In "master of the legal thriller" (Chicago Sun-Times) John Lescroart\'s electrifying novel, attorney Dismas Hardy is called to defend the least likely suspect of his career: his trusted assistant who is suddenly being charged as an accessory to murder.
Her out-of-character behavior and sudden disappearances concern Hardy, especially when he learns that her convict brother--a man who had served twenty-five years in prison.
Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his secretary, Phyllis.
In "master of the legal thriller" (Chicago Sun-Times) John Lescroart\'s electrifying novel, attorney Dismas Hardy is called to defend the least likely suspect of his career: his trusted assistant who is suddenly being charged as an accessory to murder