The master of the legal thriller delivers a brilliantly suspenseful novel of deadly secrets, privileged youth, and uncertain justice...
Dismas Hardy is finally on top: As a managing partner at his thriving, newly reorganized law firm, he's a rainmaker and fix-it guy for clients leery of taking their chances in a courtroom. Now Hardy's up-and-coming associate, Amy Wu, brings him a high-profile case: Andrew Bartlett, the seventeen-year-old son of a prominent San Francisco family, has been arrested for the double slaying of his girlfriend and his English teacher. The D.A. wants to try him as an adult. Determined to get the case into juvenile court and overwhelmed by the mounting evidence against her client, Wu asks Hardy to sit second chair for her in Bartlett's defense.
As the Bartlett case moves swiftly to trial, another series of murders grip the city. An unseen killer seems to be shooting citizens wantonly, and as fear and anxiety build around The Executioner (as he is quickly dubbed in the ensuing media frenzy), Abe Glitsky, the newly promoted deputy chief of the Investigations Bureau, leads the desperate hunt to stop him.
With the city on the verge of panic, Hardy and Glitsky are locked in a race against time-to save a client and to catch a murderer. But nothing is what it seems, and as both men's cases twist and turn to their shocking conclusions, the very foundations of San Francisco's legal system will be shaken to the core.
Dismas Hardy is finally on top: As a managing partner at his thriving, newly reorganized law firm, he's a rainmaker and fix-it guy for clients leery of taking their chances in a courtroom. Now Hardy's up-and-coming associate, Amy Wu, brings him a high-profile case: Andrew Bartlett, the seventeen-year-old son of a prominent San Francisco family, has been arrested for the double slaying of his girlfriend and his English teacher. The D.A. wants to try him as an adult. Determined to get the case into juvenile court and overwhelmed by the mounting evidence against her client, Wu asks Hardy to sit second chair for her in Bartlett's defense.
As the Bartlett case moves swiftly to trial, another series of murders grip the city. An unseen killer seems to be shooting citizens wantonly, and as fear and anxiety build around The Executioner (as he is quickly dubbed in the ensuing media frenzy), Abe Glitsky, the newly promoted deputy chief of the Investigations Bureau, leads the desperate hunt to stop him.
With the city on the verge of panic, Hardy and Glitsky are locked in a race against time-to save a client and to catch a murderer. But nothing is what it seems, and as both men's cases twist and turn to their shocking conclusions, the very foundations of San Francisco's legal system will be shaken to the core.
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Hardback Editions
March 2004 : Board book
| Title: The Second Chair Author(s): John Lescroart ISBN: 0-7862-6302-4 / 978-0-7862-6302-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Second Chair (Lescroart, John) Author(s): John Lescroart ISBN: 0-525-94775-2 / 978-0-525-94775-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Dutton Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2003 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
2005 : Paperback
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December 2004 : Paperback
| Title: The Second Chair (Dismas Hardy) Author(s): John Lescroart ISBN: 0-451-21141-3 / 978-0-451-21141-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Signet Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2004 : Paperback
| Title: Second Chair, The Author(s): John Lescroart ISBN: 1-59413-049-3 / 9781594130496 (USA edition) Publisher: THOMSON GALE GROUP Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
November 2006 : Audio CD
| Title: Second Chair, The (Dismas Hardy) (Dismas Hardy) Author(s): John Lescroart ISBN: 1-4233-1949-4 / 978-1-4233-1949-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Value Priced Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
January 2005 : Audio Cassette
| Title: The Second Chair Author(s): John Lescroart ISBN: 1-59086-380-1 / 9781590863800 (USA edition) Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
June 2004 : MP3 CD
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June 2004 : MP3 CD
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January 2004 : Audio Cassette
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Other Editions
April 2007 : Kindle edition
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