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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-10006123088X

ISBN-139780061230882

eBay Product ID (ePID)9038198677

Product Key Features

Book TitleShadow of Power : a Paul Madriani Novel

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicThrillers / Crime, Romance / Action & Adventure, Legal, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General

GenreFiction

AuthorSteve Martini

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-003700

Reviews"Martini is a crafty pro." - Washington Post "Exciting. . . . Compelling." - Publishers Weekly "Martini's writing more than matches television for realism." - Hartford Courant "Madriani shines in the courtroom." - Kirkus Reviews on DOUBLE TAP

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813.54

SynopsisMurder reaches deep into the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court in this latest thriller featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani, now published by William Morrow Controversial law professor Terry Scarborough rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. With the publication of his new book--which claimed that the U.S. Constitution and some lost writings of Thomas Jefferson supported racial discrimination--he only added fuel to the fire. When he's found beaten to death in a San Diego hotel room and a young man with connections to neo-Nazis is charged with first-degree murder, defense attorney Paul Madriani eagerly signs on to the case. The passionate and wily litigator believes it isn't just about power and race. He's betting there's a deeper mystery to this defendant--and that he may be just as much a victim as the deceased. Amid the glare of cameras and the jeers of protesters, Madriani buckles down, digging deep to find the evidence he needs to unlock the truth. And no one will stand in his way--not an officer of the U.S. government or a sitting Supreme Court justice., The Supreme Court is one of our most sacred--and secretive--public institutions. But sometimes secrets can lead to cover-ups with very deadly consequences. Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and provocateur who craves headline-making celebrity, but with his latest book he may have gone too far. In it he resurrects forgotten language in the U.S. Constitution--and hints at a missing letter of Thomas Jefferson's--that threatens to divide the nation. Then, during a publicity tour, Scarborough is brutally murdered in a San Diego hotel room, and a young man with dark connections is charged. What looks like an open-and-shut case to most people doesn't to defense attorney Paul Madriani. He believes that there is much more to the case and that the defendant is a pawn caught in the middle, being scapegoated by circumstance. As the trial spirals toward its conclusion, Madriani and his partner, Harry Hinds, race to find the missing Jefferson letter--and the secrets it holds about slavery and scandal at the time of our nation's founding and the very reason Scarborough was killed. Madriani's chase takes him from the tension-filled courtroom in California to the trail of a high court justice now suddenly in hiding and lays bare the soaring political stakes for a seat on the highest court, in a country divided, and under the shadow of power., Murder reaches deep into the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court in this electrifying new thriller featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani.

LC Classification NumberPS3563.A73358S53