The 13th Juror (Dismas Hardy Series #4)

He is obsessed with her innocence. He will be destroyed by her guilt.

The walls were champagne. The house was immaculate. A prosperous doctor livedthere with his son and his beautiful wife. But the elegant walls hid afamily's secret, a wife's shame. And one day shots rang out in the doctor'shouse. Suddenly Jennifer Witt was in jail, facing the death penalty.

Jennifer insisted that she had not killed her abusive husband -- and she couldnever have killed her own son. Dismas Hardy believed her. But Hardy was onlypart of the defense team, and the only lawyer who continued to believeher...even as her story was torn to pieces, even as her lies came out, even asshe was found guilty of murder.

Now there's only one thing Jennifer can do to save her life...and she refusesto do it. So Hardy must do it for her. And in a shocking case of violence,betrayal, and lies, his only weapon is the truth...

The 13th Juror...When innocence is not enough.

"A brilliant courtroom drama."
-The Washington Post Book World

"I double-dare you to begin reading John T. Lescroart's new suspense trialnovel and put it down....This one is on the money."
-Larry King, USA Today

"Compelling...The power of the book lies in Lescroart's impeccable accumulationof detail."
-The San Francisco Chronicle

"Unusual in his ability to combine courthouse scenes with action sequences,judicial puzzles and dimensional people, Mr. Lescroart produces a full house ofwell-drawn characters. The many subplots, social issues and legal maneuvers ofThe 13th Juror, come together in a fast-paced text that sustainsinterest to the very end."
-The Wall Street Journal