Book Review: ‘The Missing Piece: A Dismas Hardy Novel’ By John Lescroart

Wes Farrell is the former DA for San Francisco and now he’s part of a big law firm that defends the people his office use to prosecute. He knows a lot of his clients are probably guilty but defends them anyway. He’s getting pretty burned out now and is thinking of leaving the firm. But first there is a new client. 11 years ago he out Paul Riley in jail for murder and rape of a girl named Dana Rush but today Paul is out of jail due to an Exoneration Initiative, who works on behalf of prisoners they think are innocent. New DNA evidence and a confession from another man got Paul out of prison. Paul is shot to death and Paul’s father tells the police it was Doug Rush, the father of Dana who did it. Wes ends up being his lawyer and Doug says he’s innocent. Before Wes can defend him Doug is found dead. This should be the end of it but it is not. Wes, Dismas and investigator Abe continue to search for what really happened to both men. What they find is not shocking but is shocking and it puts them all in danger of a killer who does not want to be found. This is book number 19 in the series and first time for me reading one of them. I found it engaging and really enjoyable. It starts off strong and never lets up and you just want to keep reading along. Author John Lescroart is a master story-teller.

You can pick up The Missing Piece in stores on Tuesday, March 29th from Atria.