Guardian of Lies Steve Martini | ISBN : 0-06-123090-1

Guardian of Lies

Author: Steve Martini

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 14 July, 2009

ISBN: 9780061230905

Pages: 448

Subjects: Mystery, Legal

Available as: Trade Cloth, 978-0-06-123090-5 Trade Paper, 978-0-06-188140-4 E-Book - Epublication content package, 978-0-06-189219-6 E-Book - Gemstar REB 1200, 978-0-06-189223-3 E-Book - Microsoft Reader Level 5, 978-0-06-189222-6 E-Book - Mobipocket, 978-0-06-189221-9 E-Book - Adobe Ebook Reader, 978-0-06-189220-2 E-Book - eReader (AKA Palm Reader), 978-0-06-189236-3 E-Book - Sony Format, 978-0-06-189224-0 Audio Recording Downloadable, 978-1-4416-1714-9

Description:

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.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2009-05-11

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 naive Katia and well-meaning Madriani, who meet in a grocery store, provide a welcome human element amid the busy action involving escaped Guantųnamo 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) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved