John Lescroart
Author of The 13th Juror
About the Author
John Lescroart was born in Houston, Texas on January 14, 1948. He started writing as a student at the University of California-Berkeley, where he majored in English. Following college and a job with a telephone company, he traveled around Europe, singing folk and country-rock music. He won the 1978 show more Joseph Henry Jackson best novel award for under-35 California writers with the autobiographical novel Sunburn. While helping his wife raise their two children and working in legal, bartending, musician, and social service positions, he still found the time to write numerous novels. His novels include the Dismas Hardy Series, Son of Holmes, Rasputin's Revenge, A Certain Justice, Guilt, The Hunt Club, The Suspect, Sunburn, Treasure Hunt, Damage, and The Hunter. He made The New York Times Best Seller List iwith his title's The Ophelia Cut,The Keeper, The Fall, and The Rule of Law. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by John Lescroart
John Lescroart CD Collection: The First Law, The Second Chair, The Motive (Dismas Hardy Series) (2007) 7 copies
John Lescroart Collection: The Hearing, The Oath, and The First Law (Dismas Hardy Series) (2004) 2 copies
Een dode Ier 1 copy
The Earth 1 copy
John Lescroart - Dismas Hardy Series: Books 13-14: A Plague Of Secrets, The Ophelia Cut (2016) 1 copy
Dodosa Justicia 1 copy
The Age of Miracles 1 copy
Days of Awe and Wonder 1 copy
Second Chair 1 copy
Associated Works
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Contributor — 206 copies
A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contributor — 44 copies
The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe: Parodies and Pastiches Featuring the Great Detective of West 35th Street (2020) — Contributor — 40 copies
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XIX: 2020 Annual (1882-1890) (2020) — Foreword — 7 copies
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Part XX: 2020 Annual (1891-1897) (2020) — Foreword — 6 copies
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXI: 2020 Annual (1898-1923) (2020) — Foreword — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Lescroart, John
- Birthdate
- 1948-01-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Places of residence
- San Mateo, California, USA
Davis, California, USA - Education
- University of California, Berkeley
Junipo Serra High School - Occupations
- novelist
musician
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Son of Holmes in Baker Street and Beyond (March 2007)
Reviews
This is another terrific John Lescroart book. Abe Glitsky, one of his regular characters, is one of my favorites. This book is chilling and well-written.
This was a fun, fascinating and well-written murder mystery, with one of the murders having occurred 40 years before the current time. And the book featured a very well-done description and narrative of issues faced by an adopted person who learns in mid-life some shocking things about his birth parents, things that led to his adoption.
Number 19 in the Dismas Hardy series. Primarily an Abe Glitsky plot line. Although there are MANY twists and turns, this one didn't have some of the elements of earlier books that made them rate higher in my estimation.
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Statistics
- Works
- 58
- Also by
- 19
- Members
- 14,202
- Popularity
- #1,622
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 255
- ISBNs
- 718
- Languages
- 13
- Favorited
- 30
- Touchstones
- 230
Despite the steep learning curve rising from the fact that I jumped in at book #19, I only read two or three chapters when I hunted up an affordable audio copy (vision issues).
The plot itself spiraled and branched like elk antlers and scooped up extra characters along the way. Each of the characters, both main and ancillary, are very clearly drawn and realistic. Thanks for the intro, but it was definitely worth the price for the audio!
I requested and received an EARC copy from Atria Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
P.S. Bernie Rhodenbarr says that St Dismas is the patron saint of thieves ;)… (more)