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保羅Madriani馬提尼介紹近20年前,但是如果這一最新小說是任何指示,正顯示出可愛的辯護律師沒有減弱的跡象。這本書描述了接近2009的監護人的腳跟的謊言,Madriani有助避免一次核攻擊美國的土壤。在這裡,刺客,快速接近報廢、呈現一個危險的任務(一種殺人的最後一次歡樂);一個腐敗的政治家是由一個陰暗勒索人知道過分了,美國政府計畫來定位和稅收離岸銀行帳戶有很多人很沮喪,夾在中間的是Madriani,誰將不得不再次冒生命危險,如果他想救它。一個堅實的,或者略過錯綜複雜的,合法的驚險片。高度推薦作者的球迷的噓聲,但是新手可能想找一些早期的分期付款在這個系列賽中獲得導向。
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Martini introduced Paul Madriani nearly 20 years ago, but if this latest novel is any indication, the likable criminal defense attorney is showing no signs of slowing down. The book follows closely on the heels of 2009's Guardian of Lies, in which Madriani was instrumental in averting a nuclear attack on U.S. soil. Here, an assassin, fast approaching obsolescence, takes on a risky assignment (sort of a murderous last hurrah); a corrupt politician is being blackmailed by a shadowy person who knows way too much; the American government's plan to locate and tax offshore bank accounts has a lot of people very upset; and caught in the middle of it all is Madriani, who will once again have to risk his life if he wants to save it. A solid, if perhaps slightly too intricate, legal thriller. Highly recommendable to the author's fans, but newbies might want to check out some of the earlier installments in the series to get oriented.
內容簡介
舊的氣象的計畫可以夢想成為他的絕唱,攻擊開木樁穿心的右翼的建立和埋葬它的好處。現在他已經找到錢,理想的武器,和專業誰知道怎樣去使用它。他已經將目光瞄準完美的目標非常所在地的美國政府,在華盛頓市中心的心。它會發生罷工聽到環遊世界。
聖地亞哥的辯護律師保羅Madriani仍飽受創傷的核爆炸他幫助避免附近的海軍基地在科洛納。聯邦當局威脅保持安靜的千鈞一髮在加利福尼亞,Madriani面臨著新的問題和迷人的steely-eyed Joselyn科爾,武器控制專家,他相信他已經上公開他所知道的是,如果他們有任何希望阻止類似事件在未來。
但Madriani與謀殺一名華盛頓特區、政治工作人員,當局相信一個人影稱為Liquida-a僱傭的刺客稱為“Mexicutioner”——也許是負責任的。而這個人就在最後的倖存者在聖地亞哥的攻擊,有可能會被一個奇異而恐怖的災星仇殺,現在可能在尋找Madriani自己。什麼Madriani和科爾開始擔心的是,舊的氣象聯合,這瘋子,打算把喜好抽菸country-into漩渦的恐怖的Madriani之前,科爾能找到答案是謎題“規則9。”
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The Old weatherman dreams of a plan that could be his swan song, an attack to drive a stake through the heart of the right-wing establishment and bury it for good. Now he's found the money, the ideal weapon, and the professional who knows how to use it. And he has set his sights on the perfect target at the very seat of the United States government, in the heart of downtown Washington. It will be a strike heard round the world.
San Diego defense attorney Paul Madriani is still reeling from the trauma of a near nuclear explosion he helped avert at the naval base in Coronado. Threatened by federal authorities to keep quiet about the close call in California, Madriani is now faced with a new problem in the steely-eyed and alluring Joselyn Cole, a weapons control expert, who believes he has to go public with what he knows if they have any hope of stopping a similar event in the future.
But Madriani has been linked to the murder of a Washington, D.C., political staffer, and authorities believe a shadowy figure called Liquida—a hired assassin known as "the Mexicutioner"—may be responsible. And this man, as the last survivor of the attack in San Diego, might be driven by a bizarre and horrifying star-crossed vendetta, and might now be looking for Madriani himself. What Madriani and Cole begin to fear is that the Old Weatherman and this madman have joined forces and intend to pull the city—and the country—into a vortex of terror before Madriani and Cole can find answers to the enigma that is "the rule of nine."
作者簡介
史蒂夫馬丁尼出生和成長在舊金山海灣地區。一名榮譽畢業於加州大學聖克魯斯,他擁有一個法學學位太平洋大學法律系的McGeorge。
馬提尼酒的第一個新聞事業。他作為一名報紙記者在洛杉磯和作為一個記者在加利福尼亞州州府薩克拉門托,專業從事法律問題。在1974年,他在加州進入私人法律實踐,在那裡他出現在這兩個州及聯邦法院。在他的法律職業生涯中,他曾為國家立法代表加州酒吧,擔任過加州受害者的特殊辯護人的暴力犯罪計畫,是行政法法官和監督聽證員。
在1984年把他的人才馬提尼酒小說,很快獲得的位置上暢銷書排行榜。除了他的第一本書把時間花在《紐約時報》的暢銷書名單。到目前為止,他單獨十二部作品,其中包括8展示他受歡迎的律師“改變自我”,保羅Madriani。
1996年長達四小時的不良影響在哥倫比亞電視廣播公司電視連續劇,其次是法官在NBC電視台在2001年。
原文
Steve Martini was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. An honors graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz, he holds a law degree from the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law.
Martini's first career was in journalism. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles and as acorrespondentat the California State Capitol in Sacramento, specializing in legal issues. In 1974 he entered private law practice in California, where he appeared in both state and federal courts. During his legal career, he worked as a legislative representative for the State Bar of California, served as special counsel to the California Victims of Violent Crimes Program, and was an administrative law judge and supervising hearing officer.
In 1984 Martini turned his talents to fiction, quickly earning positions on bestseller lists. All but his first book spent time on the New York Times Bestsellers list. To date, he has authored twelve novels, including eight featuring his popular lawyer alter ego, Paul Madriani.
In 1996 Undue Influence aired as a four-hour miniseries on CBS, followed by The Judge on NBC in 2001.
