Guardian of Lies - Softcover

Entertaining. . . . Intriguing premise. . . . Compelling courtroom scenes display a sophisticated knowledge of legal trench warfare. --Publishers Weekly on SHADOW OF POWER

[A] gripping legal thriller. . . . The mix of racial tension and courtroom drama combines for a suspenseful thriller. --Booklist on SHADOW OF POWER

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 this most entertaining novel yet in the New York Times bestselling series.

A woman pauses in a the hallway of a darkened San Diego beach house at night listening for just the right moment when she can flee before her companion can notice that she s gone.

A man outside watches the same mansion through binoculars, waiting for the sign that he can evade the alarm system and break-in the back door with his arms and equipment.

So begins this riveting new tale about Paul Madriani and his latest case that of a woman accused of a very bloody murder and a million-dollar heist a trial that will unravel a careful conspiracy involving rare coins, an ex-CIA agent, a disaffected former Soviet scientist, and a missing nuclear device only now being prepared for transport to the United States.