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Dead Irish by John Lescroart

Dead Irish

John Lescroart

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 1, 2005

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Who it’s for
A former cop’s hoped-for quiet gives way to old secrets and personal stakes.
Themes
personal loss, old secrets, danger to others
Genres
Legal Thrillers, Police Procedurals, Hard-Boiled Mystery

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About this book

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING DISMAS HARDY SERIES! In his new life as a bartender at the Little Shamrock, Dismas Hardy is just hoping for a little peace. He’s left both the police force and his law career behind. Unfortunately it’s not as easy to leave behind the memory of a shattering personal loss—but for the time being, he can always take the edge off with a stiff drink and round of darts.

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But when the news of Eddie Cochran’s death reaches him, Hardy is propelled back into all the things he was trying to escape. And forced to untangle a web of old secrets and raw passions, for the sake of Eddie’s pregnant widow, Frannie—and for the others whose lives may still be at risk...

Peace, Interrupted

A former cop’s hoped-for quiet gives way to old secrets and personal stakes.

Come here for

  • A hard-boiled mystery shaped by personal loss and unfinished business

Expect

  • A bartender’s uneasy return to a past he hoped to leave behind
  • Old secrets, raw passions, and lives still at risk

Where it sits

Legal Thrillers71%
Hard-Boiled Mystery31%
Police Procedurals23%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Hard-Boiled Mystery
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
John Lescroart
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
February 1, 2005
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
personal loss · old secrets · danger to others
Reading lane
Action & Adventure