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Trader Of Secrets (Paul Madriani #12)
Defense attorney Paul Madriani is embroiled in a case as perilous as any he has ever faced: one that involves an angry killer who will stop at nothing short of vengeance, and two missing NASA scientists who are holding secrets that a hostile government desperately wants to purchase--in blood if they must.
Madriani's daughter, Sarah, has evaded the man known as Liquida, who...more
Madriani's daughter, Sarah, has evaded the man known as Liquida, who...more
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published
May 31st 2011
by William Morrow
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Very disappointing book for Steve Martini. I got the sense that he was bound by a certain number of words in his contract. All of the backstory behind the terrorist plot with asteroids was so convoluted and bloated, I began to skim through it.
Martini is at his best when he has Modriani narrating the story. His character of Liquida was again awesome, and those parts were told well. But the rest could have been pared down significantly and it would have been a better story. I also detected some p...more
Martini is at his best when he has Modriani narrating the story. His character of Liquida was again awesome, and those parts were told well. But the rest could have been pared down significantly and it would have been a better story. I also detected some p...more
I had never read a Martini book before, nor would have I if I hadn't been desperate and bought it at a truck stop during a road trip when I finished my library audiobooks. Sometimes we serendipitously meet a new author whom we truly enjoy via the oddest circumstances! Would I have chosen a book about a defense attorney caught up in case involving an angry Mexican cartel type killer - not likely. But I am so glad I did as not only is this thriller well written, it is fascinating as far as the NAS...more
From ReadingWithMo: http://www.readingwithmo.com/2011/07/...
The story picks up only a few hours after the events in the last Madriani novel, The Rule of Nine, left off. Paul is being questioned by the authorities and investigator Herman Diggs is fighting for his life. Liquida learns the location of Paul's daughter and everyone rushes to save her. But is that all that Liquida is up to?
I have read many fast action thrillers, but I have to say, this may be one of the fastest I have come across. Bei...more
The story picks up only a few hours after the events in the last Madriani novel, The Rule of Nine, left off. Paul is being questioned by the authorities and investigator Herman Diggs is fighting for his life. Liquida learns the location of Paul's daughter and everyone rushes to save her. But is that all that Liquida is up to?
I have read many fast action thrillers, but I have to say, this may be one of the fastest I have come across. Bei...more
I hadn't read any of Steve Martini's earlier novels, but it wasn't necessary to be familiar with his lead characters or to their previous escapades to fully immerse myself in his latest work, Trader of Secrets.
Trader of Secrets opens deep into the action. Madriani's private investigator and "muscle" has been attacked and is in critical care. His daughter is in hiding on a doberman training farm and Hinds is assigned to watch over her for her protection. When Sarah is attacked, the lawyers becom...more
Trader of Secrets opens deep into the action. Madriani's private investigator and "muscle" has been attacked and is in critical care. His daughter is in hiding on a doberman training farm and Hinds is assigned to watch over her for her protection. When Sarah is attacked, the lawyers becom...more
There are already over 300 reviews of this book, so I'm not taking the time to add much to the story. It's a continuation of the story in the previous two books starring Paul Madriani and Harry Hinds the dynamic legal duo, as they alternately run from and chase down Liquida, the Mexican executioner.
This is a page-turning, engaging thriller. For that it gets 3 stars. I like this author's style, but this one did strain credibility to the boundaries and beyond. I'm sure Madriani and Hinds have lear...more
This is a page-turning, engaging thriller. For that it gets 3 stars. I like this author's style, but this one did strain credibility to the boundaries and beyond. I'm sure Madriani and Hinds have lear...more
If you were being stalked by an assassin would you go out for a run by yourself? If you were a secret agent would you bring your new girlfriend and her dog on a mission? If you were an FBI agent "going rogue" would you tell your secretary all about it? If you answered "no" to any of these questions, you will have a problem with this book.
