Dismas Hardy (Hardcover): The Fall (Series #16) (Hardcover)

from lostinalibrary

The Fall is the 16th in author John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy legal thrillers series and, in this outing, Dismas hands the legal torch over to his daughter, Rebecca AKA The Becks. Anlya Johnson, a pretty 17-year-old African American girl in foster care, dies after falling from a San Francisco over...

from booksgaloreca

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. It is the 16th book in the Dismas Hardy series, but stands well on it's own. I am surprised that I haven't read the others before! It is a great read. The characters and storyline were complex and intriguing. Highly recommended an...

from Judiex

After a seventeen-year-old black girl falls from a San Francisco overpass onto the hood of a passing car, the push is on to discover who threw her. Pressure is extreme because the black community believes that crime against blacks are not as heavily investigated as those against white victims. Ca...

from grumpydan

17-year-old Anlya Paulso falls to her death from a bridge. And that's how the story opens. Greg Treadway is the court appointed advocate of Anlya's twin brother and the main suspect in her murder. As the trial begins, the investigators learn more about the group home Anlya lived in and its occupa...

from chasidar

This book was going strong for the first 2/3 - good storyline. The last third of the book felt tacked on, as though Mr. Lescroat didn't know where to take it. It wasn't believable and it turned a good book into so-so.