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Dead Irish (Dismas Hardy, #1) by John T. Lescroart is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From Publishers WeeklyDismas Hardy, an ex-policeman and lawyer who has withdrawn from his former life as a result of a personal tragedy, tends an Irish bar in San Francisco. When his boss asks him to investigate the apparent suicide of Eddie Cochran, Hardy agrees. Cochran was a friend and proving his death was not suicide will free the insurance money to his pregnant widow. As he becomes close to Eddie's parents, his emotionally distraught younger brother and family friend, Father Jim Cavanaugh, Hardy finds his life complicated by an encounter and renewed relationship with his ex-wife. Uncovering a botched drug deal arranged by Cochran's employer, Hardy believes he can show that Eddie was indeed murdered. But from that point his investigations come to a dead end. The killer, identified about two-thirds of the way through the story, proves to be as fascinating a personality as Hardy himself. Lescroart ( Rasputin's Revenge ) provides a surprise twist at the end. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalPossessed of a singular writer's instinct, Lescroart drapes a bare-bones plot in psychological window dressing and produces a full-bodied, substantive, and st

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Author
John T. Lescroart
Publisher
Signet Classics
Published
1989
Language
EN
ISBN
9780440207832
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Adventure, True Crime, Fiction
Rating
3.79 / 5 (4,049 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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