The Motive
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 448
- ISBN-13
- 9780451215727
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Motive is the eleventh entry in John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy series, also published in 2004, at 448 pages. It follows The Second Chair and precedes Betrayal.
Key facts about The Motive
The Motive is a novel by John Lescroart. Readers have had it since 1 January 2004. It runs to 448 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Motive. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780451215727 to find the main one.
The Motive is book 11 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 Motive is book 11 in the Dismas Hardy series. It follows The Second Chair. It is followed by Betrayal. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780451215727