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John Lescroart, author of The Rule of Law: A Dismas Hardy Novel

Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his trusted secretary, Phyllis. Her out-of-character behavior and sudden disappearances concern Hardy, especially when he learns that her convict brother --- a man who had served 25 years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder --- has just been released. Things take a shocking turn when Phyllis is suddenly arrested at work for allegedly being an accessory to the murder of Hector Valdez, a coyote who’d been smuggling women into this country from El Salvador and Mexico.

Week of September 9, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of September 9th include FEAR, Bob Woodward's intriguing account of life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies; THE REAL LOLITA, in which Sarah Weinman uncovers how much Vladimir Nabokov knew of the 1948 abduction of 11-year-old Sally Horner and the efforts he took to disguise that knowledge during the process of writing and publishing LOLITA; John Lescroart's THE RULE OF LAW, which finds attorney Dismas Hardy defending the least likely suspect of his career --- his trusted assistant who is suddenly being charged as an accessory to murder; and THE GLASS OCEAN by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White, a captivating historical mystery, infused with romance, that links the lives of three women across a century --- two deep in the past, one in the present --- to the doomed passenger liner, RMS Lusitania.