In the bestselling author whose prose “matches the very best of John Grisham and Scott Turow” (Providence Journal) comes a gripping thriller offering attorney Dismas Hardy as he investigates the murder of the wealthy guy whose heirs are potential suspects.

Finally recovered from two gunshot wounds, Dismas Hardy is getting excited about easing into retirement and reconnecting along with his family. But he’s pulled back into the courtroom when Offer Wagner, the steely owner of a successful family business, is murdered. The leading suspect is definitely Wagner’s bookkeeper Abby Jarvis, a previous client of Hardy’s, who was simply receiving large amounts of cash under-the-table from the company-but she insists that she’s innocent.

Finding your way through trial, Dismas investigates the Wagner clan and discovers dark, twisted secrets, jealous siblings, gold-digging girlfriends, betrayals, and blackmail. The closer he reaches the Wagners, the clearer it becomes that Dismas includes a target painted on his back. With razor-sharp dialogue and whip-smart plotting, Poison once again demonstrates that “Lescroart is normally a get good at craftsman” (Associated Press).