TY - BOOK AU - Lescroart,John T. TI - The 13th juror: : a novel T2 - Dismas Hardy series, SN - 0440220793 U1 - Fic PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Island Books KW - Murder KW - Fiction KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft N2 - A legal thriller featuring a battered San Francisco wife accused of shooting both her husband and her seven-year-old son. When the trial opens she refuses to allow a defense of spousal abuse because of its implication of guilt. Which presents her lawyer, the narrator, with a major problem as the prosecution claims she killed the husband for the insurance ER -