The Missing Piece

A Novel

By: John Lescroart

Narrated by: Jacques Roy

The beloved New York Times bestselling Dismas Hardy series returns with this “perfect piece of entertainment from a master storyteller” (Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author) about a relentlessly twisty murder mystery.

No one mourned when San Francisco DA Wes Farrell put Paul Riley in prison eleven years ago for the rape and murder of his girlfriend. And no one is particularly happy to see him again when he’s released after The Exoneration Initiative uncovered evidence that pinned the crime on someone else. In fact, Riley soon turns up murdered, surrounded by the loot from his latest scam. But if Riley was really innocent all along, who wanted him dead?

To the cops, it’s straightforward: the still-grieving father of Riley’s dead girlfriend killed the former prisoner. Farrell, now out of politics and practicing law with master attorney Dismas Hardy, agrees to represent the defendant, Doug Rush—and is left in the dust when Rush suddenly vanishes. At a loss, Farrell and Hardy ask PI Abe Glitsky to track down the potentially lethal defendant. The search takes Glitsky through an investigative hall of mirrors populated by wounded parents, crooked cops, cheating spouses, and single-minded vigilantes. As Glitsky embraces and then discards one enticing theory after another, the truth seems to recede ever farther. So far that he begins to question his own moral compass in this “superb thriller from a veteran crime writer” (Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author) that you’ll savor to the last word.

Lescroart nails it again

Lescroart is a masterful suspense writer. He artfully continues the characters—Abe, Treya, Wes, & Wyatt—in this Dismas Hardy series. The twists, turns & gunfire kept me listening intently to the end.

John Lescroart is a great writer!

This is another great story by Lescroart! I love his books. You're never sure how things will work out but it is always a story you have to finish!

Needed more work

Not one of his best works. Needed a lot more work. Performance was okay.

Very enjoyable listen

Nice whodunnit. Learned a lot about exoneration initiatives. Good narration. I will seek out more Lescroart books.

Please get a new reader

Jaques Roy does have a pleasant voice, but unfortunately does not distinguish between characters very much. We popped in after taking a break and couldn't figure out who was speaking... realized it was Glitzky and his wife... Abe has always before been portrayed with a gruff voice, and now he sounds just like his wife. Sure makes it harder to follow.