Shadow of Power, Steve Martini
Shadow of Power, Steve Martini
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Shadow of Power

Author: Steve Martini

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 13 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/27/2008


Synopsis

The echoes of a murder reach deep into the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court in this electrifying new thriller featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani from New York Times bestselling author Steve Martini.Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and provocateur who craves headline-making celebrity, but with his latest book he may have gone too far. In it he resurrects forgotten language in the U.S. Constitution—and hints at a missing letter of Thomas Jefferson's—that threatens to divide the nation. Then Scarborough is brutally murdered and a young man with dark connections is charged. What looks like an open-and-shut case to most people, doesn't to defense attorney Paul Madriani. He believes there is much more to the case, and that the defendant is a pawn caught in the middle, being scapegoated by circumstance. As the trial spirals toward its conclusion, Madriani and his partner Harry Hinds race to find the missing Jefferson letter—and the secrets it holds about slavery and scandal at the time of our nation's founding and the very reason Scarborough was killed. Madriani's chase takes him from the tension-filled courtroom in California to the trail of a Supreme Court justice now suddenly in hiding and lays bare the soaring political stakes for a seat on the High Court, in a country divided, and under the shadow of power.

About Steve Martini

Steve Martini is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including The Enemy Inside, Trader of Secrets, The Rule of Nine, Guardian of Lies, Shadow of Power, Double Tap, and others featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. Martini has practiced law in California in both state and federal courts and has served as an administrative law judge and supervising hearing officer. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

About George Guidall

George Guidall is one of the foremost narrators in the audiobook industry, having recorded over 500 unabridged books ranging from classics to contemporary bestsellers. He is the recipient of the 1999 Audie Award presented by the Audio Publishers Association for the best narration of unabridged fiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

A legal procedural ... defnitely NOT a thriller! Terry Scarborough is a very unpleasant and self-serving author who's quite willing to cause race riots in the furtherance of his climb up the best-seller list. Having written a book about the offensive language of slavery that is contained in the US co......more

Goodreads review by Kellie

The premise of this book is a secret letter that was supposedly written by one of the founding fathers. The letter was extremely controversial. A legal scholar, Terry Scarborough, uses this letter as the subject of a book which flies off the shelves and creates riots. Scarborough is murdered and the......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

Shadow of Power is part mystery & part legal drama. A controversial author is brutally murdered & it is believed to be racially motivated. But is it? Naturally, the police seize the suspect of convenience. I have read two other Paul Madriani thrillers & this one lacked the excitement & seemed to be......more

Goodreads review by Carla

See this review (and others) at The DomestiChick. I enjoy a good legal thriller or suspense novel, and I am always looking for a new one to read. I had never, surprisingly enough, read any Steve Martini novels. The novel was okay but it did not make an overwhelming impression. If I had not read othe......more