any mercy either. Racing to a stunning conclusion as Gina uncovers disturbing answers, John Lescroart spins a chilling story of secrets, love, and lies.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 16, 2007
    ISBN9781423328551
    The Suspect
    Author

    John Lescroart

    John Lescroart is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine previous novels, including the The Rule of Law, Poison, and Fatal. His books have sold more than ten million copies and have been translated into twenty-two languages. He lives in Northern California.

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    • 2/5
      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.
    • 3/5
      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 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.
    • 4/5
      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 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.
    • 4/5
      Kept me up at night. Great story. Suspenseful.