The Motive (2005) by John Lescroart. A man and his mistress die in a fire in a Victorian mansion in San Francisco. Good cop Abe Glitsky investigates the crime and lawyer Dismas Hardy defends Catherine Hanover, who is falsely accused in the death of her father-in-law. Kind of a "Law & Order" in book form -- a combination of police procedural and courtroom drama, with some thriller elements thrown in. Although this book is credibility-challenged, I still found it entertaining. It took about fifty or a hundred pages before I felt completely engaged, however, and some readers may not want to invest that much time in a relatively low-reward book. Grade: B
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