Steve Martini

Borítóján a gerinc mentén apró sérülés. New York Times bestselling master of suspense Steve Martini returns, ensnaring defense attorney Paul Madriani in a web of terror and death being spun in the shadows of America's most sacred and secretive institution—the Supreme Court. A writer is...

PROLOGUE Her head rested against the concrete coving at the edge of the pool as she gazed up at the stars under a moonless sky. Her eyes were exotic brown ovals with a hint of mystery in the sculpted arch of the brows. They were always the first aspect anyone noticed when talking to her. Men...

A series of bizarre murders leads to the arrest of a prime suspect and sparks the most explosive trial in lawyer Paul Madriani's career. By the author of Compelling Evidence.

PROLOGUE There is a special clarity of thought, an unclouded focus which is granted to those who shed all fear and panic, who in the end stare death in the eye, and who leave this world on their own terms. It was this clarity of mind that, in those final days, gave Nikki a superiority of will...

CHAPTER 1 From somewhere behind the scenes the lights in the chamber are turned on. Dreyers nudges me. 'Looks like the $64,000 Challenge,' he says. This is low, directed to me, but others hear it. A little comic relief. There's a titter of laughter from behind us, up on the risers. Johnston...

CHAPTER ONE I can trace it back with precision to one of those fitful weeks in August, when the thermometer hit triple digits for the tenth day in a row. Even the humidity was high; unusual for Capital City. The air conditioner in my car had died and at six-fifteen, traffic on the Interstate...