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Southern California defense attorney Paul Madriani becomes acquainted with a young, beautiful Costa Rican and finds himself in the middle of a decades-old conspiracy involving gold coins, espionage, murder, and Cold War weapons.

"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...

Martini crafts yet another legal nail-biter featuring perennial favorite attorney Paul Madriani. After a lawyer friend is killed along with his client in a hail of gunfire outside the federal courthouse in San Diego, Madriani takes on another client who he believes is involved at the edges of the double murder. He takes the case not to defend the man, but to find out who killed his friend and why. Madriani is tortured by questions of conflict, his...

On her deathbed, Paul Madriani's wife made him promise to look after her younger sister Laurel Vega. Locked in a custody battle with her former husband Jack, Laurel stands to lose her two teenagers. Suddenly the heated custody battle becomes a murder trial when Jack's new wife is found murdered in the bathroom of his opulent home-only moments after a hot exchange with Laurel on her front porch. As the evidence mounts, Paul faces a chilling realization...

In just five days, a rural college town in California is rocked by two sets of brutal double murders. When another set of bodies is found, Paul Madriani, special prosecutor, must find the killer- quickly. Physical and trace evidence lead to the arraignment of a college security guard on multiple charges of murder. While the evidence linking the suspect to the first four killings is solid, something is glaringly different with the last...

The Judge, the explosive thriller from best-selling author Steve Martini, finds attorney Paul Madriani back in action, two years after his dazzling debut in Undue Influence. In this captivating game of cat-and-mouse, the police department's credibility and a despised judge's career hinge on the verdict of the most celebrated trial of the year. As Madriani and his new partner, Lenore Goya, dig into the evidence, their diligence pays off in an electrifying...