As a lawyer and owner of his own business, Paul Madriani, had to get back to work. Not that he was lazy or not wanted by his clients, it was just that he had a Mexican killer on his case who was bound and determined to kill everyone close to Paul and then as the "grande finale" stick the final blade into Paul's heart and twist it. Paul's top investigator, Herman Diggs, had already felt the intensity of Muerte Liquida's hatred and left for dead, now clung to life in a Washington D.C. Hospital. Still filled with the need for murderous retribution, Liquida dashes off to the supposedly secure and isolated farmhouse in Ohio where Paul's daughter, Sarah, had been placed to be safe. Not appreciating the danger that she and her father were in, headstrong Sarah chaffed at being confined. Would her little flirtation with going without protective custody put her right in Liquida's hands and his masterful skill with blades?

Knowing the best defensive is an offense, Paul, along with his girlfriend, Joselyn Cole, and partner Harry Hines leg it to Thailand following Paul's only faint lead to try and ferret out Liquida. Meanwhile, two of the most highly classified scientists at NASA's Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Lawrence Leffort and Raji Fareed, decide to cash in on project Thor, the ultra-top secret technology they have been working on and to trade their secrets for lots of cash and time in the tropics. Unknown to them, their key contact and international armament seller, Bruno Croleva, has decided to have them liquidated by Liquida once the enemy got what they were seeking. Meanwhile, previous work done by Madriani had left the usually ultra careful Liquida a little cash strapped and needing to do things he normally would not. In this deadly race of retribution, who would make the deadly mistake?

Best selling author Steve Martini has pulled out all the stops in highlighting the international and murky world of international treachery and FBI bureaucracy in TRADER OF SECRETS. His characters are strong and realistic with fast moving and non-stop dynamic action. Lots of double agents, an exuberant and smart Doberman pincher (Bugsy), backstabbing deals, along with the threat of earthly destruction, keep the plot moving in high suspense. Fans of Paul Madriani novels are sure to love the thrilling action and new fans can still fully relish it as a stand- alone international thriller. A secret treat for those who love page turning suspense!

Book Summary

“Steve Martini ranks among the top authors of legal thrillers.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “You like Law & Order? Or even a John Grisham novel? Well, Steve Martini is one of the best of the best when it comes to crime thrillers.”—Asbury Park Press The reasons why Steve Martini is one of the most popular thriller writers around are abundantly clear in Trader of Secrets: an ingenious plot, great characters, gripping storytelling that combines the legal expertise of John Lescroart, Brad Meltzer, and Scott Turow with the heart-pounding political intrigue of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor. Superstar crime novelist Linda Fairstein says, “Take it from a prosecutor—Steve Martini has created one of the most charismatic defense attorneys in thriller fiction,” referring to Martini’s fearless yet very human series protagonist, defense attorney Paul Madriani. In Trader of Secrets the crusading lawyer is on the trail of dangerous criminals who are trying to steal state-of-the- art weapons technology…with nothing less than the future of America at stake.