"Trader of Secrets" is not only a bad book. It is the third book of a trilogy where Steve Martini took his Paul Madriani lawyer character and turned him into a...more
"Trader of Secrets" is not only a bad book. It is the third book of a trilogy where Steve Martini took his Paul Madriani lawyer character and turned him into a...more
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I learned that a TAR-21 might be the gun to have. It fires the same rounds as the M16, accurate up to 300 meters and half the length. I'm sure guys know this, especially the ones that play the video games. The author mentioned that Mexico is one of the most severe on firearm restrictions and yet they are a war zone of gun-fueled drug violence. I guess gun control doesn't help, and it's true. When we visited parents in Monterey Mexico there were pictures of dead people in the paper every day and...more
Madriani and his complaining girlfriend throw themselves into unnecessary danger in different locals across the globe. But what else can lawyers without a practice do or lawyers that can no longer practice for fear Liquida, the assassin, will come for them in the night. I think the premise of steering your favorite asteroid to use it as an incoming missile against your enemies is a bit far fetched although no doubt there would be idiots that would spend a billion or more of the tax payers money...more
The Mexican Executioner, Liquida, is after Sarah, Paul's daughter and tracks her to the farm in Ohio where her aunt and uncle are providing shelter. When he makes a move on Sarah while she is out on a morning run, Liquida's attempt to kill/knife her is thwarted by the water bottle in her fanny pack and by the dog Bugsy. She and her dad's investigator, Herman Diggs, are then moved to a condo under control and protection of the government.
Meanwhile, Madriani, his companion Joselyn Cole, and his p...more
Meanwhile, Madriani, his companion Joselyn Cole, and his p...more
Really good read! Couldn't put it down. I won this copy as a First Reads giveaway, so thank you! This is my first Madrini book (and now not my last), but enough background information is given that I didn't feel like I walked into the movie halfway through. The background was woven in fairly seemlessly - enough so that its presence wouldn't annoy someone who read the others.
I like how Martini alternates point of view, so that the reader sees the various factions crossing paths unwittingly - add...more
I like how Martini alternates point of view, so that the reader sees the various factions crossing paths unwittingly - add...more
In the final chapter of the Madriani vs. Liquida triology things go from the sublime to the rediculous. The plodding plot slowly reveals the 'secret' - a truly unbelievable WMD. The only character to get any real attention is the villian Liquida - not surprising since the bad guys are always the most fun. As for Madriani and his merry band of legalists, they are nothing more then dull pawns who stumble their way through a weak story.
Perhaps my biggest disappointment was that the opening salvo in...more
Perhaps my biggest disappointment was that the opening salvo in...more
Boka kunne vært skrevet på noen få linjer. Se avsnittet over... Hjelpes og trøste så lite troverdig denne boka var. Et par forsvarsadvokater som har bakgrunn fra rettssalen blir plutselig feltagenter og bryner seg mot profesjonelle leiemordere og internasjonale terrorister - og fikser brasene? Snakker meg om å strekke troverdigheten over alle støvleskaft (jepp, egendefinert uttrykk ;o) og undervurdere leserne! Ingen av karakterene oppfører seg i nærheten av noe som kunne vært reellt. Eneste trov...more
Defense attorney Paul Madriani is embroiled in a case that involves an angry Mexican killer, Liquida, who will stop at nothing short of vengeance, and two missing NASA scientists who are holding secrets that a hostile government desperately wants to purchase—in blood if they must.
Madriani's daughter, Sarah, has evaded the man known as Liquida, who has stalked her all the way across the country. For her own safety, she is being kept under armed guard on a farm in Ohio.
Meanwhile in California, tw...more
Madriani's daughter, Sarah, has evaded the man known as Liquida, who has stalked her all the way across the country. For her own safety, she is being kept under armed guard on a farm in Ohio.
Meanwhile in California, tw...more
Martini’s latest is an absolute continuation of “Rule Of Nine”, itself a continuation of sorts of “Guardian Of Lies”. Despite being billed as the 12th in the Defense Attorney Paul Madriani series, probably Martini’s most popular stories, like “Rule”, “Trader” isn’t a legal thriller at all. Rather, the same characters as in “Rule” are still chasing the Mexican villain Liquida all over the world, from Thailand to Paris to Mexico, following miniscule clues, in an effort to keep daughter Sarah, coop...more
Jun 27, 2011
Richard
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People who like thrillers that span the globe.
