Dismas Hardy · Book 5

The Mercy Rule

Published
1 January 1998
Pages
466
ISBN-13
9780385316583
Type
novel
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About this book

The Mercy Rule is the fifth entry in John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy series, published in 1998 at 466 pages. It follows The 13th Juror and precedes Nothing but the Truth.

Key facts about The Mercy Rule

The Mercy Rule is a novel by John Lescroart. Readers have had it since 1 January 1998. It runs to 466 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of The Mercy Rule. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780385316583 to find the main one.

The Mercy Rule is book 5 of 19 in the Dismas Hardy series. The series has 19 published books. However, the series starts with Dead Irish (1989). The Missing Piece is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 1 January 2021.

Additionally, John Lescroart writes Auguste Lupa, Abe Glitsky and Wyatt Hunt as separate series. Those series sit on our historical mystery, legal thriller and crime fiction shelves. Meanwhile, The Missing Piece is the latest published John Lescroart book on file, from 1 January 2021.

About John Lescroart

John Lescroart (pronounced "less-KWAH") was born in Houston, Texas, in 1948 and grew up mostly in California. Before becoming a full-time novelist he worked as a computer programmer, a bartender and in a variety of other jobs, publishing his debut novel, Sunburn, in 1981, followed by two historical mysteries starring Auguste Lupa, a detective implied to be Sherlock Holmes's son. See every John Lescroart book in order.

Its place in Dismas Hardy

The Mercy Rule is book 5 in the Dismas Hardy series. It follows The 13th Juror. It is followed by Nothing but the Truth. See the full Dismas Hardy reading order.

Dismas Hardy is a former beat cop, former Vietnam veteran and one-time bartender who eventually became one of San Francisco's most formidable defense attorneys, and John Lescroart has built a nineteen-novel legal-thriller series around him and the wide circle of friends, colleagues and rivals who orbit his life -- most notably Abe Glitsky, his best friend since childhood, who rises through the ranks to become the SFPD's Chief of Homicide. Where many legal-thriller series repeat the same courtroom formula book…

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