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When a devastating housefire claims the lives of a kindly local retiree and his eleven-year-old piano student, District Attorney Angela Stark wastes no time declaring the blaze a mishap. But the verdict just doesn’t sit right with Bard. Inconclusive but troubling clues—marks on the dead girl’s neck, a strange bootprint on a kicked-in door—are enough to make the veteran detective buck the party line and fight to keep the case open. It’s a stand that puts the renegade Bard at odds yet again with his superiors. Until a suspect surfaces.

Placed at the scene of the deadly fire by an eyewitness, Jed Jeremiah is a backwoods loner with a homicide conviction in his past. But even as the sensational murder trial gets under way, the same instincts that told Bard there was foul play afoot now convince him that the wrong man may face the death penalty—and a calculating killer is still at large.

Defying the sheriff and the D.A. and putting his job on the line, Bard begins to dig for the truth. What he discovers is a shocking link to his own past—one that will put the people he loves most in deadly jeopardy.

From crime scene to courtroom, Lines of Defense unravels a cunningly plotted tale of detection and justice. Michael Connelly has declared, “with Barry Siegel you don’t read a story. You feel it. You live it. And you always want more.” The third novel by the acclaimed author of Actual Innocence and The Perfect Witness brilliantly proves him right, on all counts.]]> 1079613 4 1066343 2002 Lines of Defense total:6|5:2|3:3|2:1| 6 21 8 0 102596 3.57 74 15 56546867 2224653 1079613 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079613.Lines_of_Defense 3.60 5 2002 3 0 false Mon May 18 17:51:44 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 17:51:44 -0700 2009 54620119 1197973 1769692 0345438213 9780345438218 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188004786m/1769692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188004786s/1769692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1769692.Lines_of_Defense 3.00 1
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Placed at the scene of the deadly fire by an eyewitness, Jed Jeremiah is a backwoods loner with a homicide conviction in his past. But even as the sensational murder trial gets under way, the same instincts that told Bard there was foul play afoot now convince him that the wrong man may face the death penalty—and a calculating killer is still at large.

Defying the sheriff and the D.A. and putting his job on the line, Bard begins to dig for the truth. What he discovers is a shocking link to his own past—one that will put the people he loves most in deadly jeopardy.

From crime scene to courtroom, Lines of Defense unravels a cunningly plotted tale of detection and justice. Michael Connelly has declared, “with Barry Siegel you don’t read a story. You feel it. You live it. And you always want more.” The third novel by the acclaimed author of Actual Innocence and The Perfect Witness brilliantly proves him right, on all counts.]]> 2002 0 0 false Fri May 01 13:49:55 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 13:49:55 -0700 2009 53748076 1351584 1079613 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079613.Lines_of_Defense 3.50 6 2002 5 0 false Thu Apr 23 13:55:15 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 13:55:15 -0700 2009 52016995 1351659 1079613 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079613.Lines_of_Defense 3.50 6 2002 5 0 false Wed Apr 08 20:13:51 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 20:13:51 -0700 2009 39858373 1448904 1079613 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079613.Lines_of_Defense 3.50 6 2002 3 0 false Thu Dec 11 07:12:01 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 07:12:01 -0800 2008 37105635 738664 1079613 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079613.Lines_of_Defense 3.50 6 2002 0 0 false Mon Jan 19 12:30:27 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 07 07:14:38 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 19 12:30:27 -0800 2009 26430311 1078432 1769692 0345438213 9780345438218 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188004786m/1769692.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188004786s/1769692.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1769692.Lines_of_Defense 3.50 6
When a devastating housefire claims the lives of a kindly local retiree and his eleven-year-old piano student, District Attorney Angela Stark wastes no time declaring the blaze a mishap. But the verdict just doesn’t sit right with Bard. Inconclusive but troubling clues—marks on the dead girl’s neck, a strange bootprint on a kicked-in door—are enough to make the veteran detective buck the party line and fight to keep the case open. It’s a stand that puts the renegade Bard at odds yet again with his superiors. Until a suspect surfaces.

Placed at the scene of the deadly fire by an eyewitness, Jed Jeremiah is a backwoods loner with a homicide conviction in his past. But even as the sensational murder trial gets under way, the same instincts that told Bard there was foul play afoot now convince him that the wrong man may face the death penalty—and a calculating killer is still at large.

Defying the sheriff and the D.A. and putting his job on the line, Bard begins to dig for the truth. What he discovers is a shocking link to his own past—one that will put the people he loves most in deadly jeopardy.

From crime scene to courtroom, Lines of Defense unravels a cunningly plotted tale of detection and justice. Michael Connelly has declared, “with Barry Siegel you don’t read a story. You feel it. You live it. And you always want more.” The third novel by the acclaimed author of Actual Innocence and The Perfect Witness brilliantly proves him right, on all counts.]]> 2002 3 0 false Sun Jul 06 08:31:11 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 08:31:11 -0700 2008 1610948 100805 1079613 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1079613.Lines_of_Defense 3.50 6 2002 2 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 12:52:55 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 12:53:12 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1769692