Double Tap Author:Steve Martini Attorney Paul Madriani defends a soldier on trial for murder & unwittingly steps into a maze of secrets & lies that the government--and even his client--would rather leave undisturbed. Madriani is faced with arcane ballistics evidence, a so-called "double tap"--two bullet wounds tightly grouped to a victim's head, shots that can only be made by... more » a crack marksman. Madriani's client is an enigma, a career soldier who refuses to talk about his past. The victim was an alluring businesswoman & software tycoon whose empire catered to the military. The case's most damming evidence is the weapon that killed her: a handgun used only in special operations where the "double tap" is the trademark of the most skilled assassins. Madriani faces a wilderness of mirrors in a courtroom battle where every witness can hide behind "national security," where information is power & digital information is absolute power. It is a war in which the scales of justice are being tipped by evasion, deceit--and murder. Finding the unvarnished truth has never been so elusive--or so dangerous.« less