NOTORIOUS
About to take a controversial rap
star to trial for a past crime, Melanie Vargas receives an important
piece of information from his lawyer. In full confidence, on the steps
of New York City's federal courthouse, he tells her that his client
may have had ties to a wanted fugitive. Moments later, a powerful car
bomb blows the man to pieces, with Melanie only steps away.
As shocking as the murder is, it has other repercussions for Melanie.
Her relationship with the victim wasn't strictly professional. While
recovering from her breakup with FBI Agent Dan O'Reilly, she had
become attracted to the charismatic lawyer. But after his death she
realizes that she knew very little about him--including the fact that
he was married.
Determined to find the killer, Melanie enters a dangerous world of
subterfuge and double-crosses, going as far as the glittering lights
of Vegas to discover the truth. But the more she digs, the more she
finds troubling about her old friend. More than one person had the
motive to end his life.
Meanwhile, the rapper's defense has been taken over by the slickest
shark in the business, a man of questionable morals who may have had
previous unlawful dealings with his client. But the outcome of the
case isn't the only thing on the line. As the sole witness to the
murder, Melanie is in danger of losing her own life. It isn't long
before she realizes that she can't trust anybody, not even those
closest to her.
PRAISE FOR NOTORIOUS
"Taut and edgy, Notorious takes the
reader on a wild ride through high-powered law firms, bullet-riddled
drug dens and the darker corners of the human heart."
-- New York
Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner
"[E]xciting" and "engaging" --
Publishers Weekly
"Martinez is at the top of her game
[in Notorious]. Her writing sparkles in this exceptionally
well-written suspense novel featuring sexy, sharp federal prosecutor
Melanie Vargas."
-- Romantic Times Magazine
"Notorious is a fast-paced, tightly-written novel that adeptly
captures the reader from the get-go." -- FreshFiction.com
"[B]elievable characters, a perfectly paced
plot and a satisfying, if ironic, ending, and you have another winner from an
author who has quickly acquired a reputation in the thriller field for
consistent excellence." -- Bookreporter.com
"Melanie Vargas is, as always, an engaging lead
and her latest Notorious adventure has all the courtroom drama, chills,
thrills, romance, and twisty surprises that fans have come to expect from an
absorbing series." -- BookLoons.com
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Published by HarperPaperbacks
February 2009 | Mystery | 368 pages
Paperback | $7.99US | ISBN-13: 978-0-06-089903-5 Published by William
Morrow
February 2008 | Mystery | 352 pages
Hardcover | $23.95US | ISBN-13: 978-0-06-089902-8 |
