Steve Martini
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 11
Language
English
Description
After a career terrorist threatens to destroy the Supreme Court in a single horrible act, defense attorney Paul Madriani must put his life on the line in order to stop the sinister deed before it comes to fruition.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 12
Language
English
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"Steve Martini ranks among the top authors of legal thrillers."
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"You like Law & Order? Or even a John Grisham novel? Well, Steve Martini is one of the best of the best when it comes to crime thrillers."
—Asbury Park Press
The reasons why Steve Martini is one of the most popular thriller writers around are abundantly clear in Trader of Secrets: an ingenious plot, great characters, gripping
...Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 14
Language
English
Description
Paul Madriani and Harry Hinds have a new client: Emma Brauer, a woman accused in the “mercy killing” of her aged father, Robert Brauer. Insisting she’s innocent, Emma tells Paul about a package sent to her father shortly before he entered the hospital. Bequeathed to him by a member of his unit from World War II, the box contains a key and a slip of paper. Emma fears that this package is connected to her father’s death. When Paul’s young...
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 7
Language
English
Description
In this gripping New York Times bestseller, a double murder leads lawyer Paul Madriani into a web of international intrigue and conspiracy.
The verdict on The Jury was unanimous. Larry King in USA Today called it “a cracklin’ good read” and Publishers Weekly proclaimed it as “one of Martini’s best novels to date.” Now, The Arraignment takes Madriani into uncharted...
The verdict on The Jury was unanimous. Larry King in USA Today called it “a cracklin’ good read” and Publishers Weekly proclaimed it as “one of Martini’s best novels to date.” Now, The Arraignment takes Madriani into uncharted...
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The first “engrossing”(Entertainment Weekly) legal thriller in the New York Times bestselling Paul Madriani series!
Defense attorney Paul Madriani was on the rise with the California law firm of Potter, Skarpellos—until a short-lived affair with Potter's wife, Talia, cost him his job. A year later, when Talia is accused of Potter’s murder Paul is thrust back into the big time—and he soon uncovers...
Defense attorney Paul Madriani was on the rise with the California law firm of Potter, Skarpellos—until a short-lived affair with Potter's wife, Talia, cost him his job. A year later, when Talia is accused of Potter’s murder Paul is thrust back into the big time—and he soon uncovers...
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Paul Madriani takes on dual roles—defense attorney and sleuth—in this riveting legal thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Blood Flag and The Secret Partner.
“Legal thrillers don't get much better than this,” wrote Publishers Weekly in praise of The Judge. Kirkus Reviews hailed Undue Influence as “the courtroom novel of the year.”...
“Legal thrillers don't get much better than this,” wrote Publishers Weekly in praise of The Judge. Kirkus Reviews hailed Undue Influence as “the courtroom novel of the year.”...
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 2
Language
English
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Description
A legal thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Paul Madriani series.
It started with a series of bizarre double murders. It led to the arrest of one prime suspect. And it sparked the most explosive trial in a lawyer’s career.
Paul Madriani knows that the man he’s persecuting is guilty. But one disturbing fact could destroy the case . . . He may not be the only killer....
It started with a series of bizarre double murders. It led to the arrest of one prime suspect. And it sparked the most explosive trial in a lawyer’s career.
Paul Madriani knows that the man he’s persecuting is guilty. But one disturbing fact could destroy the case . . . He may not be the only killer....
8) The jury
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Attorney, which marked the return of Steve Martini's lawyer-sleuth Paul Madriani, was hailed for its "well-observed courtroom maneuverings" (The Christian Science Monitor) and "crisp dialogue and tart observations" (Publishers Weekly). Now Martini delivers the most daunting capital case of Madriani's career.
Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher...
Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher...
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Formats
Description
Defense attorney Paul Madriani is mired in a complex web of intrigue and murder when the sister of his late wife, embroiled in a bitter custody battle with her former husband, becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her ex-husband and his new young wife.
10) The judge
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 4
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Attorney Paul Madriani reluctantly takes on the case of Judge Armando "The Coconut" Acosta, an old enemy accused of soliciting prostitution in a police sting operation and of the murder of the policewoman set to testify against him.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and a provocateur whose new book claims that the U.S. Constitution and some recently discovered writings of Thomas Jefferson support racial discrimination. When he is found beaten to death in San Diego and a young man with connections to hate groups is charged with first-degree murder, defense attorney Paul Madriani is offered a case he can't pass up.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Madriani investigates a friend's wrongful manslaughter charge in the aftermath of a highly influential attorney's sudden death.
13) Guardian of lies
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Defense attorney Paul Madriani gets caught in a web of deceit and murder involving Cold War secrets, a rare coin dealer who once worked for the CIA, and a furious assassin.
14) The list
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
When Abby Chandlis writes a best selling novel under a fictitious name she convinces a former assassin to pose as the work's writer but the arrangement soon turns to terror as she cannot convince anyone that she is the true author.
15) The judge
Author
Series
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
In the course of a sting operation in California a judge is arrested for soliciting prostitution. Lawyer Paul Madriani, who hates the judge, takes the case out of human charity when every other lawyer refuses. As the case proceeds the young policewoman who snared the judge is slain. Police think the judge did it and now Madriani has a murder case on his hands. By the author of Undue Influence.
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
A hate crime involving the murder of a legal scholar who had made his career by penning controversial works places defense attorney Paul Madriani in a media spotlight that compromises his investigation into an elusive witness within the cloistered confines of the Supreme Court.