I suspect this book is part of a series, as main character David Sloane seems to have a complicated backstory that was likely built in early books, but nicely summarized here such that I don't feel like I should have read them in order to enjoy this book. What we do know about Sloane in 'Bodily H...
The Jury Master by Robert DugoniKeep your friends close and your enemies closer. David Sloane, San Francisco’s most successful wrongful death lawyer, finds out just how true this adage is in Robert Dugoni’s political thriller, The Jury Master. Although the book opens and closes in the courtroom, ...
San Francisco’s streets were starting to buzz with energy, the storefronts lit with flashing lights, people milling about or cruising in cars to loud music. Donley watched a group of Japanese businessmen enter the O’Farrell, then turned his attention to the video store. He could guess its primary...
Eric Reynolds’s statement about Buzz Almond paying a visit to his home the week after Kimi disappeared had thrown her off her game. No such report existed, at least not in the file Tracy had, and Buzz Almond certainly appeared meticulous about including everything in his file. If Reynolds was tel...
Though neither would say it aloud, like baseball players sitting silent in a dugout for fear of jinxing a pitcher in the midst of throwing a no-hitter, each was optimistic this could be the break they needed, the break every investigation needed.Andrew Laub had called as Rowe maneuvered through a...
It didn’t.By the time Jake had finished cleaning, morning classes had recessed. Some of the inmates headed back to their dorms, others hurried to the basketball courts. Jake took a seat on a bench at one of the picnic tables in the yard, staring at the ground, hungrier than he’d ever been.He sens...
“This is Detective Tracy Crosswhite, Seattle Homicide,” she said out of habit. Dan slid Rex into the back and handed Tracy the keys. He climbed in with the dog. “I’m reporting a shooting in the six hundred block of Elmwood Avenue in Cedar Grove. Requesting all available units in the area to respo...
If Dunleavy provided his consent and the judge granted the motion, Tracy would drive to the evidence warehouse and pick up the DNA evidence from the investigation, assuming it was still there. SPD had a policy of keeping homicide evidence for eighty years, unless the detectives had a reason to ap...
Though it remained too early to plant, it was not too early to pull the weeds, turn over the soil, and cover it with black plastic to “cook.” In years past he would have taken to the task with vigor. In years past he would have looked forward to it. In years past he didn’t have a beautiful, twent...
Portions of the top of the mountain, however, had been designated a regional park and had not yet been stripped of dense foliage and old-growth trees. It remained home to an occasional but increasingly rare bobcat, cougar, and black bear. Radio towers were also atop the mountain, accessed by a ga...