Blood Flag: A Paul Madriani Novel

Steve Martini

May 2016 · Paul Madriani Book 14 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

Defending a client accused of killing her father, attorney Paul Madriani is drawn into a treacherous conspiracy dating to World War II in this enthralling installment in the New York Times bestselling series.

Paul Madriani and Harry Hinds have a new client: Emma Brauer, a woman accused in the “mercy killing” of her aged father, Robert Brauer. Insisting she’s innocent, Emma tells Paul about a package sent to her father shortly before he entered the hospital. Bequeathed to him by a member of his unit from World War II, the box contains a key and a slip of paper. Emma fears that this package is connected to her father’s death.

When Paul’s young assistant Sofia is murdered, Madriani is blindsided by the realization that Emma’s fears are well-grounded.

Digging into Robert’s military history, Madriani discovers that other members of the Army unit Robert served with have recently died—under similarly suspicious circumstances. When he finds that the box sent to Brauer relates to a mysterious talisman that went missing at the end of the war—a feared Nazi relic known as the “Blood Flag”—Madriani and Hinds realize they are in for the fight of their lives.

With Emma’s life on the line and their own safety in jeopardy, Madriani must uncover the truth before the evil of the Blood Flag is allowed to spin a new web.

Ratings and reviews

A compelling story that covers a lot of ground with relevant subplots and authentic characters. One of Martin's finest works.

Not his best (I've read two of the series), but it's serviceable -- plus it has enough barely sub rosa, self-loathing misandry and "strong, powerful, fierce, blahblahblah" women to make all but the most rabid of man-loathing feminists happy. The SJW lawyer, if you will ... and that alone is quite enough to convince me to pass on the books in the series I've not yet read. C'est la vie ...

Good read. Martini comes through again.

About the author

Steve Martini is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including The Enemy Inside, Trader of Secrets, The Rule of Nine, Guardian of Lies, Shadow of Power, Double Tap, and others featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. Martini has practiced law in California in both state and federal courts and has served as an administrative law judge and supervising hearing officer. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.