The Arraignment, Steve Martini
The Arraignment, Steve Martini
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The Arraignment

Author: Steve Martini

Narrator: Erik Bergmann

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/29/2014


Synopsis

""Lean, speedy and packing a wallop of a plot twist"" was Publishers Weekly's verdict of Steve Martini's The Jury. Now 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 duty to a client who may have killed is friend, and the need to know the truth, wondering whether he himself had been marked for death only to have a friend die in his place. Soon he is drawn into a vortex of crime that spans the Americas. As he searches for the killer, Madriani rides the crest of a dangerous wave of international drug deals and people who murder for money. Suddenly he realizes it is not heroin or cocaine that resulted in the murder of his friend, but a priceless piece of pre-Columbian art - something so dazzling in the information it holds as to be one of the treasures of the ages. In a quest that takes Madriani from California to Mexico and the Guatemalan border, he discovers that while the motive to kill may be driven by distant, exotic, and ancient artifacts, the killer, like a serpent, lies much closer at hand.

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jack

3 Stars. A good read, enjoyable, but the excitement only reached the top level in one or two places. Plus, I didn't feel gratified when the narrative format was used to explain much of what had happened. Attorney Paul Madriani's acquaintance from law school, Nick Rush, has asked him to visit the pre......more

Goodreads review by J

The plot was so contrived and complex that it was difficult for me to follow -- or to want to understand -- some of the double-backs and red herrings. Madriani is a partner in a two-lawyer criminal law defense practice in San Diego. He has to unwind what led to the murder of a not-so-close attorney f......more

Goodreads review by Garth

This started out as another great novel with interesting legal twists and turns. Then the main character, a lawyer, turns in to Tom Cruz. Just not believable that a lawyer would chase drug cartel to Mexico and get involved with extracting key people. Sorry, my first three star from this normally fiv......more