Recommended to Richard by:
I read all Mr. Martini's work.
I liked this book pretty much because it is the kind of story I do like to read. I could not give it a higher rating because too much of it was too unbelievable. For instance, the scene of Paul driving his rent-a-wreck down the line of soldiers in Mexico, mowing them down like 9 pins.
Too much was poorly told. For instance, explaining technical stuff that would be better served with a glossary, like MATS.
If fact, the whole chase all around the world just did not track for me. The obvious appearan...more
Too much was poorly told. For instance, explaining technical stuff that would be better served with a glossary, like MATS.
If fact, the whole chase all around the world just did not track for me. The obvious appearan...more
I won an Advance Reader Copy of this book through Goodreads' free giveaway program: thank you very much!
Steve Martini confirms himself as master storyteller in this book. Paul Madriani is one of the best characters of fiction out there. In his new adventure, readers are not going to see him in the courtroom... In fact, after his close encounter with the elusive Mexican contract-killer Liquida at the end of the last book, Madriani is now being protected by the FBI. Liquida wants to kill him and t...more
Steve Martini confirms himself as master storyteller in this book. Paul Madriani is one of the best characters of fiction out there. In his new adventure, readers are not going to see him in the courtroom... In fact, after his close encounter with the elusive Mexican contract-killer Liquida at the end of the last book, Madriani is now being protected by the FBI. Liquida wants to kill him and t...more
Paul Madriani, Joselyn Cole, and Harry Hinds race travel the world to track down elusive assassin, known only as Liquida. Liquida wants Paul, daughter Sarah, Harry, and investigator Herman Diggs dead. The crafty crew thwarted Luiquida and cost him a big payday in the previous novel in this series.
Only this team can find Liquida. The FBI is clueless. The hunt ends in a blood bath in Mexico as Paul's team races to stop a traitor from directing an asteroid to collide with earth.
This is one of Mart...more
Only this team can find Liquida. The FBI is clueless. The hunt ends in a blood bath in Mexico as Paul's team races to stop a traitor from directing an asteroid to collide with earth.
This is one of Mart...more
The last two books by Martini have taken Paul Madriani out of the courtroom and put him in the assassin/thriller category. While the books are okay reading they really stretch the implausible. The mantra by his colleagues Harry and Jocelyn to "Call the cops, call the FBI, let them handle it," goes unheeded so we find the trio globe hopping as they follow the trail of the assassin.
There is lots of action and political intrigue, rogue scientists, Israeli special forces, and Madriani's daughter in...more
There is lots of action and political intrigue, rogue scientists, Israeli special forces, and Madriani's daughter in...more
This is book three of a trilogy involving attorney Paul Madriani and the man who is out to kill him, a Mexican contract killer named Liquida. (I did not read the first two, which is actually pretty much a given, because I never would have followed up on the series!) Much of the plot of this suspense/thriller has Liquida chasing Paul and everyone else he can identify in Paul’s life: his law firm partner, his girlfriend, his investigator, his daughter, and his daughter's dog - while at the same ti...more
Incredible! Unbelievable! Trouble is, I use these words in the literal sense, meaning "not credible" and "not believable". In this book, the third in a three-book run, Martini continues to shift his focus from the courtroom to the world of international espionage. The story line is right out of a B-movie script: A pair of small-time lawyers manage to outwit a network of foreign evil-doers, while making fools out of the intelligence pros at the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc., etc. I do, however, look forwar...more
Book three of the Liquida trilogy. Most of the book is spent with Madriani, his girlfriend and Harry chasing Liquida all over the world. They are intent to get him before he gets Paul or his daughter. They basically stumble onto Liquida attempting to obtain information from NASA scientists for terrorists who plan on using that information to attack the US. It all comes to a climactic end in Mexico with the Israeli government leading a helping hand to get the NASA secrets out of the terrorist han...more
I'm willing to accept some far-fetched elements but here Paul the attorney is
so far out of his comfort zone my brain couldn't accept the story enough to
get engaged. I'd forgotten how old his daughter is from earlier books and he
never tells you in this one which is another dysfunctional piece to the story.
