Nothing but the Truth

Dismas Hardy, Book 6

By: John Lescroart

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

When San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy gets a call saying his wife never picked the kids up from school, he's worried. Frannie's a great mother. Turns out there's a good explanation: She's in jail.

Unbeknownst to her husband, Frannie has just appeared before a grand jury - and refused to share a crucial piece of information about her friend Ron, who's accused of killing his wife. Now it's up to Dismas to race the clock and find a culprit, all the while wondering: Why would his wife go to jail to protect another man? Who really killed Bree Beaumont - and why? He's looking for the truth. But he's not quite sure he wants to find it....

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©2009 John Lescroart (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Loved this book great storyline

This was my first John Lescroat book and I am now a fan. It was a good story with lots of characters and a main character that was dragged into a murder investigation all the while not being sure if his wife Frannie had been unfaithful.

My personal favorite...so far

I started the Dismas Hardy books thinking I'd try the first one & give it a chance. That locked me in to the stories of the characters surrounding our hero & I'm now finished with the 6th book in the series. Nothing But The Truth may be my favorite to date & Lescroart - in addition to building great characters and storylines- does something with "jeopardy" so well that fails lesser writers. He makes these stories believable (mostly) & creates situations, such as the discord in this book between Dismas & Frannie that created a very real sense of distress (for me anyway). When an author makes you care like that, they're doing something well. Ready for #7.

Lescroarts and Colacci are unmatched

The Abe Glitzky-Dismas Hardy series is one of the most compelling and sustained works of the "mystery-thriller" genre. Lescroarts has created characters who grow over time, live through deaths of their loved ones and also the everyday-ness of actual life. These books are non-fiction as well as great ideas. The dialogue rings true. The court scenes are a bit
lengthy, but the drama of each case warrants the detail, and the trials typically contain enough real-life drama outside the courtroom to hold your attention. Each time you know that Hardy will win, of course, but, as with Joe Montana and Michael Jordan, everyone watching knew what was going to happen. It was the nature of the genius at work that kept everyone on the edge of their seats.
Both Hardy and Glitzky live through life events that many of us do; divorce, career changes and the double-edged sword that reaching a goal always is. Glitzky is perhaps the most fully nuanced male character in fiction. One day I half expect to meet him in the San Francisco Police Department Homicide detail. Timothy Olyphant could play him, if Tim were half Jewish and half black, with a scar running across his lips that flares white when he is enraged. You will not regret a moment spent with this group of people. They are funny, inventive, likeable, they love their work in the same way that some of us love our spouses; i.e., we occasionally want to kill them.

Recommended

A little too long for me , but still enjoyable. I would recommend this book.

Another Good Lescroart Book

I didn't find this book to be slow - I wanted to see where the story was going at each new event. I'm a John Lescroart fan & wasn't disappointed by this one. I didn't realize that this was an older book though - I thought it was a new release.

horrible and a total waste of time

What disappointed you about Nothing but the Truth?

This was the worst book ever. There was alot of jumping around and excess, unnecessary words. I wasted all these hours and then there was a stupid twist. Just when I thought it was over, the epilogue continued for several chapters. Don't waste your time with this one.

What could John Lescroart have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Not write it.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

the narration was fine, it was the story that had no pace.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

yes, it finally finished.

Ssslllooowww

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Dont recommend, this book was so slow at getting to the punch. The events to get you there were not exciting either.

Would you ever listen to anything by John Lescroart again?

Probably not

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes

Could you see Nothing but the Truth being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No it wasnt interesting enough

A thoroughly convoluted mystery.

This was a 4.95 special purchase that I almost found enjoyable despite being confused. Granted listening to books encourages us to multitask. This makes it understandable to lose one's way. Nevertheless the narrator should be the equalizer, bringing distinctions of characters and helping the author create suspense.

I hate to be so negative, so ill just say that in the end, I didn't care what happened, not about the mystery, the characters, relationships, justice, none of it.

The book opens with a belligerent housewife refusing to testify to a grand jury. She's protecting a friend who has a remarkably complicated secret life that will be exposed if he is indicted in the unrelated murder of his wife. There's devious big oil, single minded political hacks, a candidate for governor, an overzealous D.A., a spiteful judge, broken marriages, murder, kidnapping, child pornography, embezzlement... Just exhausting.

So it's a 2 star listen, with the caveat I did actually finish the story.

Disappointing

Having read, or listened to all of Lescroat's books, I was really excited to see a new one appear on Audiobooks. What I didn't realize was that it was a 2001 book just now recorded in '09. David Colacci is a great reader, so I was very excited to order it.
I tried to finish it, but it got so bogged down in pollution and evil industrialists. Aside from the plot not being of great interest, the actions of "Frannie" were overblown and tiresome. The other characters were very stylized...the arrogant and unreasonable judge; the nasty lawyers etc.
I skipped here and there and finally got to the end to see "who done it" but I did not enjoy the book. All I can say is thank goodness he got better through the years!

Not worth your time

What would have made Nothing but the Truth better?

Not buying it

Would you ever listen to anything by John Lescroart again?

Never

What didn’t you like about David Colacci’s performance?

Very hard to follow

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Nothing but the Truth?

2/3 of the entire book

Any additional comments?

Not worth the $4.95 I paid