DEAD IRISH  READ PRAISE! 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 round of darts. But when the news of Eddie Cochran's death reaches him, Hardy is propelled back into all the things he was trying to escape. Now he must untangle a web of old secrets and raw passions, for the sake of Eddie's pregnant widow Frannie—and for the others whose lives may still be at risk. Read an excerpt. BUY THE BOOK Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-A-Million Book Sense Penguin   PRAISE "Possessed of a singular writer's instinct, Lescroart . . . produces a full-bodied, substantive, and stylistic effort of the first order."    —Library Journal "The killer proves to be as fascinating a personality as Hardy himself."    —Publishers Weekly "An unusual and powerful mystery."    —Booklist "Dead Irish is a beautifully written San Francisco murder story with perfect pitch dialogue."    —Playboy "A compassionate look at contemporary Catholicism, a realistic portrayal of personalities at odds with their roles in life, and an intriguing investigation of motivations for murder."    —The Dallas Morning News "With John Lescroart's polished writing, Dead Irish becomes more than a mystery novel with a bartender as detective. With razored precision, characters stand out, flawed and human. Set in San Francisco, this look at murder being rationalized is also a look at the dark side of personalities. Chilling in its intensity, this is an ingenious tale of many different kinds of people."    —Pasadena Star-News Donald I. Fine Hardcover, 1989; Signet Paperback, 2005