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The echoes of a murder reach deep into the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court in this electrifying new thriller featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani from New York Times bestselling author Steve Martini. Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and provocateur who craves headline-making celebrity...

Riveting . . . a suspenseful tale, right up to the satisfying climax, wrote Publishers Weekly in praise of The Judge. ""Legal thrillers don't get much better than this. ""Kirkus Reviews hailed Undue Influence as ""the courtroom novel of the year."" Now Martini delivers Paul Madriani's most...

Meet Tommy Martini, the monk with an anger management problem. His meditations are interrupted by a legacy from his uncle, a crooked priest. Arriving in a New Age Arizona town to claim his inheritance, Brother Tommy meets a charismatic, smoking-hot cult leader who claims that women are being impregnated by alien beings while they sleep. Tommy’s own sleep is disturbed - by cartel hitmen, Mafia bill collectors, and women intrigued by his vow of chastity.

Paul Madriani was once a promising associate with a prestigious law firm, cofounded by his mentor, Ben Potter. But after a scandalous affair with Ben's wife, Paul left the firm to begin a brilliant career as a criminal defense attorney. Meanwhile, Ben's impeccable reputation has made him a leading candidate for the Supreme Court, until he is found dead on the eve of the nomination. As the evidence against Ben's wife snowballs, Talia hires her former lover to defend her against the ruthless chief prosecutor, who wants to send her to the gas chamber.

“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...

“Steve Martini is an expert at good old-fashioned, gimmick-free storytelling.” —Steve Berry, author of The Paris Vendetta “Take it from a prosecutor—Steve Martini has created one of the most charismatic defense attorneys in thriller fiction.” —Linda Fairstein, author of Lethal...

“Steve Martini ranks among the top authors of legal thrillers.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “You like Law & Order? Or even a John Grisham novel? Well, Steve Martini is one of the best of the best when it comes to crime thrillers.” —Asbury Park Press The reasons why Steve Martini is one...

Kunstdiebstahl, Klarinetten und Komplikationen: Tante Martha ermittelt auf Sylt! In Keitum auf Sylt scheint die Welt in Ordnung zu sein, doch so bezaubernd und malerisch das Dörfchen auch wirkt, der Schein trügt. Es gibt eine Reihe von mysteriösen Einbrüchen, bei denen wertvolle Kunstgegenstände gestohlen werden. Kommissar Ole Johannsen, der hervorragend Klarinette spielt und gerne Berufsmusiker geworden wäre, versucht den Fall aufzuklären. Doch er kommt mit seinen Ermittlungen nicht so richtig voran, weil er die Nase lieber in Partituren steckt und übt.

Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher and principal in mapping the human genome, is charged with the murder of a young colleague: twenty-six-year-old Kalista Jordan, an African-American research physician whose...

Defending a client accused of killing her father, attorney Paul Madriani is drawn into a treacherous conspiracy dating to World War II in this enthralling installment in the New York Times bestselling series. Paul Madriani and Harry Hinds have a new client: Emma Brauer, a woman accused in the...

Für Fans von gemütlichen Nordsee-Krimis und tierischen Detektiven! Melinda ist fassungslos. Ganz unerwartet ist ihre gute Freundin Hilde gestorben ...

Il Commissario Berté ha bisogno di riposo. Il caso drammatico che ha appena affrontato a Lungariva e la preoccupazione per il suo futuro professionale lo hanno messo a dura prova. La Marzia lo convince a trascorrere una breve vacanza tra letture, buona cucina e passeggiate a Montenorbo, località della Valcamonica dall'aria salubre e rigeneratrice. Ma, sotto l'apparente tranquillità, serpeggiano nel paese rancori, sospetti, maldicenze e la voglia di fare chiarezza su un passato fosco che ha segnato la vita di alcuni abitanti.

Jack faces her toughest adversary yet: a sicko who's poisoning the city's food supply. But that's just the start of what he has planned, because he's aiming to kill fifty thousand people in the single biggest act of terrorism the US has ever seen. Can she stop him—and decide whether to accept boyfriend Latham's surprise proposal—without destroying both her reputation and her sanity? Join Jack, her partner Herb, and her nemesis Harry McGlade, for her fourth, and greatest, case so far.

