Betrayal (Dismas Hardy Series #12)

Betrayal won't betray you

Lescroart takes Tannenbaum to another level. His characters are more believable and his plots are far more topical. Betrayal combines a classic "whodunit" with terrorism, Iraq, Blackwater and legal manuevering. Dismas Hardy is believable, flawed, brilliant without having to rely on the type of vigilante wife that I find so unbelievable in Tannenbaum's offerings. Pick up Betrayal and enjoy the story.

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Did Mr. Lescroart really write the first 400 pages?!

The first two thirds of the book reads like a cheap, poorly written romance novel, complete with every cliche. Had it been any other author, I would have put the book down. I kept HOPING it would get better. Unfortunately, only about 150 pages remained before he got back to Dismas and Hardy.

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Where are Dismas and Abe?

The first few pages were alow for me -- too military. However, once I got past them, I was hooked. Overall, a most interesting read.

I was disappointed, too, in the beginning, that my favorite Lescroart characters had a minor, almost nonexistent, role. I missed hearing from them. At some point that ceased to be important, and they did show up toward the end, making significant contributions.

Captivating

This was the first book by John Lescroart that I've read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It kept me engaged during the entire book. Very believable characters and situations. I look forward to reading another one of his books.

Love it!

Great read & great characters from one of my favorite authors!

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Excellent Book

This was a very interesting book. He portrays the ugly side of war. What it does to the people we have serving in any war area is not a very pretty thing to see or read about. This book will keep you going until the very end. I am looking forward to starting A plague of Secrets, his latest offering.

Another good book in the series

Another good book in Lescroart's (Less kwah) series. This one is about Iraq and a murder in the U.S. It was a little slow to get started, unlike his earlier books, but captivating none-the-less. Once again you have the main characters Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky working to help get an innocent man off. This one has an ending that caught me off guard.

A reviewer

The parceling out of military duties has been receiving great attention lately, and the result is not favorable to the US government. Here author John Lescroart takes a fictional look that seems like it could all be true as military contractors take the law into their own hands, and, in the interests of national security, may get away with it. He portrays a war that is costing the US more than lives as its very soul seems for sale. In my opinion, this is Lescroarts' best book yet. I had a problem with one of his earlier novels, which I thought made mistakes a lawyer shouldn't have made. But all is well now and I can heartily recommend this latest effort.

former fan

Sigh...yet another author strays from his tried and true story lines to enter the world of self-indulgent politicking. Couldn't wait for Dismas Hardy and company to return, only to find more than half the book a thinly disguised left-wing leaning attack on our men and women serving in harm's way...not everyone who sees (saw) action wigs out on society. It really dredged up some old Vietnam-era sterotypes. Won't be buying another one of his books.

Buy It-ReadIt-Enjoy It

One of JL's best. I waited and was not disappointed.

Perfect Betrayal

Great plot line and characters. I felt so bad for Evan who seemed to be taken advantage of by his comrades and his country. He found that drinking to cope was a bad decision, however late it was. The ending was a surprise and well worth the wait.

a fascinating timely thriller

When lawyer Charlie Bowen suddenly vanishes Attorney Dismas Hardy agrees to complete his missing peer¿s cases. He assumes this will prove easy until he realizes that Charlie was about to file an appeal of an obvious murder conviction. In 2005, Evan Scholler was convicted of killing former SEAL Ron Nolan in spite of being defended by top lawyer Aaron Washburn.-------------- Hardy learns from Police Detective Abe Glitsky that the two men met in Iraq where Scholler was serving as a lieutenant in a National Guard unit and Nolan was a contract guard working Allstrong Security. Back in America Nolan seduced Scholler's ex-girlfriend and caused an incident that left Scholler brain damaged and much of his team dead. Scholler publicly vowed to kill his former friend. The appeal looks hopeless until they begin to uncover proof that Nolan was involved in killing other Americans.-------------- BETRAYAL is a fascinating timely thriller that is incredible when it looks into the legal accountability of contract guards in a war zone and into the post traumatic stress including survivor guilt of returning veterans especially those suffering physical injuries. While a legal thriller, interestingly the court room drama though well written takes a back seat on the docket to the Iraq War legal and medical issues. John Lescroart is in top form with the return of Dismas Hardy, who is terrific in this tale as he enhances the best segues, which occur ironically when he is off page.------------ Harriet Klausner

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