And I have to say I'm kind of tired of dogs being introduced into stories where
you know with certainty later on the dog will be saving someone's life. A readable
book, good for a plane ride, whic...more
so far out of his comfort zone my brain couldn't accept the story enough to
get engaged. I'd forgotten how old his daughter is from earlier books and he
never tells you in this one which is another dysfunctional piece to the story.
And I have to say I'm kind of tired of dogs being introduced into stories where
you know with certainty later on the dog will be saving someone's life. A readable
book, good for a plane ride, whic...more
Book received thru Goodreads giveaway program. This is my first book by Steve Martini so I hadn't read any of the other books in the series. When I first started reading I was afraid I wouldn't be able to follow the story because this book picks up on events that ended in the prior book. I think reading the prior books in the series would have given me a better understanding of the characters background but that didn't keep me from enjoying the story. This book begins as a page turner and never...more
I am not so narrow that I don't think writers can cross all sorts of genre barriers. This one didn't work for me. I sort of liked Martini's legal thrillers. And I mean sort of in the I-don't-have-anything-appealing-to-read-so-this'll-do way.
There are hundreds of reviews out there that explain just what's wrong with this story, with lawyers as spy novel protagonists, etc. I'll leave that to them.
All I have to say is that from the start I was rooting for the bad guy - and that's not a good thing.
There are hundreds of reviews out there that explain just what's wrong with this story, with lawyers as spy novel protagonists, etc. I'll leave that to them.
All I have to say is that from the start I was rooting for the bad guy - and that's not a good thing.
Probably the previous book explained why Paul, Harry, and Herman were seeking out the assassin named Liquida. At any rate, their business is in financial straits as they chase him around numerous countries, while Paul's daughter Sarah, now grown with a memorable dog, gets to sit around in a safe house, first taking care of Herman, who almost died at the hands of Liquid. Oh, Paul's squeeze, Joselyn Cole also joins the team. It is somewhat exciting, but even in a suspense tale, the good guys ALMS...more
I really enjoy Steve Martini's stories. This book is terrific. Paul Madriani series never lacks for pace or excitement or twists. This one continues one of the best assassins you love to hate and hope he gets it bad. Herman Diggs the private eye who works exclusively for Paul and his partner Harry Hinds is still recovering in the hospital from his last encounter with Liquida Muerte the Mexican assassin in the last book. Pauls daughter is hiding out in Ohio, Sarah is getting antsy from hiding and...more
This was a great end to a fantastic, exciting, and very suspenseful trilogy. You won’t be sorry by the time you’re finished, even if you haven’t read the other two books this great author gets you up to speed with the story quickly and completely as he does in all of his series works. You can count on Martini to not bore you with all the details and events that have lead up to the book you are reading as some do but get you up to speed and feeling like you’ve read all the books prior that is one...more
Paul Madriani, his partner Harry and his daughter Sarah, are now not hiding but trying to catch up to the Mexlican assassin Liquida. Ther is not legal actions brought up at court but only running from one county trying to find LIquida. It kind of has a trait of science fiction when two NASA scientist escape with infoirmation on the Thor program which entales having a rocket move a meteor into the the earth orbit using it then as a weapon. The twist is that the USA is not who comes to the rescue...more
This novel begins after the bombing in Washington DC that ended in his previous book. Madriani and Joselyn Cole are still in DC being questioned by the FBI and held in protective custody. Herman Diggs Madriani’s investigator is in the hospital recovering from serious stab wounds delivered by Liquida, the Mexican assassin. Madriani’s daughter Sarah is in Ohio with his partner on her Aunt and Uncle’s farm. Liquida, though also wounded is headed there to kill Sarah and he also has Madriani in his s...more
This is the sequel to 'The Rule of Nine'. I liked this story, it was fast paced and interesting having Herman Diggs, Sarah, Harry, Joselyn, & Paul Madriani all involved and it was hard to put down. Now, hopefully Madriani can get back in the court room where he belongs. Madriani is a lawyer not a spy or terrorist tracker. Steve Martini writes great court room drama and I like that better than the far out tales of improbable events.
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