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THE ATTORNEY.
by Martini, Steve
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399150927
- ISBN 13
- 9780399150920
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About This Item
New York:: Putnam,, (2000.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A legal thriller, set in San Diego, and featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. INSCRIBED on the title page "to --- Please enjoy the latest Madriani story. " 429 pp.
Synopsis
"Riveting . . . a suspenseful tale, right up to the satisfying climax," wrote Publishers Weekly in praise of The Judge. "Legal thrillers don't get much better than this." Kirkus Reviews hailed Undue Influence as "the courtroom novel of the year." Now Martini delivers Paul Madriani's most challenging case yet: one pitting a drug-addicted mother against her daughter's newly rich grandfather in a contentious custody case that leads to criminal accusations and ultimately murder. Having moved to San Diego to be closer to the woman in his life, Madriani takes on the case of Jonah Hale, an elderly man in terrible straits. As a result of their only child Jessica's longtime drug addiction, Jonah and his wife have been raising their eight-year-old granddaughter, Amanda. On the heels of Jonah's multimillion-dollar state lottery win, Jessica revives her interest in mothering. When Jonah won't deal--maternal rights for a mega-bucks payoff--Jessica plays dirty: she accuses the old man of having sexually abused her as a child and similarly abusing Amanda now. Enter Zo Suade--a flamboyant, feminist activist with a penchant for making the objects of custody battles and their mother/plaintiffs "disappear." True to form, a week after Zo takes on Jessica's case, mother and daughter vanish. When Zo's body turns up, Jonah becomes the prime suspect. And Madriani is the man who can prove his innocence. Filled with action in and out of court, rich in characters with motives obvious and subtle, The Attorney marks the much-anticipated return of Paul Madriani.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59799
- Title
- THE ATTORNEY.
- Author
- Martini, Steve
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399150927
- ISBN 13
- 9780399150920
- Publisher
- Putnam,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2000.)
- Keywords
- california setting, legal thriller, terrorism, national security,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction;
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