Betrayal
by John Lescroart
ISBN: 9780525950394

At the start of the adrenaline-infused 10th thriller to feature DA Dismas Hardy (Dead Irish, etc.) from bestseller Lescroart, Hardy agrees to wrap up some of the caseload of a Bay Area lawyer who has mysteriously disappeared. After discovering that the lawyer was set to appeal an apparently straightforward murder case, Hardy realizes that the crime had its origins in Iraq, where the alleged killer and his victim first met. With the help of his old friend, Det. Abe Glitsky, Hardy learns that the victim, ex-navy SEAL Ron Nolan, was sleeping with the girlfriend of National Guard Reservist Evan Scholler, who was later convicted of killing Nolan. As Hardy and Glitsky dig deeper, they discover that Nolan had committed several murders himself, and it's up to Dismas and Hardy to unravel the conspiracy that may have roots in the U.S. government. Lescroart weaves his trademark complicated yet fast-moving tale, full of believable characters and crisp dialogue. A first-rate addition to the author's ongoing series, this should please both longtime readers and new fans.

I'm so glad this is the book of the week: I forgot about this author and really enjoyed the other Dismas Hardy books in the series. Thank you: great choice! Strong start so far!

I'm enjoying this so far and wondering what will happen next. Very good beginning.

A new mystery series for me - always a good thing - sounded interesting so have already picked up this one and another in the series - may be best to read an earlier one first but we shall see -

Just now read today's read and his cooking method reminded me of my trying a new recipe my dtr. gave me that is now in the oven - will have to see about that also - used her recipe for the sauce for chicken but tasted much too salty so had to improvise a bit -maybe I copied it down wrong - probably should have checked out Suzanne's recipes first -

Have started an earlier book "The Hearing" with Dismas and friends - thought it might help to get some earlier history - at any rate, it's got a good beginning and spoke to me - am sure will be reading more by this author-

i never heard of this author but it sounds interesting .