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Title details for Double Tap by Steve Martini - Available

Double Tap

#8 in series

by Steve Martini
Joe Mantegna
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Attorney Paul Madriani defends a soldier on trial for murder and unwittingly steps into a maze of secrets and lies that the government — and even his client — would rather leave undisturbed.
Madriani is faced with arcane ballistics evidence, a so-called "double tap" — two bullet wounds tightly grouped to a victim's head, shots that can only be made by a crack marksman. Madriani's client is an enigma, a career soldier who refuses to talk about his past. The victim was an alluring businesswoman and software tycoon whose empire catered to the military. The case's most damning evidence is the weapon that killed her: a handgun used only in special operations where the "double tap" is the trademark of the most skilled assassins.
Madriani faces a wilderness of mirrors in a courtroom battle where every witness can hide behind "national security," where information is power and digital information is absolute power. It is a war in which the scales of justice are being tipped by evasion, deceit — and murder. Finding the unvarnished truth has never been so elusive — or so dangerous.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Paul Madriani

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 26, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780743551649
      • File size: 142419 KB
      • Duration: 04:56:42

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 23, 2005
      In veteran Martini's exciting eighth legal thriller starring Paul Madriani (after 2003's The Arraignment
      ), the San Diego defense attorney takes on yet another especially difficult case. When Madelyn Chapman, the owner of a computer software company that sells a controversial security program to the U.S. government, is found shot twice in the head in her La Jolla home, the closeness of the bullet wounds indicates a "double tap," a feat typical of a highly skilled military marksman. Army Sgt. Emiliano Ruiz, a 20-year vet who served in Panama and the first Gulf War and who freelanced as a security guard (and occasional sex partner) for Chapman, is arrested for the killing. After the flashy defense lawyer originally in charge of the case quits, apparently under pressure, the more compassionate and less publicity-minded Madriani and his partner take it on. Ruiz turns out to have a seven-year gap in his résumé: was he in fact doing dirty work for Special Ops? And can Madriani find out his secrets in time to keep the sympathetic soldier from life in prison? The compelling plot builds to a conclusion that should surprise even longtime fans. Agent, Esther Newberg at ICM
      . BOMC main selection; Doubleday, Literary Guild and Mystery Guild alternates
      .

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Martini's novel is, on the surface, another well-crafted plot-driven courtroom-drama extravaganza. George Guidall takes the well-developed characters far beyond Martini's plot line, into the frightening depths of the Jekyll-Hyde potential in each of us, complete with chilling warnings about the implications of government intrusion into personal privacy even when couched in the rationale of national security. Guidall's presentation during the prologue is masterful, drawing the listener into the heart-pounding experience of a military marksman inside his victim's home, as the hum of an electric motor breaks the silence. Guidall's splendid presentations of Uncle Evo and the "Death Dwarf" are alone worth the listen. K.A.T. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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