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Abe Glitsky
The Abe Glitsky series by John Lescroart has 3 known books (3 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with A Certain Justice (1995). Damage is the latest book with a fully recorded publication date.
- Books
- 3 known books (3 novels)
- Published
- 3
- First published
- 1995
- Status
- ongoing
- Shelved under
- Thriller
Start here: A Certain Justice (1995)
— then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
A Certain Justice
A Certain Justice opens John Lescroart's Abe Glitsky series in 1995 at 527 pages with a wrongful lynching that exposes San Francisco's racial fault lines, pushing Glitsky -- Dismas Hardy's oldest friend, a Black and Jewish homicide cop -- to the center of his own investigative and moral struggles rather than the courtroom-focused role he plays in the numbered Hardy novels. Alternative text for cover: Cover of A Certain Justice - Book 2:
Guilt
Guilt is the second book in John Lescroart's Abe Glitsky series, published in 1997 at 500 pages, following Glitsky's pursuit of a prominent, seemingly unimpeachable attorney he's certain committed murder. It sits between A Certain Justice and Damage, published over a decade later. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Guilt - Book 3:
Damage
Damage is the most recent entry in John Lescroart's Abe Glitsky series, published in 2011 at 671 pages. It follows Guilt as the third book in a series that began in 1995. Alternative text for cover: Cover of Damage
Key facts about the Abe Glitsky series
The Abe Glitsky series has 3 books on our list. Since all 3 are out now, you can read the whole list today.
Start with A Certain Justice, since it opens the publication order in 1995. Guilt is book 2, from 1997. Damage is book 3, from 2011.
Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions.
Damage is the latest book with a full release date, out on 1 January 2011. The catalogue marks it as ongoing, yet no next book has a date so far.
The books came out between 1995 and 2011, while their length runs from 500 to 671 pages. That is a run of 16 years.
John Lescroart has 30 books on our list. Additionally, they write Auguste Lupa, Dismas Hardy and Wyatt Hunt. We shelve the books under legal thriller.
About the Abe Glitsky series
Abe Glitsky -- Dismas Hardy's oldest friend, a Black and Jewish homicide cop who rises to become chief of San Francisco's homicide detail -- takes the lead role in his own three-book strand within John Lescroart's wider San Francisco legal-thriller universe. Where the numbered Dismas Hardy novels usually pair courtroom defense work with police investigation, these three books push Glitsky's own investigative and moral struggles to the centre: A Certain Justice opens with a wrongful lynching that exposes the city's racial fault lines, Guilt follows Glitsky's pursuit of a prominent, seemingly unimpeachable attorney he's certain committed murder, and Damage, published over a decade later, brings back a wealthy, dangerous family from Glitsky's past for a case that endangers his own family directly.
Frequently asked questions
How many Abe Glitsky books are there?
Three: A Certain Justice (1995), Guilt (1997), and Damage (2011).
Is this the same character as in the Dismas Hardy series?
Yes -- Abe Glitsky is Dismas Hardy's best friend and a major recurring character across the numbered Dismas Hardy novels; these three books simply put him at the centre of his own cases.
Do I need to read Dismas Hardy first?
No, each of these three books works as a standalone entry point into Lescroart's San Francisco, though reading the Dismas Hardy series adds context for Glitsky's relationships.
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