Double Tap (Paul Madriani Series #8)

by Steve Martini

Overview

New York Times bestselling author Steve Martini takes legal thrillers to a new level in this Paul Madriani novel about a soldier's secrets and a government's lies...

A beautiful businesswoman, founder of a high-tech software company catering to the military, is found dead, two tightly grouped bullet wounds to her a head—a “double tap,” the trademark of highly skilled assassins. Paul Madriani takes the case of the man accused of the crime: a career soldier who refuses to explain the mysterious gaps in his military résumé. Faced with an uncooperative client, Madriani begins a dangerous search for the truth—in the soldier's shadowy past, in the victim's deadly secrets... 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780515139730
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/27/2005
Series:	Paul Madriani Series , #8
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	162,895
Product dimensions:	4.24(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Steve Martini worked as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles and as a capital correspondent at the state house in Sacramento, California. An honors graduate at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Mr. Martini holds his law degree from the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law. He has written widely on the law and politics, having covered both state and federal courts, the state legislature, and the administrations of governors Ronald Reagan and Jerry Brown. In 1984 Martini turned his talents to fiction, quickly earning positions on bestseller lists and garnering both critical and popular praise for his New York Times–bestselling novels, including The Simeon Chamber, Compelling Evidence, Prime Witness, Undue Influence, The Judge, The List, Critical Mass, The Attorney, The Jury, and The Arraignment. Mr. Martini lives on the West Coast.

Hometown:

California

Date of Birth:

February 28, 1946

Place of Birth:

San Francisco, California

Education:

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1968; J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1974

Editorial Reviews

Martini's novel is, on the surface, another well-crafted plot-driven courtroom-drama extravaganza. George Guidall takes the well-developed characters far beyond Martini’s plot line, into the frightening depths of the Jekyll-Hyde potential in each of us, complete with chilling warnings about the implications of government intrusion into personal privacy even when couched in the rationale of national security. Guidall’s presentation during the prologue is masterful, drawing the listener into the heart-pounding experience of a military marksman inside his victim’s home, as the hum of an electric motor breaks the silence. Guidall’s splendid presentations of Uncle Evo and the ”Death Dwarf” are alone worth the listen. K.A.T. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine

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