Steve Martini
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 11
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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 3
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Description
YA-Lawyer-hero Paul Madriani returns, this time as a widower. His sister-in-law, Laurel, is in a bitter fight for custody of her two teenage children, with Madriani helping from the sidelines. Her ex-husband is a slick politician who has married an equally sleazy woman. When the new wife is murdered, Laurel is arrested. Madriani defends her, facing what appears to be insurmountable evidence. At the same time, he must deal with his own seven-year-old...
3) The Judge
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
Judge Amando Acosta is out to break the police union. A labor dispute is looming and this strikes fear into the hearts of the city fathers. Striking fear into the heart of policeman and union bigwig Phil Mendel is Acosta's grand jury investigation. Caught between the two is Tony Arguillo, policeman and union bookkeeper determined to protect the blue, and his lawyer, Paul Madriani. Acosta wants Tony to testify about union financial improprieties and...
4) The attorney
Author
Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 5
Pub. Date
[2000]
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Description
A child-custody battle leads to murder in this mystery, starring lawyer Paul Madriani of San Diego. It happens when a woman demands a share of her parents' $87-million lottery win, or she will remove her child from their custody.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani volume 3
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
When Laurel Vega is arrested for the murder of her husband, her defense attorney uncovers a few skeletons in the Vega family closet.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani volume 7
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Defense attorney Paul Madriani tackles the most challenging case of his career, the chilling murder of a friend on a crowded city street.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani volume 14
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Paul Madriani and Harry Hinds have a new client: Emma Brauer, a woman accused in the ḿercy killing ́of her aged father, Robert Brauer. Insisting sheś 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 fatherś death. When Paulś young assistant...
Author
Series
Paul Madriani volume 13
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Defending an innocent young man, defense attorney Paul Madriani uncovers a morass of corruption and greed that leads to the highest levels of political power. One of the most successful lawyers in the country, Olinda Serna is a master at managing money as well as her influential clients. After years of fierce combat in the political trenches, Serna knows all the dirty secrets, where the bodies are buried, and how deeply they are stacked. When she's...
Author
Series
Paul Madriani volume 2
Pub. Date
c1993
Description
During a murder trial, attorney Paul Madriani realizes that there is another murderer besides the one being tried.
Author
Series
Paul Madriani volume 9
Pub. Date
c2008
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.
14) Faceoff
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Features pairings by twenty-three best-selling suspense writers, including John Sandford, F. Paul Wilson, and R. L. Stine, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.