The Ophelia Cut - Softcover

""" Smart, riveting, and utterly compelling, "The Ophelia Cut "has and an incredible cast of characters from whom you will not want to depart...hands-down the best legal thriller I have read in years and a perfect case study for why readers love the brilliant John Lescroart. --Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Black List

"Nothing short of magic, dark and delicious. "The Ophelia Cut "is the work of a master at the top of his game."--William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of Trickster's Point

Bristling with red-hot suspense, "The Ophelia Cut" is the roller-coaster ride of a lifetime... You'll love this book."--Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Spies

An amazing page-turner, emotional, significant and suspenseful. Lescroart has written his most gripping novel to date, one which sets a new standard. --M.J. Rose, internationally bestselling author

When a brutal rapist is murdered, a loving father stands accused of the crime and defense attorney Dismas Hardy must defend his brother-in-law and old friend Moses McGuire in a thrilling case that hits far too close to home.

New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart’s most beloved protagonist returns in a masterful novel that showcases his extraordinary storytelling gifts: a cast of flesh-and-blood characters, morally complex situations, and relentless, nail-biting suspense.

When his brother-in-law and old friend Moses McGuire is the prime suspect in the murder of his own daughter’s rapist, attorney Dismas Hardy agrees to defend him. But McGuire has fallen off the wagon, and his stay in prison could bring to light old secrets that would destroy Hardy and his closest colleagues’ careers. As the overwhelming evidence against McGuire piles up, Hardy focuses on planting doubt in the minds of the jurors—until, in a feat of legal ingenuity that is staggering in both its implications and its simplicity, he sees a new way forward that might just save them all. But at what price?