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Title: Prime Witness by Steven Paul Martini, Steve Martini ISBN: 051511264X Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: February, 1994 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.54
Rating: 3
Summary: Fascinating in and out of courtroom action
Comment: Steve Martini serves up more of his intriguing courtroom
drama in _Prime Witness_. Martini specializes in taking
his plot in and out of the courtroom, with all of the
events intimately linking up to a surprise conclusion.
Prime Witness is no exception, opening with a mysterious
event, and building through turns and twists until all
of the seemingly random events connect. In addition,
Martini's protagonist, Paul Madriani, receives extensive
characterization due to this novel's backdrop of marital
difficulties, which adds depth the the problems Paul
faces.
Martini does an excellent job of keeping the book
active and avoiding the legal dryness rampant in others
in this genre, but does keep the legal issues believable.
His practice of describing facial expressions also adds
a believeable aspect to the conversations, since it
communicates the unspoken aspects of discourse.
For me, another interesting facet is the book's apparent
setting around Sacramento, California (Martini's stomping
grounds), but the author's strange practice of renaming
some cities and places, yet leaving other names intact
keeps one guessing from the descriptions about where
things really are. For example, Sacramento seems to be
renamed Capitol City.
Rating: 4
Summary: Prime Witness is Prime Entertainment
Comment: I am a bit puzzled at the negative reviews of this book. This is the one that started me on the path to becoming a Steve Martini fan. Granted this isn't his best courtroom thriller, but it is STILL above just about anything written by the incredibly over-rated John Grisham. But let's not judge this book based on other authors. The storyline is well-plotted, and very engrossing. The forensics used to trace the evidence to the so-called perp's is not only interesting, but very entertaining and informative as well. It has been many years since I picked up this novel, and I STILL have very fond memories of how much I enjoyed it. I think one of the best things about this book is how it kept you in the dark as to whether or not the 3rd murder was a copycat or not. Give it a shot, it's not literature, but it IS a fun read.
Rating: 1
Summary: A bureaucratic monster of a white court horse
Comment: I like Steve Martini's power of words. He is a good read. In this book however you wait for the Prime Witness to arrive forever. While you are waiting for him/her to be uncovered, there are endless repetitions, delays, repetitions, delays, repetitions.... You get the picture? A bureaucratic monster of a white court horse. If you are a lawyer you might enjoy it and learn a few tricks. Me? ... well I muddled along until the Prime Witness is encountered on page 376, and doesn't want to talk, of course, pointing will do, and 375 pages of boredome come to an abrupt end. The End. Gerborg
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Title: Compelling Evidence by Steven Paul Martini, Steve Martini ISBN: 0515110396 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Undue Influence by Steven Paul Martini, Steve Martini ISBN: 051511605X Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Judge by Steven Paul Martini, Steve Martini ISBN: 0515119644 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Simeon Chamber by Steven Paul Martini, Steve Martini ISBN: 0515113719 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Attorney by Steve Martini ISBN: 0515130044 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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