NOTORIOUS: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE

Book ID/图书代码： 06830008B29581

English Summary/英文概要： Just moments after a confidential discussion on the courthouse steps with federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas, the lawyer for a notorious rap star is blown to pieces. Melanie heard the man’s last words . . . Melanie witnessed his death . . . Melanie saw the face of his killer.

On the eve of a murder trial, the lawyer for a famous rapper reveals that his client wants to sing for real—to turn state’s evidence and give up a much bigger fish. Then a car bomb rips the lawyer apart. Though Melanie’s relationship with the murdered man had once been more than professional, she realizes she knew very little about him. Now determined to hunt down his killer, she’s entering a dangerous world of terror, subterfuge, and double-cross, and heading deeper into harm’s way than she’s ever been. Because Melanie Vargas was the sole witness to a heinous and horrible crime with wide and frightening implications . . . and she cannot be allowed to live.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 原本对立的律师和女检查官在相互较量中迸发出爱情的火花，
可是律师惨遭谋杀，
而检察官是唯一的目击者，于是冒着生命危险展开调查，一步步探寻背后真相，
到头来却发现自己生活在一个充满谎言和欺骗的世界里……
小说情节跌宕，文笔紧凑，让人读来欲罢不能！

Lester Poe是臭名昭著的说唱歌手Atari Briggs的律师，而Melanie Vargas是名联邦检察官，两人因Atari Briggs被卷入谋杀案而处于争锋相对的位置。在较量中，Melanie渐渐对这位魅力非凡的辩护律师Lester Poe产生了好感。

可就在这时，一场汽车爆炸事件让Lester Poe命丧当场，而Melanie Vargas是唯一的现场目击者，这使她的职业和生命都悬于一线。

Melanie决定要追查出背后真凶，而她也慢慢发现自己身处的这个世界充斥着借口托词与欺骗背叛。在法律界声名赫赫的Lester Poe并非入她所想的光鲜亮丽，很多人都要他死。

而当Melanie一步步逼近事实真相时，她发现自己谁也不能相信，就连她最亲近的人也不例外……(YM)

Awards/获奖情况：The exciting fourth legal thriller from former federal prosecutor Martinez to feature Melanie Vargas (after 2007’s Cover-up) starts with a bang: a car bomb detonated by a cellphone explodes outside the Manhattan federal courthouse and kills Lester Poe, a distinguished defense attorney who was opposing Melanie in her murder prosecution of rap legend Atari Briggs. Melanie, a workaholic single mom who was attracted to Poe, witnesses the horrific crime, which occurs moments after the defense attorney advised her that Briggs was willing to give the feds the goods on wanted terrorist Gamal Abdullah. This Pelican Brief–like opening, alas, isn’t matched by the rest of the book, which takes a predictable course involving a transparently evil attorney who succeeds Poe in representing Briggs and a young female attorney with self-esteem issues who’s tempted to compromise the Briggs prosecution. Martinez may yet hit the top rank of suspense novelists if she melds her engaging series sleuth with more sophisticated plot lines. (Mar.) ---From Publishers Weekly

"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

About the Author/作者介绍： Michele Martinez, a graduate of Harvard University and Stanford Law School, was a federal prosecutor in New York City for eight years. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two children.
Michele Martinez毕业于哈弗大学和斯坦福大学法律学院，在纽约从事联邦检察官工作8年。目前，作者和丈夫孩子住在新罕布什州。
作者个人网页：http://www.michelemartinez.com/index.htm

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