Guilt
Written by John Lescroart
Narrated by David Colacci
4/5
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About this audiobook
"A great thriller: breakneck pacing, electrifying courtroom scenes, and a cast of richly crafted characters."—People
Mark Dooher is a prosperous San Francisco attorney and a prominent Catholic, the last person anyone would suspect of a brutal crime. But Dooher, a paragon of success and a master of all he touches, is about to be indicted for murder.
Charged with savagely killing his own wife, Dooher is fighting for his reputation and his life in a high-profile case that is drawing dozens of lives into its wake—from former spouses to former friends, from a beautiful, naive young attorney to a defense lawyer whose own salvation depends on getting his client off.
Now, as the trial builds to a crescendo, as evidence is sifted and witnesses discredited, as a good cop tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered life and a D.A. risks her career, the truth about Mark Dooher is about to explode. For in a trial that will change the lives of everyone it touches, there is one thing that no one knows—until it is much too late. . . .
Praise for Guilt
"A well-paced legal thriller . . . one of the best in this flourishing genre to come along in a while."—The Washington Post Book World
"Begin [Guilt] over a weekend . . . If you start during the workweek, you will be up very late, and your pleasure will be tainted with, well, guilt."—The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A wonderful novel . . . reminiscent of Scott Turow. John Lescroart isn't a lawyer, but he writes like one."—Dayton Daily News
"Crackling legal action . . . robust and intelligent entertainment."—Publishers Weekly
John Lescroart
John Lescroart is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine previous novels, including the The Rule of Law, Poison, and Fatal. His books have sold more than ten million copies and have been translated into twenty-two languages. He lives in Northern California.
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Reviews for Guilt
128 ratings8 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Entertaining story , which is predictable. It's clever how all the characters'lives are described and have an effect on the story.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Needed a female editor. Female dialogue/actions were obviously written by a man.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this book. If you like Legal thrillers with murder and psychopaths like me then you would as well
Kinda like an upgraded john Grisham book
Although the author, John, sometimes talks too much lmao and i wish the reader leaves pauses between paragraphs and between different POVs. I have to rewind and be sure of when POVs change to clarify my confusion
This aside , i really loved the book - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Having recently found and enjoyed Lescroart, I was delighted to find this very fat one of his that I had not read. If you're interested in trying him, start with GUILT. It is an excellent example of my favorite kind of novel. In an organized, well paced plot, he fully develops more than a handful of really interesting characters. A powerful, well respected San Franciso attorney is arrested for a particularly grizzly murder and is suspected by the homicide detective and his team of being responsible for other equally horrible murders. But, there is a camp of also credible people who know that it is impossible for him to have done anything even remotely like this. This one is going to have to go on my best of the year list.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thought Christina was a fool. It was obvious that Mark was pursuing her. She had been burned by a married man before, she should have run.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good, but not quite 4 stars.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A long book, but most of it is necessary to tell the story. I was turned off by the first 20% or so, which seemed to focus on how to make lawyers seem as unappealing and annoying as possible. But I liked how complexly drawn the characters were, and the scope of the book is surprisingly broad even for its length. There are dark hints throughout of what could possibly be a nasty surprise ending, but in spite of that everything comes out rather predictably, with no particularly surprising twists. I also found the final scenes rather overly full of action, like the author decided to throw some graphic excitement in at the end in case someone decided to make a movie out of it, but then maybe I'm just jaded. The middle of the book is where it shines.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Couldn't put it down, great book!