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abrswf's review against another edition
2.0
A fast and entertaining read. It does require people like me who know the criminal justice system to suspend our disbelief quite a lot. I could also have done without the book's sexism, which is pretty extreme.
kimmikitson's review against another edition
5.0
Great storyline . . easy read. At no point was it dull or boring. Will probably read another book in this series 😊
weaselweader's review against another edition
4.0
Lescroart has nailed down the art of making the minutiae of legal procedure gripping!
The legal system is filled with byzantine twists and turns. It is one of those glitches that frees a violent, convicted serial rapist, puts him back in the community on bail and mandates that he be re-tried at some undetermined future date. Shortly following that release, three people associated with the former trial are brutally murdered and it seems obvious that the rapist is bent on exacting the ultimate revenge for the first conviction. But under the strict letter of the law, there is insufficient grounds for re-arresting him, revoking bail and putting him back behind bars where he belongs. Moreover, as time goes on, while the original convictions for rape and murder seem to stand solidly on firm ground, doubts about who’s behind the second murder spree start to raise themselves. And what’s even worse, the disappearance of critical witnesses makes the success of the second trial a good deal less than a slam dunk!
DAMAGE is a great read and it’s obvious that Lescroart’s protagonists, Abe Glitsky and Dismas Hardy, have still got plenty of legs and lots of stories to be told. Lescroart’s explanations of the myriad tiny details of different types of arrests, the grounds for each of them, the obtaining of appropriate warrants, and when bail may or may not be granted or revoked are compelling and make for fascinating, informative reading. As one might expect, the politics of law enforcement and the perceived privilege of wealth and political placement are also an important part of DAMAGE’s fast moving plot. No real surprises, red herrings or deus ex machina plot twists are involved – just accomplished, gritty, linear story-telling with lots of bite and interest!
Highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
The legal system is filled with byzantine twists and turns. It is one of those glitches that frees a violent, convicted serial rapist, puts him back in the community on bail and mandates that he be re-tried at some undetermined future date. Shortly following that release, three people associated with the former trial are brutally murdered and it seems obvious that the rapist is bent on exacting the ultimate revenge for the first conviction. But under the strict letter of the law, there is insufficient grounds for re-arresting him, revoking bail and putting him back behind bars where he belongs. Moreover, as time goes on, while the original convictions for rape and murder seem to stand solidly on firm ground, doubts about who’s behind the second murder spree start to raise themselves. And what’s even worse, the disappearance of critical witnesses makes the success of the second trial a good deal less than a slam dunk!
DAMAGE is a great read and it’s obvious that Lescroart’s protagonists, Abe Glitsky and Dismas Hardy, have still got plenty of legs and lots of stories to be told. Lescroart’s explanations of the myriad tiny details of different types of arrests, the grounds for each of them, the obtaining of appropriate warrants, and when bail may or may not be granted or revoked are compelling and make for fascinating, informative reading. As one might expect, the politics of law enforcement and the perceived privilege of wealth and political placement are also an important part of DAMAGE’s fast moving plot. No real surprises, red herrings or deus ex machina plot twists are involved – just accomplished, gritty, linear story-telling with lots of bite and interest!
Highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
books_and_tea_with_me's review against another edition
3.0
This was my first book by this author but it wont be my last. Very good mystery writer.
martyfried's review against another edition
4.0
After this, the third book in the Abe Glitsky series, I'm beginning to really enjoy his character, and the interplay between him and his friend Dismas Hardy. They're pretty funny sometimes, which is out of character for Glitsky - he's a pretty serious guy most of the time and normally is only begrudgingly cheerful.
This is the last of the series featurning him, but fortunately, they both appear in each other's series, and it's hard to separate the books into single character series; there are more in the Dismas Hardy series.
This one was one of the more interesting books so far by Lescroart. It kept me guessing til the end, even though I suspected the obvious answer was not the right one.
This is the last of the series featurning him, but fortunately, they both appear in each other's series, and it's hard to separate the books into single character series; there are more in the Dismas Hardy series.
This one was one of the more interesting books so far by Lescroart. It kept me guessing til the end, even though I suspected the obvious answer was not the right one.
caitlinxmartin's review against another edition
5.0
Last review of a book I read during the week after my surgery - reading comfort food (I'm sure you're sick of hearing that phrase).
John Lescroart writes incredibly dependable crime fiction. He's developed a range of characters that he writes regularly about, but I'll admit that the team of Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitzky is my favorite of them.
