This is an outstanding whodunit!! It is also a very well-written story about a close-knit family dealing with the death of a beloved son, brother and husband. The ending was superb and I was totally shocked when I learned who the killer was as it is the very last person I would have suspected!
I recently finished reading Mr. Lescroart's latest novel, "The Second Chair", and was so impressed with Dismas Hardy that I decided to go back and read the series from the beginning. Hardy is a very engaging character. He has no aversion to throwing back more than a few drinks, loves a good dart game ( even carries his own set of darts around with him in his coat pocket) and has both a sense of humor and a great nose for detective work. If you have not read this first installment I advise you to pick up a copy. I'm so glad I did!
By Bernadette Edens "Berna" (Birmingham, Alabama USA)

In his new life as a bartender at the Little Shamrock, Dismas Hardy is just hoping for a little peace. He's left both the police force and his law career behind. Unfortunately, it's not as easy to leave behind the memory of a shattering personal loss-but for the time being, he can always take the edge off with a stiff drink and a round of darts.

I had a bit of trouble keeping focused on this book, but all in all, it keeps you wanting to know more until you come to the last page.

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First in the Dismas Hardy series. I really enjoyed this one and am looking forward to the others in the series!

Chillingly intense! Like all good mysteries, it keeps you on your seat guessing til the very end.

"Dead Irish" is the first of the Dismas Hardy series, and although it's weaker than later examples, it's a good read, with very sympathetic characters. And as always, the essence of San Francisco is bottled in some very evocative descriptions. Fair plot, good characters, excellent setting. Well worth a look, and the later books in the series just get better.

Absolutely marvelous - I've read the entire series. This is the first "Dead Irish" and you need to read them in order.

ex-cop turned detective

This is the first novelin the Dismas Hardy serie... By the New York Times best-selling author of The Oath, The First law and The Second Chair....

I enjoyed this book very much...

Dismas Hardy, ex-cop bartender and ex-Assistant District Attorney turned defense attorney and Abe Glitsky, a black, Jewish cop in San Francisco, California, is featured in this series 1st book

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