NOME: Gigi COGNOME: Berté CAPIGLIATURA: già brizzolata TAGLIA: (troppo) large PENSIERO: sottile INTELLIGENZA: spessa PIANTA PREFERITA: paulonia PUNTUALITÀ: lombarda GELOSIA: calabra VIZIO CHE NON HA PIÙ: fumo VIZIO CHE HA SEMPRE: mangiare molto INSOFFERENZA 1: locali affollati INSOFFERENZA 2: andare per negozi STILE (secondo la Patty): antiquato STILE (secondo la Marzia): classico Se credeva di trovarsi in una sorta di prepensionamento, si sbagliava di grosso: da quando è stato esiliato a Lungariva, «ridente» paesino ligure, il commissario Berté ha dovuto affrontare una serie di casi che lo hanno fatto lavorare più di quando era a Milano.

Occhi blu pervinca che hanno visto molto, un’eleganza impeccabile e un passato misterioso. L’anziana contessa Licia van der Meer vive al Grand Hotel Miramare con una segretaria e un commercialista ‘tuttofare’. La notte di Pasqua, però, segretaria e commercialista vengono freddati a colpi di pistola mentre dormono insieme in una suite del Grand Hotel. L’indagine non è semplice per il commissario Gigi Berté. Molti clienti, tanti segreti sepolti da da portare alla luce e rapporti torbidi da svelare.

C’è chi durante le vacanze di Natale va in montagna (la maggioranza), chi va al mare (pochi) e chi emigra verso paradisi esotici (i fortunati). Il vicequestore aggiunto Gigi Berté, invece, non sembra volersi identificare con nessuno di questi. Trasferito per ragioni disciplinari da Milano a Lungariva, in Liguria, ha deciso di tornare nella sua metropoli per capire se gli manca davvero. E se si aspettava una sorta di felliniano Amarcord, non immaginava certo di trovarsi catapultato nella Milano della sua giovinezza a causa di un omicidio.

Spannend, unheimlich und mitreißend. Exponate von unschätzbarem Wert werden aus der Domschatzkammer geraubt. Überraschend mischen sich Salvatore Montalbano, Kay Scarpetta, Siggi Baumeister, Kurt Wallander, Guido Brunetti und Hanne Wilhelmsen in die Ermittlungen ein.

Nach dem Erfolg des Debüt-Krimis Akte Mosel hat Kommissar Walde wieder einen kniffligen Fall zu lösen. Mysteriöse Drohungen, hochgradig vergiftete Zigaretten, der Chef des Wachdienstes verschwindet - ein Tabakkonzern wird im großen Stil erpresst. Geht es um Geld oder steckt Rache dahinter? Mischa Martini ist mit Moselwasser getauft und hat nach einem Jahrzehnt als Journalist in Trier einen Verlag gegründet, in dem bereits über 200 Bücher mit überwiegend regionalem Hintergrund erschienen sind. In seiner Freizeit beschäftigt sich der Verleger jedoch mit Mördern, Gaunern und Halunken.

Spannend und fesselnd bis zur letzten Minute. Ein nächtlicher Unfall auf einer Großbaustelle in der City gibt Walde Rätsel auf. Besteht ein Zusammenhang mit der Leiche, die später an der Römerbrücke entdeckt wird? Die Spuren führen zu einem ehemaligen Minensuchboot und zu einem Tangoclub. Hinter einer Fassade aus Wohlanständigkeit verbirgt sich ein Netzwerk aus Korruption und Amtsmissbrauch. Zu allem Übel scheint sich Waldes sonst so spröde Kollegin Gabi verliebt zu haben - ausgerechnet in einen Tatverdächtigen.

Mitreißender Krimi mit humvorvollen Dialogen. Ein Toter in der winterstarren Eifel: ermordet, Identität unbekannt. Die Spuren führen in das Milieu der Raubgräber. Der Roman lotet die Grenzen zwischen Fakt und Fiktion aus. Kommissar Walde macht die lebensnahe Bekanntschaft von Quintus, einem Hunde-Dickkopf. Mischa Martini ist mit Moselwasser getauft und hat nach einem Jahrzehnt als Journalist in Trier einen Verlag gegründet, in dem bereits über 200 Bücher mit überwiegend regionalem Hintergrund erschienen sind.