As Glitsky embraces and then discards one enticing theory after another, the truth seems to recede ever farther. The search takes Glitsky through an investigative hall of mirrors populated by wounded parents, crooked cops, cheating spouses, and single-minded vigilantes. At a loss, Farrell and Hardy ask PI Abe Glitsky to track down the potentially lethal defendant. 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. To the cops, it’s straightforward: the still-grieving father of Riley’s dead girlfriend killed the former prisoner. But if Riley was really innocent all along, who wanted him dead? In fact, Riley soon turns up murdered, surrounded by the loot from his latest scam. 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. 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. 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.

To Thrill A Thief by Jane Cousins