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The Judge
by Steve Martini
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0747248427
- ISBN 13
- 9780747248422
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Headline, UK, 1996. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 536 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Headline, UK, 1996. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine has minor lean and moderate reading creases. . Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: When Judge Armando 'The Coconut' Acosta is caught with a prostitute, few are sympathetic. Lawyer Paul Madriani has a long history of enmity with the judge and considers Acosta's arrest to be the consequence of a lifetime of corruption. Even when the call girl is found to be a beautiful police academy recruit and the entire case appears to be a set-up, Paul is still reluctant to step in and save the judge's career from impending doom. Then the police recruit is brutally killed and Acosta is charged with murder. Lenore Goya, an ambitious defence lawyer, takes on Acosta's case and reluctantly Madriani is persuaded to come on board - they both know he owes her one. Together they uncover the shocking evidence, the ugly lies, the deceit and the corruption that are at the bottom of the most complex and terrifying murder trial of Madriani's career. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN: 0747248427. ISBN/EAN: 9780747248422. Inventory No: 19040227.. 9780747248422
Synopsis
When Judge Armando Acosta is charged with soliciting a prostitute, attorney Paul Madriani is less than sympathetic. Nevertheless, Madriani is forced to defend his old nemesis. And when the policewoman who snared Acosta is brutally murdered, Madriani wonders if the judge is also the executioner. The most explosive thriller yet by New York Times bestselling author Steve Martini -- The Judge .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19040227
- Title
- The Judge
- Author
- Steve Martini
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0747248427
- ISBN 13
- 9780747248422
- Publisher
- Headline
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Judge
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime; Fiction;
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