The suspect in the title is Dr. Caryn Dryden’s husband, Stuart Gorman. Stuart and Caryn have differing views on the importance of work ethics, money, and marriage. After an intense argument, Caryn tells Stuart she wants a divorce. Stuart, feeling threatened after recently struggling to maintain the marriage, retreats to a lake house to think things over. Upon his return, he finds his wife dead in the hot tub. When the EMS arrives, they find him giving CPR to a dead woman. Was he faking it? Gina Roake, Stuart’s attorney, must discover if it was suicide or murder. And so, as they say, the plot thickens.

The writing races to a gripping conclusion as the story spins in several directions. Lescroart writes with intensity, although sometimes varying from the extreme to the mundane as in a rather dry explanation of the logistics of law; but in many respects, The Suspect is equally as thrilling as his previous works.

Lescroart is a New York Times Best selling Author and his previous works, including The Hunt Club and The Motive, are two reasons why.