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Paul Madriani #8
Double Tap
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Attorney Paul Madriani defends a highly decorated soldier who is on trial for murder, and unwittingly steps into a maze of secrets and lies that the government - and even this client - would rather leave hidden and undisturbed.
Madriani is faced with arcane ballistics evidence, the so-called double tap - two bullet wounds tightly grouped to a victim's head, from shots that can have been made only by a crack marksman. Madriani's client is an enigma, a career soldier who refuses to talk about his past, though clearly he is a battle-tested pro. The victim was an alluring businesswoman and software tycoon whose empire catered to the military, and the most damning evidence is the weapon that killed her: a handgun used solely in special operations where the double tap is the trademark of the most skilled assassins.
Madriani begins to have new fears about his client, a man who would rather sit on a legal time bomb than talk about his past and get a chance at acquittal. And yet more troubling, Madriani discovers that the victim was involved in a controversial government contract to combat terrorism by combing through the private computer records of millions of American citizens.
Madriani faces a wilderness of mirrors in a courtroom battle where every witness can hide behind "national security," where information is power and digital information is absolute power. It is a war in which the scales of justice are being tipped by evasion, deceit - and murder. Finding the unvarnished truth has never been so elusive - or so dangerous.
416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 25,2005
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416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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December 27, 2005 by Jove Books
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9780515139730
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0515139734
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English
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Paul Madriani
A criminal attorney, first in Capital City, California (Sacramento), and then later in San Diego. The firm is Madriani and Hinds. He gets into investigative matters with a flair for the dangerous. He had been married but he and his wife Nikki are estrange...
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Harry Hinds
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Emiliano Ruiz
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Nathan Kwan
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I have always liked this series of books, not least because Martini really knows how courtrooms work and his trial portrayals are dead on. I was thoroughly surprised by the outcome of this book and the solution of the crime, too. But this book displays a much deeper and more bitter sense of cynicism than I’ve seen in other Martini novels. And I also question one important plot point: I find it very hard to believe any competent judge would entertain a sweeping motion to hide alleged “trade secrets” from the criminal defense in a murder case, brought at the last moment and without advance notice, buy off on it, then limit the defense to three days to investigate in case of appellate reversal. So, one star off. Still, this was a very good read.
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Steve Martini’s Paul Madriani Series are fast paced legal thrillers with well crafted plots which will have you guessing until the end. Attorney Paul Madriani just seems to attract clients who draw him into mysterious situations that in turn draw Madriani into unraveling the threads to help his clients.
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I may have become enamored by Steve Martini,
but this was another wonderful read
but this was another wonderful read
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An interesting book in regards to some nice court room drama and government ethics. Steve Martini takes us into a case where a former Ranger member is accused of murdering a former client and lover. Sargent Ruiz is accused of putting to bullets into the head of Madelyn Chapmans head in her home. Paul Madriani and his partner Harry Hinds take the case pro bono after another attorney withdraws. As Paul and Harry dig into the case they have a seven year missing period in Ruiz's life in the military. Ruiz will not tell them anything in relation to this time period other than to say he was a trainer and that it has nothing to do with his case. As they look into the victims life as the CEO of a large government software developing company they realize the government is treading on some dangerous morale grounds. There is a former general who is now in possession of software that can control the flow of all information across the globe. The question is whether or not this is legal? There seems to be a very tight case around the neck of Sgt Ruiz. The question begs to who put it there? The crafty midget prosecuting attorney is crafting a very tight noose around Pauls client. Maybe to crafty for his own good. The government at all costs is trying to block all information from Isotrenics, Madelyns company. Some good courtroom back and forth with a pretty sharp twist near the end. I had an inkling near the end about who the killer was at the end. Martini had all the clues there for you but with a lot of misdirection. A good read.
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Outstanding book in every regard. Good plot twists. The usual courtroom scenes and insights.
Maybe the best of the 10 of his books I’ve read.
Maybe the best of the 10 of his books I’ve read.
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Quit on page 124
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I enjoyed the book and club in the storyline. Again the only thing at the end is that Paul always ends up in a dark place so he could be taken to be killed. I think his character should start caring a gun.
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