El juez - de Steve Martini

La reputación de Paul Madriani, el muy admirado abogado creado por el escritor Steve Martini, está en juego cuando se le contrata para que defienda al implacable Juez Acosta siguiendo la estela intrincada de delitos cometidos por policías encubiertos que se hacen pasar por prostitutas y asesinos sin coartadas.

La reputación de Paul Madriani, el muy admirado abogado creado por el escritor Steve Martini, está en juego cuando se le contrata para que defienda al implacable Juez Acosta siguiendo la estela intrincada de delitos cometidos por policías encubiertos que se hacen pasar por prostitutas y asesinos sin coartadas.

Armando Acosta is an arrogant superior court judge and longtime rival of Paul Madriani, an idealistic attorney recently jailed for contempt in Acosta's court. But when Acosta is arrested on a false charge of soliciting a hooker-and the key witness in the case is later found dead-the magistrate turns to Madriani for a savvy defense to clear his name.

As the trial continues, details emerge that begin to clear Acosta's name-but muddy Madriani's: the victim's daughter testifies that the attorney was the man in the apartment on the night of the murder. New information also connects Catherine, the county's chief deputy prosecutor and Madriani's ex-girlfriend, to the scene of the crime.

The reputation of Paul Madriani, the much-admired lawyer created by writer Steve Martini, is at stake as he is called in to defend the ruthless Judge Acosta following a convoluted crime trail of undercover cops pretending to be prostitutes and murders without alibis. It's the case of a lifetime for Madriani, but can he come out of this unscathed?