{"product_id":"the-mercy-rule-john-lescroart-9780440222828","title":"The Mercy Rule","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A stylish whodunit . . . Lescroart  is] in his best form yet.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce Dismas Hardy was a cop. Now he spends his days in a lawyer's suit, billing hours to a corporate client in a downtown San Francisco office. Hardy's wife and kids like it that way. Then one client changes everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGraham Russo, a former baseball star, is charged with murdering his dying father. Was it suicide, the last desperate act of a dying man? Was it murder? Or mercy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, as a carnival of reporters, activists, cops, lovers, and families throng around the case, Dismas Hardy is going to trial with a client he doesn't trust, a key witness he cannot believe, and a system that almost destroyed him once. For Dismas, this case will challenge everything he believes about the law, about his family, and about himself. Because a chilling truth is beginning to emerge about an old man's lonely death. And what Dismas knows could put him next in line to die. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy Rule\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Very entertaining . . . a large and emotionally sprawling novel.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As usual in a Lescroart novel, character dominates plot as the author proves, yet again, that resonant drama can be found in family.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An edge-of-the-seat legal thriller that has it all--hot-button issues, deception, greed, corruption, and a labyrinthine plot that will keep you guessing until the very last page.\"\u003cb\u003e--Faye Kellerman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lescroart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0440222826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780440222828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.88h x 4.21w x 1.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Paperback Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1999 pg. 9","brand":"John Lescroart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980941656319,"sku":"9780440222828","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf8e2192-2e08-4988-97e3-2d3c988b0500.jpg?v=1683252789","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mercy-rule-john-lescroart-9780440222828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}