Dismas Hardy Books in Order

Years after prosecutor Wes Farrell put Paul Riley in prison for rape and murder, new evidence frees Riley and brands the conviction a mistake. When Riley is found dead amid the spoils of a fresh scam, Farrell, Dismas Hardy, and Abe Glitsky must decide who really wanted him gone and why.

Hardy’s longtime assistant, Phyllis McGowan, suddenly disappears and then reappears in handcuffs, charged as an accessory to the murder of a human smuggler. As Hardy fights to clear her, he uncovers a tangle of immigration schemes, vigilantism, and old cases that refuse to stay buried.

Recovering from gunshot wounds and planning to slow down, Dismas Hardy is pulled back into court when a former client is accused of poisoning her boss, the head of a family owned business. Investigating feuding heirs and financial secrets, he discovers that nearly everyone had something to gain.

A teenage foster girl falls from a San Francisco overpass onto a car below, and the public demands answers. When a well liked teacher who mentored her is charged with murder, Dismas Hardy’s daughter Rebecca leads his defense, confronting bias, politics, and the hidden lives of foster children.

Jail guard Hal Chase returns home from the airport to find his wife, Katie, missing. Days later the case turns into a suspected homicide and Hal is the prime suspect. Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky dig into a troubled marriage, dangerous affairs, and a county jail full of ugly secrets.

When Hal Chase’s wife vanishes and is later found dead near their home, suspicion settles firmly on the jail guard with a messy past. Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky probe a failing marriage, dangerous liaisons, and corruption inside the county jail to find out who really benefited from her death.

Dismas Hardy’s niece accuses a smooth political aide of rape, and the next day he is found bludgeoned to death. Hardy’s volatile brother in law becomes the chief suspect, and defending him means exposing old secrets that could topple careers and shatter Hardy’s own circle of friends.

When a popular coffee shop manager is gunned down and found carrying high grade marijuana, attention turns to Maya Townshend, the wealthy, politically connected owner. Dismas Hardy defends her as more bodies fall and San Francisco’s elites scramble to hide their ties to the drug trade.

Cleaning up another lawyer’s caseload, Dismas Hardy takes on the appeal of National Guard reservist Evan Scholler, imprisoned after a disastrous incident in Iraq. Untangling a love triangle, a private contractor’s shadowy work, and a deadly firefight, Hardy stumbles into a web of betrayal and coverups.

Dismas Hardy, now a managing partner at a thriving law firm, finds his faith in the system fading. When a young associate takes on a teenager accused of a brutal double murder, Hardy sits second chair, battling a furious prosecutor and a city on edge as violence flares.

A wealthy political donor and his fiancée are found shot to death in their burning San Francisco mansion. Abe Glitsky is pushed into the high profile case, while Dismas Hardy defends an old girlfriend who becomes the prime suspect, forcing both men to question loyalties and evidence.

When an elderly pawnshop owner and family friend is killed, Abe Glitsky runs into resistance inside his own department. At the same time, Dismas Hardy defends a bar owner accused of the crime while pursuing a civil case against San Francisco’s controversial private patrol specials.

The head of a powerful HMO dies after a hit and run and an unexplained hospital overdose, and his family is soon gunned down. Abe Glitsky zeroes in on a staff doctor, while Dismas Hardy takes the man’s case and follows a trail of malpractice, corporate greed, and murder.

A young lawyer is found murdered in a San Francisco alley, and a homeless addict is quickly blamed. For homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky, the case is shattering the victim is his daughter. As Dismas Hardy defends the suspect, both men uncover political pressure and hidden motives.

When Dismas Hardy’s wife, Frannie, fails to pick up their children and turns up in jail for contempt of court, his personal and professional worlds collide. She is protecting a friend accused of killing his wife, and Hardy must uncover the truth before his family is destroyed.

Once a cop, now a corporate lawyer, Dismas Hardy reluctantly agrees to defend Graham Russo, charged with murdering his terminally ill father. Was it a mercy killing, suicide, or cold blooded crime? The case forces Hardy to confront the gray zone between compassion and murder.

Dismas Hardy defends Jennifer Witt, accused of killing her abusive husband, her young son, and even her first husband years earlier. As he digs into her past, shifting stories and buried trauma make it hard to know where innocence ends and legal guilt begins.

Assistant district attorney Dismas Hardy lands the biggest case of his career when a Silicon Valley billionaire is found shot to death. The accused is a high end call girl, and as the trial twists, Hardy is forced to switch sides and uncover a much larger conspiracy.

Former prosecutor Dismas Hardy hears that a dangerous ex con he once helped put away is out of prison and hungry for payback. When a fellow lawyer vanishes after a bloody crime scene on his houseboat, Hardy has to solve the case before he becomes the target.

Trying to escape painful memories, ex cop and ex prosecutor Dismas Hardy tends bar at the Little Shamrock in San Francisco. When a friend’s apparent suicide looks more like murder, Hardy is pulled back into investigation and a web of old loyalties.