Double Tap: A Paul Madriani Novel - Hardcover

Steve Martini

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9781597220644: Double Tap: A Paul Madriani Novel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1597220647 ISBN 13: 9781597220644

Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, 2005

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A New York Times Bestselling Author
A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club
An Alternate Selection of the Doubleday Book Club, Literary Guild and Mystery Guild

Defending a highly decorated soldier against a murder charge, Paul Madriani unwittingly steps into a maze of secrets and lies that the government - and even his client - would rather leave undisturbed.

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About the Author:

Steve Martini is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including The Arraignment, The Jury, The Attorney and other featuring attorney Paul Madriani. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. Please visit his website at www.stevemartini.com.

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The "double tap" of the title refers both to ballistics evidence--two shots, only an inch apart, to the victim's head--and to the way wars have of reaching out to veterans, spattering past trauma into the present. Martini's latest legal thriller starring California defense attorney Paul Madriani weaves the theme of the past infiltrating the present throughout a daunting case. The body of an extremely wealthy businesswoman, CEO of a corporation specializing in defense, is found with two tightly grouped bullet wounds to the head, suggesting the work of an expert marksman. Enter the most likely suspect: a career soldier who was on the victim's security detail and with whom she was having an affair. As Madriani attempts to defend the uncooperative soldier, he discovers that the victim's company was involved in a potentially devastating antiterrorist program. The plot progresses in a satisfyingly logical way, from first interview with the suspect through legal machinations and on to a tense, utterly believable courtroom battle. Plot and legal knowledge are Martini's strength. Dialogue, however, is his weakness. Characters continually deliver off-the-cuff, incredibly detailed descriptions of scenes that seem much more writerly than conversational. And Martini is often guilty of overdescription--three pages of the businesswoman handing her keys to a valet parking attendant. Still, in this case, the plot carries the prose. Connie Fletcher
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