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“The sort of compulsive page-turner that keeps readers up at night….Both timely and scary….Guardian of Lies more than satisfies.”
—Washington Times
Defense attorney Paul Madriani is 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 in Guardian of Lies, the most entertaining novel yet in the New York Times bestselling series. Steve Martini, #1 bestselling author of Shadow of Power, Double Tap, and other acclaimed Madriani thrillers, demonstrates once again why he’s one of the genre’s masters, along with John Grisham, David Baldacci, James Patterson, John Lescroart, Brad Meltzer, and Scott Turow.
- Sales Rank: #32178 in eBooks
- Published on: 2009-06-30
- Released on: 2009-07-14
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Publishers Weekly
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 naïve Katia and well-meaning Madriani, who meet in a grocery store, provide a welcome human element amid the busy action involving escaped Guantánamo 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)
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From the Back Cover
A woman is looking for a way to flee a darkened San Diego beach house where she has been held a virtual prisoner by a wealthy man . . . just as a killer enters the mansion on a terrifying mission of blood and carnage.
Fate has bound attorney Paul Madriani to a young Costa Rican woman accused of a horrific crime, ensnaring them both in a frightening conspiracy that ranges beyond U.S. borders. A Cold War nightmare is being reshaped for a new century—a threat too terrible to imagine yet too real to be ignored—leading Madriani, his partner Harry Hinds, and the fugitive Katia directly into the path of an unstoppable, very angry assassin. From the halls of American justice to the jungles of South America and a dark secret buried since the days of Castro’s ascendance, the race is on to prevent the unthinkable—by unveiling the hidden truth protected by the "Guardian of Lies."
About the Author
Steve Martini is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including The Enemy Inside, Trader of Secrets, The Rule of Nine, Guardian of Lies, Shadow of Power, Double Tap, and others featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. Martini has practiced law in California in both state and federal courts and has served as an administrative law judge and supervising hearing officer. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
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46 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
Not a Typical Paul Madriani Novel
By Thriller Lover
Steve Martini is a very solid writer of courtroom thrillers, and I've enjoyed most of his novels featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. One thing I've noticed about Martini's more recent novels (SHADOW OF POWER; DOUBLE TAP) is that the plots have become less realistic and more over-the-top. GUARDIAN OF LIES continues this trend.
GUARDIAN OF LIES is unusual for a Madriani novel because there are few scenes in the courtroom. This is not a true legal thriller. Instead, the plot is more action-oriented, with lawyer Madriani trotting the globe and trying to foil a terrorist plot to detonate a nuclear weapon in the United States.
The result is just okay. There are a lot of big-scale action scenes in GUARDIAN OF LIES, but they aren't strung together in a way that builds any sense of momentum. The characterization is mostly flat. The novel drags in places, and is probably about 100 pages too long. I found this novel engaging enough to finish, but I wasn't kept on the edge of my seat.
GUARDIAN OF LIES is smartly written and serves as a decent entertainment. My hope, however, is that Martini returns to the courtroom for his next book, and comes up wih a more down-to-earth plot than what I found here.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Cold War Meets Modern Terrorism In This Action Thriller
By Philip R. Heath
Guardian of Lies is the latest offering from Steve Martini's Paul Madriani stories, and he has delivered a gem! I was unsure about this novel at first as it opened with a description of and monologue from Liquida (short for "muerte liquida" which is Spanish for liquid death). As you can imagine, he is not one of the good guys. However, this brief chapter quickly ends, and the story shifts into high gear. Emerson Pike, an old, retired American spy turned rare coin dealer, is obsessed with a set of pictures belonging to young Katia Solez-Nitikin's mother. Pike pulls some strings to get Katia into the country from Costa Rica, but he keeps her on an extremely short leash at his house in Del Mar, California. Katia wishes desperately to return home while Pike continues to press her for information about the pictures. As Katia enacts her escape plan, a series of events unfolds that will ensnare her in murder charges that are the tip of the ice berg of the story. Paul Madriani's firm takes her case, and what unfolds is head spinning tale of historically based conspiracy that will join an old Russian from the days of the Cuban Missile Crisis with modern day terrorists bent on nuclear destruction aimed at the Great Satan. The story spans Southern California, the Washington D.C. area, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the remote jungles of Columbia before it reaches its fevered pitch conclusion.
