The Ophelia Cut: A Novel

The Ophelia Cut: A Novel

Defense attorney Dismas Hardy returns to defend a close friend against murder charges in New York Times bestselling author John Lescroartâ€™s most suspenseful and intricately plotted novel to date.

WHEN A BRUTAL RAPIST IS MURDERED, A LOVING FATHER STANDS ACCUSED OF THE CRIME. DEFENSE ATTORNEY DISMAS HARDY MUST DEFEND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW AND OLD FRIEND MOSES McGUIRE IN A THRILLING CASE THAT HITS FAR TOO CLOSE TO HOME.

Moses McGuire has good reason to be concerned about his beautiful twenty-three-year-old daughter, Brittany. She moves quickly from one boyfriend to the next, and always seems to prefer a new and mysterious stranger to a man she knows something about. But her most recent ex, Rick Jessup, isnâ€™t willing to let her go, culminating in a terrible night when Brittany is raped.

Within twenty-four hours, Rick Jessup is dead, Moses McGuire is the prime suspect in the investigation, and Dismas Hardy has been hired to defend his brother-in-law. Making things even more complicated, McGuire has fallen off the wagon, and his stay in prison could bring to light old secrets that would destroy Hardy and his closest colleaguesâ€™ careers.

As the overwhelming evidence against McGuire piles up, Dismas Hardy focuses on planting doubt in the minds of the jurorsâ€”until, in a feat of legal ingenuity that is staggering in both its implications and its simplicity, Hardy sees a new way forward that might just save them all. But at what price?

For the first time since 2009, Dismas Hardy, the authorâ€™s most beloved protagonist, returns in a masterful novel that showcases Lescroartâ€™s extraordinary story-telling gifts: a cast of flesh-and-blood characters, morally complex situations, and relentless, nail-biting suspense.

Country	USA
Author	John Lescroart
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781476709154
Edition	First Edition
ISBN	1476709157
Label	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria Books
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	432
PublicationDate	2013-05-07
Publisher	Atria Books
ReleaseDate	2013-05-07
Studio	Atria Books

The Ophelia Cut: A Novel

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