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    The Mercy Rule
    The Mercy Rule
    The Mercy Rule
    Audiobook18 hours

    The Mercy Rule

    Written by John Lescroart

    Narrated by David Colacci

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    About this audiobook

    The Mercy Rule is a brilliant and moving human drama set against a backdrop of relentless suspense, legal complexity and moral ambiguity. Dismas Hardy, the former bartender, loving husband and father, and reluctant defense attorney of The 13th Juror, returns here in his most challenging case.

    Vowing to spend more time with his family, Dismas is hesitant to represent Graham Russo, a could-have-been-great baseball player-turned-lawyer who is indicted for the murder of his father, Sal. Everyone close to the Russos knew that Sal was dying and that he needed morphine injections to ease his suffering. Graham admits to administering these injections, but insists he wasn't there the night of Sal's overdose.

    Was it suicide, mercy, or murder?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 12, 2009
    ISBN9781423386971
    The Mercy Rule
    Author

    John Lescroart

    John Lescroart is the bestselling author of eighteen previous novels, which have sold more than ten million copies. He lives with his family in Northern California.

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    • 4/5
      "The Mercy Rule" is a story that one will remember long after the book is finished. Dismas Hardy is back in the role of defense attorney and sometimes that means being at odds with his best friend since the friend is Lt. Abe Glitsky now in homicide but both always remember where the friendship began when they were both young cops walking their beat. Diz's client, Graham Russo, an estate case suddenly becomes a client charged with murder. The prosecutor begins his case with "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. The defendant, Graham Russo, murdered his father for money." But opening statements may be simple but there's always more to the story. This story is an evocative portrayal of the multiple complexities of assisted suicide between definitions - from the viewpoint of humanity vs. from the law.
      The story is also compelling due to the introduction of new characters to the series, Sarah Evans and her partner, Marcel Lanier - the Sal Russo investigating team working for Abe. One of the wonderful things about Sarah is on a night home alone, "Carrying her afghan in from the bedroom, she gets herself settled in her chair and spent most of another hour finishing a paperback about Kat Colorado going on tour with a country singer in Nashville, saving the woman's life, of course, winning another one for the good guys. Sarah liked these books about women private eyes, especially the quick-witted, smart-mouthed ones. She didn't fancy herself like them, but it was fun to live in their shoes for the space of a book..." Oh yes, I definitely like Sarah Evan's choice of private eye, Kat Colorado, Sacramento Private Investigator created by Karen Kijewski.
      As I've said in other reviews of John Lescroart's titles, this is not my first read of a title by John Lescroart nor my first read about character Dismas Hardy and definitely will not be my last.
    • 5/5
      Lescroart's books are a mystery to me. They aren't thrilling or amazing. But, I have yet to pick up one and not get sucked into the story before I even know it. The Mercy Rule is no different. Former cop, bartender and now lawyer, Dismis Hardy nearly accidentally gets a client charged with the murder of his father who was fatally ill with a Do Not Resuscitate order. Lescroart's books are so complete and just plain good stories and this one is no different.
    • 4/5
      "The Mercy Rule" is a story that one will remember long after the book is finished. Dismas Hardy is back in the role of defense attorney and sometimes that means being at odds with his best friend since the friend is Lt. Abe Glitsky now in homicide but both always remember where the friendship began when they were both young cops walking their beat. Diz's client, Graham Russo, an estate case suddenly becomes a client charged with murder. The prosecutor begins his case with "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. The defendant, Graham Russo, murdered his father for money." But opening statements may be simple but there's always more to the story. This story is an evocative portrayal of the multiple complexities of assisted suicide between definitions - from the viewpoint of humanity vs. from the law.
      The story is also compelling due to the introduction of new characters to the series, Sarah Evans and her partner, Marcel Lanier - the Sal Russo investigating team working for Abe. One of the wonderful things about Sarah is on a night home alone, "Carrying her afghan in from the bedroom, she gets herself settled in her chair and spent most of another hour finishing a paperback about Kat Colorado going on tour with a country singer in Nashville, saving the woman's life, of course, winning another one for the good guys. Sarah liked these books about women private eyes, especially the quick-witted, smart-mouthed ones. She didn't fancy herself like them, but it was fun to live in their shoes for the space of a book..." Oh yes, I definitely like Sarah Evan's choice of private eye, Kat Colorado, Sacramento Private Investigator created by Karen Kijewski.
      As I've said in other reviews of John Lescroart's titles, this is not my first read of a title by John Lescroart nor my first read about character Dismas Hardy and definitely will not be my last.
    • 4/5
      Solid Dismas Hardy story although it dragged a bit in the middle. Overall a good, solid read. Dismas Hardy and John Lescroart make good "filler authors" between Harlan Coben and Michael Connelly releases.