Guardian of Lies is not what I would call light reading. The 400+ pages a dense with plot, and there are a fair number of characters to keep track of at the various locations. At times, I thought that the story became a bit contrived as the reader must accept a lot of coincidence and/or pure stupidity on the part of Madriani. There are really no plot twists or surprises for the attentive reader, but the pace and action of the story are compelling nonetheless. Do not expect much in the way of deep character development. With the volume of players in the story, there isn't a lot of time to spend on any one person. The most developed is Liquida, but even he is not fully fleshed out. No, this is a novel that revolves around the plot. Luckily, it is filled with intrigue to keep the reader glued to the book until the end. I could see this playing out on the big screen with ease.
So, if you like plot driven spy thrillers, I highly recommend Guardian of Lies. It has plenty of adventure to offer.
Overall: B+
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
A Very Weak Martini
By Christopher Amato
Steve Martini's early Paul Madriani novels were masterpieces of courtroom drama and suspense. The dialogue and courtroom machinations were crisp and genuine, the plot twists were clever, and the characters had substance. Unfortunately, Martini's recent Paul Madriani incarnations have increasingly forsaken the courtroom and trial suspense for exotic locations and adventures more appropriate to James Bond than to a southern California criminal trial lawyer. And like Bond, the new Madriani is a totally unrealistic superhero who survives hails of bullets, bomb blasts, and the concerted efforts of professional killers to eliminate him.
Guardian of Lies is by far the worst example of Martini's recent descent into shoot-'em-up fiction. Madriani is hired by a young, gorgeous Costa Rican woman accused of murdering a former CIA operative who has discovered a plot to detonate a nuclear device left over from the Cuban missile crisis. Why does this woman -- who was spirited into the U.S. by the CIA operative but supposedly held "captive" in his house -- choose Madriani to represent her? Because she flirted with him over the banana bin in a local supermarket and somehow obtained his business card. From this far-fetched plot device the story degenerates into a boring series of contrived scenes peopled with drug lords, Mid-East terrorists, professional hitmen, and the entire U.S. national security apparatus up to and including the president.
Although this book is purportedly about a criminal trial lawyer representing a defendant in a murder trial, less than ten minutes are actually spent in a courtroom. Instead of courtroom drama, the reader is force-fed Martini's needlessly graphic descriptions of throat-cutting, kidney-slicing, death by bombing, death by shooting, death by knifing, death by uranium poisoning and various other forms of mutilation and death. Martini seems to confuse flowing narrative with flowing blood.
Perhaps the biggest disappointment is Martini's abandonment of reality. His earlier novels were notable for their realistic depiction of complex psychological motives and trial strategy. Guardian of Lies is riddled with characters and situations that are so unbelievable that they would be laughable if they weren't so irritating. Among the biggest offenders: a Russian general hides for fifty years in the jungles of Columbia harboring a left-over nuclear device from the Cuban missile crisis (don't ask why); the Russian general's daughter is able to visit him on a regular basis from Costa Rica, despite the fact that he is hiding out with drug lords (who apparently aren't worried that the daughter will reveal their location); the failure of security agencies from several countries to locate the Russian or his nuclear device despite regular visits from his daughter (apparently they never thought of placing his one surviving relative under surveillance); the escape of Mid-East terrorists from Guantanamo Bay; a prison bus is attacked by a phalanx of heavily armed professional hit men, scores are killed (including prisoners, police and correction officers), except for Madriani's client who suffers a slight concussion and a temporary hearing loss (from the bomb blast that destroyed the bus she was in); Paul Madriani's numerous escapes from both professional assassins and international security agencies; and the list goes on . . .
You know a book is in trouble when the author adds a "factual" discussion at the end that attempts to legitimize the storyline. However, Martini's "Afterword" -- in which he attempts to persuade the reader that there really was a left-over nuclear device from the Cuban missile crisis that went missing and that drug lords and Mid-East terrorists really are forming alliances that threaten America -- cannot rescue this pointless and inhumane bloodbath.
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