Guardians of Lies is not Steve Martini's typical Paul Madriani courtroom drama/thriller, but instead, an international mix (terrorist/post-cold war/Mexican cartel/paid assassin) thriller. Despite the change in genre (which might dismay those who prefer the courtroom drama) - it was still a fast p...
Very disappointing book for Steve Martini. I got the sense that he was bound by a certain number of words in his contract. All of the backstory behind the terrorist plot with asteroids was so convoluted and bloated, I began to skim through it. Martini is at his best when he has Modriani narrat...
"Tak perlu tipuan untuk melakukan tembakan beruntun yang dikenal dengan tembakan ganda atau double tap. Kuncinya adalah menembak tepat sasaran dengan peluru pertama. Kau tak perlu mengatur bidikan lagi untuk tembakan kedua. Kau hanya perlu mengaturnya sekali dan menarik pelatuknya dua kali bertur...
If you like a riveting courtroom thriller, than Steve Martini is an author for you. The characters, especially Paul Madriani, are well-developed and the plot is complex but simple enough to understand. The story is written in 1st person from Madriani's perspective and seems to be well-researche...
Unusual thriller with international nuclear intrigue - suspenseful, but uneven plot...We've read most of Martini's booklist, and frankly were somewhat surprised at the pure thriller aspect of this novel. While one expects a fair degree of "lawyering" in his (defense attorney) Paul Madriani series...
MADRIANI FOR THE DEFENSEIt's been quite awhile since I read a really good courtroom drama and, revisiting Steve Martini's recurring character, Paul Madriani, was the perfect way to get back into the melee. Since I refer to myself as a RIO, (someone who reads series "in the order in which they wer...
Strong plot + annoying writing habits = 4 stars The Judge is my second Martini book (the first as an audiobook) and I am almost embarrassed to say that I really liked it. I didn't realize that I was such a literary elitist (especially if you looked at the stuff I've reviewed) but deep-down insid...
Slow to get going, long wait til surprise ending; fair drama...This is our third Martini -- er, the author's books that is. We enjoyed "Simeon Chamber" (his first outing), but felt the "List" was too dry and set too sluggish a pace for our taste. We tried the "Attorney" to see if the defense atto...
THIS SUMMARY/REVIEW WAS COPIED FROM OTHER SOURCES AND IS USED ONLY AS A REMINDER OF WHAT THE BOOK WAS ABOUT FOR MY PERSONAL INTEREST. ANY PERSONAL NOTATIONS ARE FOR MY RECOLLECTION ONLYPersonal note:Having a hard time keeping my interest on this one and all the techno stuff, however, I stuck with...
Η πανεπιστημιούπολη του Ντάβενπορτ συγκλονίζεται από 4 άγριους φόνους που συμβαίνουν μέσα σε διάστημα 5 ημερών. Τα θύματα είναι δεμένα και καρφωμένα στο χώμα στις όχθες του Πούτα Κρικ. Αργότερα ανακαλύπτονται άλλα δύο πτώματα. Η Αστυνομία συλλαμβάνει έναν ύποπτο, ένα Ρώσο μετανάστη, φύλακα του πα...
Lawyer Sam Bogardus's client believed her natural father died years ago in a bizarre accident. But now,she's received word that he's still alive and tied to a hidden fortune. Sam's investigation uncovers a webof conspiracy so shocking that it's enough to make the lawyer take the law into his own ...
"Lean, speedy and packing a wallop of a plot twist" was Publishers Weekly's verdict of Steve Martini's The Jury. Now Martini crafts yet another legal nail-biter featuring perennial favorite attorney Paul Madriani. After a lawyer friend is killed along with his client in a hail of gunfire outside ...
The Supreme Court is one of our most sacred—and secretive—public institutions. But sometimes secrets can lead to cover-ups with very deadly consequences.Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and provocateur who craves headline-making celebrity, but with his latest book he may have gone too far. In...
The Telcel card allowed him to make local calls that could not be traced to Herman by name. Each SIM card carried its own phone number. Throw the old one out and you could disappear and start over again with a new number. Mexico was now requiring some form of identificatio...
Herman and I finally have results back from a private lab. The report shows what the lab believes to be a solid DNA profile for Ricardo Menard. The problem is, we have nothing to compare it with. Not for the moment anyway. We obtained a court order immediately after Sofia’...
The name doesn’t click in my brain until he says: “My son was murdered in Washington a few weeks ago.” “Ah…” “I’m afraid I followed your partner over here. I’d like to talk to you,” he says. “Sure, drag up a chair.” “It might be best if we could talk where we have a little more privacy,” he says....