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The Arraignment (Hardcover)

by Steve Martini (Author)
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; airside ed edition (6 Jan 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 074727245X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747272458
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,570,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

In The Arraignment Paul Madriani's old friend, flamboyant criminal-defense lawyer Nick Rush, is gunned down on the streets of San Diego along with a client. Madriani sets out to find the killer. He follows the trail through shady real-estate dealings, cross-border smuggling, political corruption, and a nasty fight between Rush's ex- and his young trophy wife over a hefty life-insurance policy. Eventually the case leads Madriani to the Yucatan Peninsula near Cancun, where the last third of the book takes place--a dandy locale for skullduggery, even if it does make you suspect that the author thought up the plot while vacationing there.

The Arraignment is marred by some sloppy, foggy-headed writing ("The neighbourhood exudes the kind of aura picked up by a sixth sense that lingers and lifts the hair on the back of my neck"), and the plot, after its initial bang, sags for a while before it gets moving again. However, the sheer vigor of Martini's prose, his densely inventive plotting, and his sharply drawn characters carry you happily, tensely along. The book's action scenes--including a hand-to-hand fight in a shabby apartment and an unforgettable poolside shooting at a Cancun resort--are told in fresh, vivid prose that unfolds with hypnotic clarity. And the denouement is great fun, although the complex plot takes a lot of explaining at the end. Martini's not perfect, but he's still one of the best legal/adventure thriller writers going. --Nicholas H Allison, Amazon.com



Review

Steve Martini may not be an innovator in the legal thriller stakes, but he's always a reliable practitioner, delivering well-turned, efficient work in such books as The Jury, Undue Influence and Critical Mass. This one has all the customary virtues. After a lawyer friend is killed, along with a client, in a hail of gunfire outside the federal courthouse, attorney Paul Madriani reluctantly takes on the surviving co-defendant's case. As Madriani quietly investigates his friend's murder, both that case and his new one take entirely unexpected turns, with much duplicity to be uncovered. Cutting-edge lawyer Madriani is a solid, persuasive protagonist, and Steve Martini fans will get their money's worth, even if no fresh territory is covered in The Arraignment.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of his best, 21 Jan 2003
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The book follows the legal Practice of Paul Madriani and Harry Hinds. Paul chases two Mexican hoodlums who he believes are involved in the Murder of a friend.

I was slightly disappointed as there were few legal confrontations and for the majority of the book Paul doesn't even have a client to represent. By the end of the book you get the impression that Martini wants to turn Madriani into some Private eye - action hero mix.

Still a good read though.

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