Compelling Evidence
By (Author) Steve Martini
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Feature
1st November 1992
18th March 1993
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
813.54
Paperback
608
Width 135mm, Height 179mm, Spine 40mm
369g
Paul Madriani, a brilliant criminal defense lawyer, had a once-promising career with a prestigious law-firm, until an ill-judged affair with the senior partner Ben Potter's wife led to his resignation. Now he scrambles for work amid the ghosts of his doomed affair and the remains of a failing marriage.
Then Potter is found dead, an apparent suicide. But as details come to light, the case turns from suicide to murder and the needle of suspicion points towards the victim's seductive wife, Talia Potter. Indicted and arrested, Talia turns to Paul, her former lover, to defend her against the mounting evidence in a case that for her could result in the gas chamberSteve Martini, a former trial attorney, lives on the US West Coast with his wife and daughter.