Name: Double Tap

Author: Steve Martini
Year: 2005
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Mystery, Thriller, Fiction

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9780515139730
0515139734
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
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"The Jury"
First published in 2001
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"The Attorney"
First published in 2000
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"The Judge"
First published in 1995
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"Undue Influence"
First published in 1994
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"Prime Witness"
First published in 1993
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"Compelling Evidence"
First published in 1992
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"Shadow of Power"
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"The Enemy Inside"
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"The Rule of Nine"
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"Guardian of Lies"
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"Blood Flag"
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"Trader of Secrets"
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