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Guardian of Lies CD (A Paul Madriani Novel) Audio CD – Unabridged, July 14, 2009

by Steve Martini (Author), George Guidall (Reader)
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Paul Madriani investigates the case of a woman accused of murder and a million-dollar heist, a trial that will unravel a conspiracy involving rare coins, an ex-CIA agent, a former Soviet scientist, and a missing nuclear device being prepared for a trip to the United States.
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    July 14, 2009
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    5.25 x 1.5 x 5.75 inches
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    0060727586
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperAudio; Unabridged edition (July 14, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 12 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060727586
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060727581
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.5 x 5.75 inches
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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 a correspondent at 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.

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John L. Miles Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Writer's Craft Dazzles
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2010
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Every aspiring writer (or book reviewer) should have a copy of this novel. The base plot is simple and small: bad guys get a suitcase nuke and plan to blow it up on the West Coast. That takes maybe 20% of the novel. All the rest is a series of intricate sub-plots (no one of which really has much to do with the bad guys or the nuke). But the reader is swept along from one exciting scene to another (much like Mission Impossible) and introduced to memorable characters. Steve Martini demonstrates a dazzling proficiency in writer's craft, and this novel could be used to teach fiction-writing.
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Virginia G . Pontious
4.0 out of 5 stars Read the latest Paul Madriani mystery.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2016
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Paul Madriani is at it again. His law firm is more affluent than it used to be, and he gets involved in an international intrigue with Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico and California. Lots of action - will they make it into a movie? - lots of political machinations. A good yarn.
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Joan Shulman
5.0 out of 5 stars Martini -- The new Tom Clancy! Guardian of Lies -- International Intrigue
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2014
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Steve Martini has continued the series about Paul Madriani, a lawyer who goes from the capitol of California, to San Diego, to continue his law practice. This book reminds me much of the Tom Clancy books in that Madriani, representing a Costa Rican woman involved in a murder, becomes entangled with a hit man who represents an international plot to nuke a location in the United States. A fast moving story, which takes many twists and turns, one of which has Madriani under an arrest warrant as the Costa Rican woman's accomplise in the murder. The story also takes him to Costa Rico and Mexico where he and his detective chase down the culprits. I could not put the book down! It was so very much like Clancy's "Clear and Present Danger!"
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3.0 out of 5 stars NOT a legal thriller. Lawyer Paul Madriani has been turned into a Tom Clancy-like international suspense hero-character
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2016
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I really like all the twists and turns that can turn up in a good courtroom/lawyer legal thrillers... And the early (#1 to #8) Paul Madriani books by Steve Martini are some of the best I've read.

Books #1 to #8 in the Paul Madriani series out do all John Grishom's except for "A Time to Kill," in my view. #1 to #8 are just excellent. They feature a very human and relate-able main character, Paul Madriani, great twists, and great legal wrangling and court room scenes. I especially like the interactions with the Judges.

So after reading book #1, I started reading each Paul Madriani novel, in order. #1 to #3 are the very best in my view.

But then we get to this one, #9, "Guardian of Lies" - I still really like the character Paul and his partner Harry Hinds, and their detective Herman -- but I think Mr. Martini has made a mistake - in this and the next 3+ novels he turns Paul Madriani away from the court room, practically completely out of being a lawyer in effect, and re-casts him, in effect as an everyday-man turned action hero, like something out of a Tom Clancy novel.

So if you want to read a suspenseful international thriller ala Tom Clancy, you'll probably like books #9-13... but if you are looking for a courtroom based legal thriller with great lawyer and client characters, book #9-12 are NOT your kind of book.

Steve Martini is still a good suspenseful writer, and I'll likely keep reading and finish the series to date (book #13 is the latest right now) - but I really miss the Paul Madriani of the courtroom and hope that character returns...
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Txcrazysandra
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Thriller with ties to Cuba
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2019
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Fabulous Thriller with ties to the Cuban missile crisis. What starts as a chance meeting in a market with a beautiful woman leads Attorney Paul Madriani to his most dangerous case yet. When the woman is accused of murder, Paul takes her case. A beautiful Costs Rican, Katie Solaz leads to a race against time to prevent a Nuclear holocaus.
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Nelson Meaker
4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2019
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Grabs you and draws you in and moves along. Quite convincing characters and a plot with too real ties to little known historical facts.
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Dolphin Totem
5.0 out of 5 stars A Paul Madriani Mystery #10 in the Series
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2017
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A Paul Madriani legal thriller in this courtroom novel involves a missing child, her drug-ridden mother, and the grandparents who loved her dearly. The grandfather is accused of incest and child-molestation as well as murder and it takes the entire book to find the child and to discover the real killer. It has a surprise ending to an otherwise OK book but the series is worth reading from beginning to end..
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Dianne Placko
4.0 out of 5 stars read it, you'll like it
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2017
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I like Steve Martini as an author. I have never read one of his books that I didn't like. This had more action than legal courtroom activity than his other books but it is a very good read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars keeps you on the edge of your chair
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2019
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another very well written novel
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Mrs M A Stewart
5.0 out of 5 stars Law at its best
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2012
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Steve Martini is once again achieving excellence. Waiting for the next chapter was fraught as you wanted to know what happened next without finishing the book too quickly.
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Willy Gerber
3.0 out of 5 stars A page turner ... because many unread pages
Reviewed in Germany on September 9, 2010
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The beginning of the book, the central story with Mandriani, Katia Solaz and most of all the vilain Liquida, provide quiet a pleasant (no more) reading. However, only 3 stars, because the other stories with the FBI and particularly the people who want to explose a kind of nuclear bomb (?) is rather boring. I skipped so many pages that I may have missed some of the story. I think Martini is much better when writing courtroom thrillers (Shadow of Power, etc.).
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Claude
5.0 out of 5 stars easy to read
Reviewed in Canada on March 31, 2016
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Breathtaking, reference to existing, contemporary, easy to read,
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Nicholas Peacock MA
4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting story.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2009
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I principally enjoy Steve Martini's work because of the trials and court work each book normally involves. Like "The List" and "Critical Mass" this strayed from the legal eagle aspects of Paul Mandriani and I found that disappointing. The story line however was very good more home security than legal. Martini tells a good story, this book is worth a read but the legal machinations are somewhat brief.
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