After recovering from two gunshot wounds, Dismas Hardy is looking forward to his upcoming retirement and reconnecting with his family. But when Grant Wagner, the steely owner of a successful family business, is murdered and leaves behind a multimillion-dollar inheritance, Dismas is compelled to defend the prime suspect, a former client names Abby Jarvis. Abby, Wagner’s bookkeeper, had been receiving large sums of cash under the table from the company – but she insists that she’s innocent.
Preparing for trial, Dismas investigates the Wagner clan and discovers dark, twisted secrets, jealous siblings, gold-digging girlfriends, betrayals, and blackmail. The closer Dismas gets to the Wagners and the trial date, the clearer it becomes that he has a target painted on his back. With razor-sharp dialogue and whip-smart plotting, Poison once again demonstrates that “Lescroart is a master craftsman”.
