The first law

The first law. The last resort. They date back to the wilder days of San Francisco<U+2019>s vigilante past<U+2014>the Patrol Specials, a private police force that keeps watch for paying clients. Unfortunately, Sam Silverman<U+2014>an elderly pawnshop owner and friend of Lt. Abe Glitsky<U+2019>s fath...

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Main Author: Lescroart, John T.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton, c2003.
Series:Lescroart, John T. Dismas Hardy novel ; 9.
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490 1 |a Dismas Hardy ;  |v 9 
520 0 |a The first law. The last resort. They date back to the wilder days of San Francisco<U+2019>s vigilante past<U+2014>the Patrol Specials, a private police force that keeps watch for paying clients. Unfortunately, Sam Silverman<U+2014>an elderly pawnshop owner and friend of Lt. Abe Glitsky<U+2019>s father<U+2014>could no longer afford Patrol Special protection, and now he may have paid with his life. But Glitsky, stuck in a paper-pushing job after being injured on duty, is hitting brick walls as he tries to get help from homicide. And his friend, Dismas Hardy, putting together a high-stakes lawsuit against the Patrol Specials, suddenly finds himself defending a friend and local bar owner who<U+2019>s been accused in Silverman<U+2019>s death. Hardy<U+2019>s convinced of Holiday<U+2019>s innocence<U+2014>until he goes on the lam. Now, blocked at every turn, both Hardy and Glitsky may be forced to protect not only themselves, but their nearest and dearest<U+2014>as they step cautiously into a world where the only law is survival<U+2026>  |c author's website 
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