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Steve Martini has written a wonderfully crafted and clever courtroom thriller. We unquestionably have a new literary lion in the fictional crime genre. —Vincent Bugliosi"In the tradition of great courtroom dramas, Steve Martini's Compelling Evidence is a taut, tense tale that I simply could not put down." —Dominick Dunne"Sets a standard for suspenseful, intelligent courtroom drama that will b...

When a lawyer friend, Nick Rush, is killed along with a client in a hail of gunfire outside the federal courthouse, attorney Paul Madriani is determined to find out the truth behind the double murder. Tortured by the possibility that he himself had been marked for death, only to have a friend die in his place, Madriani casts a suspicious eyes in all directions - at Rush's business associates,...

Jocelyn "Joss" Cole, a burned-out public defender from L.A., has opted for a quieter life in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. Joss has no significant clients other than a group of commercial fisherman suffering from a strange and serious illness, a condition that doctors cannot diagnose, and which Joss believes has an industrial cause. Then into her office comes Dean Belden, a well-heeled...

Адвокат Пол Мадриани сталкивается с паутиной международного заговора, обмана и убийств, когда берется защищать обворожительную костариканку Катю Солаз, обвиняемую в убийстве своего, как она считала, воздыхателя, престарелого Эмерсона Пайка, для которого девушка была всего лишь сыром в мышеловке, - ему нужны были ее фамильные связи… Карибский кризис, холодная война, наркокартели, новые американские...

When Judge Armando Acosta is indicted on charges of soliciting a prostitute, attorney Paul Madriani is forced to take up the case. But when new developments lead to the death of Acosta's arresting officer, Madriani wonders if the judge is involved. Has he unwittingly pick up a client who may send him to an early grave? The Judge is all-out thrilling entertainment.

След смъртта на съпругата си адвокатът Пол Мадриани и дъщеря му Сара се преместват в Сан Диего, за да живеят по-близо до приятелката му Сюзан и нейните две дъщери, но едва пристигнал на калифорнийския бряг, Пол е въвлечен в сложна съдебна битка, за която не подозира, когато поема издирването на изчезналата внучка на стария Джона Хейл. Семейство Хейл отглежда от малка осемгодишната Аманда, чиято ма...