Guardian of Lies: A Paul Madriani Novel

Overview

Defense attorney Paul Madriani gets caught in a web of deceit and murder involving Cold War secrets, a rare coin dealer who once worked for the CIA, and a furious assassin in one of the most entertaining novels yet in this New York Times bestselling series.

A woman pauses in the hallway of a darkened San Diego beach house at night--listening for just the right moment when she can flee before her companion notices that she's gone.

A man outside watches the same mansion, waiting for a sign that he can enter on his mission of blood and carnage.

So begins this riveting new tale about Paul Madriani and his latest case--that of Katia, a woman accused of an unlikely crime--a trial that will unravel a careful but horrifying conspiracy. Madriani soon realizes that he's signed onto something much more sinister than a botched heist. As he searches for the truth that will clear Katia's name, he finds himself on a path that takes him from Southern California to Costa Rica, and, ultimately, to a secret buried since Castro's rise to power.

Together with his partner, Harry Hinds, Madriani must piece together the threads of a decades-old conspiracy involving priceless gold coins, an aging American spy, a disaffected Russian soldier, and a forgotten weapon from the days of JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis. As the separate strands of the story come together, Madriani finds information that will ultimately lead him to the one person who holds the key to it all: a man some call "The Guardian of Lies."

In this fascinating thriller from New York Times bestselling author Steve Martini, Paul Madriani faces his most challenging--and most urgent--case yet, a breathless story that combines fact and fiction and will hold readers captive until its final, explosive conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

Paul Madriani's chance encounter with 26-year-old Katia Solaz, a Costa Rican beauty, leads to a desperate race to avoid not only personal disaster but also a national one in Martini's sprawling 10th thriller to feature the Southern California defense attorney (after Shadow of Power). Katia, who's living with creepy Emerson Pike, a man old enough to be her grandfather, in a dilapidated estate surrounded by an expensive security fence, decides to return home to Costa Rica. In her flight, she just misses running into the legendary assassin known as the Mexecutioner, who sneaks into Pike's house. The na�ve Katia and well-meaning Madriani, who meet in a grocery store, provide a welcome human element amid the busy action involving escaped Guant�namo prisoners, a Colombian rebel base, a Mexican drug cartel and a plot to bring the war home to the Great Satan via a nuclear device. Tidbits like how the FBI can use cellphones as remote bugging devices add to the fun. (July)
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Author Information

Bio of Steve Martini

Steve J. Martin is the Director of Influence At Work (UK). He has a background in sales and marketing and has written numerous articles that have been featured in a variety of business publications and the national press. He is a columnist for the British Airways in-flight magazine Business Life and also writes for the Institute of Leadership & Management. He speaks at conferences all over the world and regularly presents on the subject of influence and persuasion at a number of business schools, including Cranfield University and the Cass London Business School.

Customer Reviews

• Great "page turner"

  Posted September 12, 2009 by Dawn, Montreal

  There were many times when my heart was in my throat. Steve Martini has done it again. This mixes courtroom drama, spies and some really bad guys. The book is so well written that you can picture the people and the places. There were times when I had to put the book down to recover!! I highly recommend it.

Additional Info

Imprint

HarperCollins e-books

Filesize

1.42 MB

Number of Pages

448

eBook ISBN

9780061892196