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