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Raymond Chandler once wrote that the test of a first-rate murder mystery is whether you would keep reading it if the last chapterand the revelation of whodunit were missing. In the matter of John Lescroart, I would keep reading any of his books, even without that last chapter.Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Praise for the Novels of John Lescroart

Hard Evidence

Gripping.... This author is a master of details.... One never doubts the world he has created.

West Coast Review of Books

Top-notch... Lescroart weaves a tale of revenge and passion that ends with a startling revelation and satisfying conclusion. Chattanooga Times-Free Press

The plot bounces effortlessly between the courtroom and the intraoffice battles among prosecutors.... The writing is excellent, and the dialogue crackles. Booklist

Blockbuster courtroom drama... so keen you almost forget theres a mystery too.... Lescroarts laid-back, soft-shoe approach to legal intrigue is all his own. Kirkus Reviews

Solid... a well-written and cleverly conceived legal saga.

The Baton Rouge Advocate

The Hearing

A spine-tingling legal thriller. Larry King, USA Today

[The Hearing] works so well not only because of Lescroarts narrative skills but because he so clearly knows San Francisco, knows its legal world, and knows its characters.

The Washington Post

The heroes are engaging, the foes are threatening, and the legal background and the law are well served.

Los Angeles Times

Highly entertaining. Chicago Tribune

Excellent stuff. San Jose Mercury News

A bang-up job... explosive. Rocky Mountain News

Nothing but the Truth

The novels pacing is reminiscent of classic Ross Macdonald, where a weeks worth of events are condensed into a few hours... [a] winning thriller.

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Riveting... one of Lescroarts best tales yet.

Chicago Tribune

A rousing courtroom showdown.

Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Youll not unravel this one until the last gavel falls.

The Tampa Tribune

The Mercy Rule

A thought-provoking and important novel... well-written, well-plotted, well-done. A winner! Nelson DeMille

A masters take on a troubling social issue. People

Readers of The 13th Juror will already be off reading this book, not this review. Join them.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Very entertaining... a large and emotionally sprawling novel. Chicago Tribune

Guilt

A great thriller: breakneck pacing, electrifying courtroom scenes, and a cast of richly crafted characters. People

Begin Guilt over a weekend.... If you start during the workweek, you will be up very, very late, and your pleasure will be tainted with, well, guilt. The Philadelphia Inquirer

A well-paced legal thriller... one of the best in this flourishing genre to come along in a while.

The Washington Post Book World

A Certain Justice

Electric.... Lescroart swings for the fences with a West Coast take on The Bonfire of the Vanities... a richly satisfying thriller, and a breakthrough book for Lescroart.

Kirkus Reviews

A gifted writer with a distinctive voice. I read him with great pleasure. Richard North Patterson

Engrossing. San Francisco Chronicle

The 13th Juror

I double dare you to begin reading John Lescroarts new suspense trial novel The 13th Juror and put it down. The man is one of the best thriller writers to come down the pike, and this one is on the money. Larry King, USA Today

A fast-paced text that sustains interest to the very end.

The Wall Street Journal

Praise for John Lescroart

The superior element of Lescroarts writing is his creation of lifelike characters. Houston Daily Sun

[Lescroart] never wrote a bad page. USA Today

Also by John Lescroart

The Suspect
The Hunt Club
The Motive
The Second Chair
The First Law
The Oath
The Hearing
Nothing but the Truth
The Mercy Rule
Guilt
A Certain Justice
The 13th Juror
The Vig
Dead Irish
Rasputins Revenge
Son of Holmes
Sunburn

This book is dedicated to my wife, Lisa, who is always there; and to Nishion Matosian, aka Don MathesonMarine, cop, bartender, actoralways the best man.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

For the initial inspiration and the continuing education, Id like to thank Joel T. Kornfeld and Al Giannini, respectively.

A host of other knowledgeable and helpful people assisted in the making of this book. Among them are several attorneys from the San Francisco district attorneys office: Jim Costello, Susan Eto, Jerry Norman and Bill Fazio. From Davis, thanks to attorney Steve Shaffer. The substantial liberties I have taken herein with assistant district attorneys in San Francisco are the purest of fiction and the result bears no resemblance to these or any other members of a very professional, efficient, and forthcoming prosecutorial team.

Nonlegal contributions were no less important: San Francisco coroner Dr. Boyd Stephens was extremely gracious with his valuable time. No less so were Tristan Brighty, Mike Hamilburg, Joanie Socola, Dr. Phil Girard, Mark Detzer and Bob Eisele. All contributed importantly to the finished work.

Finally, Id like to thank my two young children, Justine and Jack, for their wonderful attitudes and behavior for most of the time I spent completing this endeavor.

If there are any technical errors, they are solely the fault of the author.

Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based on imperfect knowledge.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.

PART ONE

Dismas Hardy walked hip-deep in green ice water, his rubber-gloved hands on the fins of a six-foot white shark.

Outside in the world, it was nearly two oclock of an early summer morning, but here at the Steinhart there was no time. The overhead light reflected off the institutional green walls, clammy with distilled sea sweat. Somewhere, out of the room, a motor throbbed dully.

The only noise in Hardys world was the steady slush and suck of the water curling behind him as he walked around and around, alone in the circular pool.

Pico Morales had called around seven to ask if he felt like doing some walking. When Pico called, it meant that some fishing boat had landed a great white shark and had contacted the Aquarium. The sharks bred just off the Farallons, and the Steinhartor Pico, its curator wanted a live one badly. The problem was that the beasts became so traumatized, or wounded, or both, after they were caught, that none survived. Too exhausted to move on their own, they had to be walked through the water so that they could breathe.

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