Guardian of Lies(ISBN=) 英文原版

Defense attorney Paul Madriani gets 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 one of the most
entertaining novels yet in this “New York Times” bestselling
series. A woman pauses in the hallway of a darkened San Diego beach
house at night–listening for just the right moment when she can
flee before her companion notices that she’s gone. A man outside
watches the same mansion, waiting for a sign that he can enter on
his mission of blood and carnage. So begins this riveting new tale
about Paul Madriani and his latest case–that of Katia, a woman
accused of an unlikely crime–a trial that will unravel a careful
but horrifying conspiracy. Madriani soon realizes that he’s signed
onto something much more sinister than a botched heist. As he
searches for the truth that will clear Katia’s name, he finds
himself on a path that takes him from Southern California to Costa
Rica, and, ultimately, to a secret buried since Castro’s rise to
power. Together with his partner, Harry Hinds, Madriani must piece
together the threads of a decades-old conspiracy involving
priceless gold coins, an aging American spy, a disaffected Russian
soldier, and a forgotten weapon from the days of JFK and the Cuban
Missile Crisis. As the separate strands of the story come together,
Madriani finds information that will ultimately lead him to the one
person who holds the key to it all: a man some call “The Guardian
of Lies.” In this fascinating thriller from “New York Times”
bestselling author Steve Martini, Paul Madriani faces his most
challenging–and most urgent–case yet, a breathless story that
combines fact and fiction and will hold readers captive until its
final, explosive conclusion.

Steve Martini is the author of numerous New York Times
bestsellers, including Shadow of Power, Double Tap,
The Arraignment, The Jury, The Attorney, 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.