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The Mercy Rule

Vowing to spend more time with his wife and kids, Dismas Hardy is hesitant to take on the case of Graham Russo, a lawyer indicted for the murder of his father, Sal. Sal was dying of cancer and Alzheimer's disease and Graham admits to administering morphine injections to ease his suffering but insists he wasn't present the night of Sal's overdose and resultant death.

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  • "Vowing to spend more time with his wife and kids, Dismas Hardy is hesitant to take on the case of Graham Russo, a lawyer indicted for the murder of his father, Sal. Sal was dying of cancer and Alzheimer's disease and Graham admits to administering morphine injections to ease his suffering but insists he wasn't present the night of Sal's overdose and resultant death."@en
  • "Lawyer Dismas Hardy of San Francisco is hired to defend a man accused of mercy-killing his father who had Alzheimer's disease. The man denies administering the deadly morphine, but in that case who did?"@en
  • "The Mercy Rule is a brilliant and moving human drama set against a backdrop of relentless suspense, legal complexity and moral ambiguity. Dismas Hardy, the former bartender, loving husband and father, and reluctant defense attorney of The 13th Juror, returns here in his most challenging case. Vowing to spend more time with his family, Dismas is hesitant to represent Graham Russo, a could-have-been-great baseball player-turned-lawyer who is indicted for the murder of his father, Sal. Everyone close to the Russos knew that Sal was dying and that he needed morphine injections to ease his suffering. Graham admits to administering these injections, but insists he wasn't there the night of Sal's overdose. Was it suicide, mercy, or murder?"
  • "Lawyer Dismas Hardy represents Graham Russo--a man accused of killing his father Sal. Everyone close to the Russos knew that Sal was dying and that he needed morphine injections to ease his suffering. Graham admits to administering these injections, but insists he wasn't there the night of Sal's overdose. Was it suicide, mercy, or murder?"@en
  • "Dismas Hardy, the former bartender, loving husband and father, and reluctant defense attorney returns to face his most challenging case yet--defending a could-have-been-great baseball player indicted for the murder of his father."@en
  • "The Mercy Rule is a brilliant and moving human drama set against a backdrop of relentless suspense, legal complexity and moral ambiguity. Dismas Hardy, the former bartender, loving husband and father, and reluctant defense attorney of The 13th Juror, returns here in his most challenging case. Vowing to spend more time with his family, Dismas is hesitant to represent Graham Russo, a could-have-been-great baseball player-turned-lawyer who is indicted for the murder of his father, Sal ..."@en
  • "In Dismas Hardy, New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart has created one of the most complex and engaging characters in contemporary fiction. Hardy, the former bartender, loving husband and father, and reluctant defense attorney of Lescroart's blockbuster novel The 13th Juror, returns in The Mercy Rule to face his most challenging case yet. Having vowed to spend more time with his wife and kids, Dismas Hardy is hesitant to take on the case of Graham Russo, a could-have-been-great baseball player turned lawyer indicted for the murder of his father, Sal. Everyone close to the Russos knew Sal was dying, and that he needed morphine injections to ease his suffering. Graham freely admits to administering those injections, but insists he wasn't there the night of Sal's overdose and resultant death. Was it suicide, murder--or mercy? With personal and professional tensions mounting, Hardy finds himself face-to-face with a terrifying truth: If this was a murder, he might well be the next person to die."@en
  • "Dismas Hardy, the former bartender, loving husband and father, and reluctant defense attorney of The 13th Juror, returns here in his most challenging case. Vowing to spend more time with his family, Dismas is hesitant to represent Graham Russo, a could-have-been-great baseball player turned lawyer who is indicted for the murder of his father, Sal."
  • "Attorney Dismas Hardy from 13th Juror (RC14071) is now asked to help another black-sheep lawyer, Graham Russo. Russo believes his father Sal's lethal dose of prescribed morphine was self inflicted, but the cops don't agree, and Russo is their prime murder suspect."
  • "A defense attorney trying to save his marriage reluctantly takes on the case of a lawyer indicted for the murder of his father."@en
  • "A young man is accused of giving his terminally ill father an overdose."@en

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  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Legal stories"
  • "Legal stories"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en

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  • "The Mercy Rule"@en
  • "The mercy rule"
  • "The mercy rule"@en
  • "The Mercy rule"
  • "The mercy rule [audio book]"@en
  • "The mercy rule library edition"@en
  • "The mercy rule a novel"

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