I love books where authors pay attention to their secondary characters in terms of development within all the books, but I especially love it when they get to come out to play. In this book Abe Glitzky is at the center of a case that shows off some of San Francisco's ugliness. It's a wealthy city and where there is lots of wealth and privilege there is usually an equal amount of entitlement - this is true everywhere and it's true in San Francisco, too.
In this case it's what seems like an almost futile chase after the son of a prominent family whose habit of raping and killing immigrant women who work for his family has put him in jail once. Out on appeal, and witnesses and other people related to his earlier conviction start dying in pretty hideous ways. It's up to Abe and to Wes Farrell, newly elected District Attorney (and former member of the defense bar), to stop the chaos.
As always the sense of place is great - Mr. Lescroart does know his city. The plot is just complicated enough and will keep you reading long into the night.
Really great crime fiction - highly recommended.
John Lescroart writes incredibly dependable crime fiction. He's developed a range of characters that he writes regularly about, but I'll admit that the team of Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitzky is my favorite of them.
I love books where authors pay attention to their secondary characters in terms of development within all the books, but I especially love it when they get to come out to play. In this book Abe Glitzky is at the center of a case that shows off some of San Francisco's ugliness. It's a wealthy city and where there is lots of wealth and privilege there is usually an equal amount of entitlement - this is true everywhere and it's true in San Francisco, too.
In this case it's what seems like an almost futile chase after the son of a prominent family whose habit of raping and killing immigrant women who work for his family has put him in jail once. Out on appeal, and witnesses and other people related to his earlier conviction start dying in pretty hideous ways. It's up to Abe and to Wes Farrell, newly elected District Attorney (and former member of the defense bar), to stop the chaos.
As always the sense of place is great - Mr. Lescroart does know his city. The plot is just complicated enough and will keep you reading long into the night.
Really great crime fiction - highly recommended.
tanyarobinson's review against another edition
3.0
Just found out I won a copy through first-reads. I'm really excited to read it!
Okay, there were quite a few things I liked about this book, and several things I didn't like.
1. Lescroat seems to think one way to write a character is to give him a filthy mouth. Yes, I was always aware who was speaking when the F-bombs started to drop, but certainly there could be other ways for me to recognize someone!
2. The ending was highly anti-climactic. The main aspect of the plot was wrapped up with 50 pages to go. The last several chapters dealt with a peripheral storyline, which made the book feel unbalanced.
3. I just didn't buy that there would be so many judges and reporters who would buy the "police brutality" and "miscarriage of justice" angles. I thought Ro's case was absolutely open and shut, but that wouldn't have left any story...
Okay, there were quite a few things I liked about this book, and several things I didn't like.
1. Lescroat seems to think one way to write a character is to give him a filthy mouth. Yes, I was always aware who was speaking when the F-bombs started to drop, but certainly there could be other ways for me to recognize someone!
2. The ending was highly anti-climactic. The main aspect of the plot was wrapped up with 50 pages to go. The last several chapters dealt with a peripheral storyline, which made the book feel unbalanced.
3. I just didn't buy that there would be so many judges and reporters who would buy the "police brutality" and "miscarriage of justice" angles. I thought Ro's case was absolutely open and shut, but that wouldn't have left any story...
canada_matt's review against another edition
4.0
Another great Lescroart novel. I quite enjoy how he uses the same base chracter pool and simply places the focus on a different set, depending on the story's focus. We can see progression in all characters in every book, without having to place them into the spotlight in each book.
In this case, we focus on Abe Glitsky, the chief of homicide, as he tackles murders of a recently released prisoner who is out on appeal. A witness who testified, the wife of the jury foreman, and an investigator in the DA's office; all potentially tied to the prisoner, yet there is always something that stands in the way of the perfect conviction.
Glitsky uses his know-how and tries to crack the case, as his family is threatened, his friends offering advice at every turn.
Lescroart writes another stellar book... so when does the next one come out? We'll see!
In this case, we focus on Abe Glitsky, the chief of homicide, as he tackles murders of a recently released prisoner who is out on appeal. A witness who testified, the wife of the jury foreman, and an investigator in the DA's office; all potentially tied to the prisoner, yet there is always something that stands in the way of the perfect conviction.
Glitsky uses his know-how and tries to crack the case, as his family is threatened, his friends offering advice at every turn.
Lescroart writes another stellar book... so when does the next one come out? We'll see!
terriep's review
4.0
Returning characters but with the focus more on detective Glitsky than lawyer Hardy, this was a well written but standard murder-seeks-revenge-on-those-that-put-him-in jail-story.
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