Author: Steve Martini Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction
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Attorney Paul Madriani defends a highly decorated soldier who is on trial for murder, and unwittingly steps into a maze of secrets and lies that the government - and even this client - would rather leave hidden and undisturbed.Madriani is faced with arcane ballistics evidence, the so-called double tap - two bullet wounds tightly grouped to a victim's head, from shots that can have been made only by a crack marksman. Madriani's client is an enigma, a career soldier who refuses to talk about his past, though clearly he is a battle-tested pro. The victim was an alluring businesswoman and software tycoon whose empire catered to the military, and the most damning evidence is the weapon that killed her: a handgun used solely in special operations where the double tap is the trademark of the most skilled assassins. Madriani begins to have new fears about his client, a man who would rather sit on a legal time bomb than talk about his past and get a chance at acquittal. And yet more troubling, Madriani discovers that the victim was involved in a controversial government contract to combat terrorism by combing through the private computer records of millions of American citizens. Madriani faces a wilderness of mirrors in a courtroom battle where every witness can hide behind "national security," where information is power and digital information is absolute power. It is a war in which the scales of justice are being tipped by evasion, deceit - and murder. Finding the unvarnished truth has never been so elusive - or so dangerous.
This book is part of the "Paul Madriani" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "The Arraignment" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Jury" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Attorney" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Judge" First published in 1995 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Undue Influence" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Prime Witness" First published in 1993 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Compelling Evidence" First published in 1992 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Blood Flag" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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