Attorney Paul Madriani and his partner, Harry Hinds, do not
have to work another day of their lives. They are filthy rich
after a windfall from a settlement on a previous case
involving discover off shore tax cheats, and bringing them to
light. Money has been pouring into their portfolios. Now
they have decided to rebuild their law practice. Paul
hired Sofia as his new legal assistant and so far she is
great. She arrived with three impressive letters of
recommendation from some heavy social weights. At 26, the
very smart and very honest young woman plans to gain some
experience before entering law school. When Paul asks how
she knows all these powerful people referenced on her
application, she calmly admits she
never met any of them, but an unnamed friend offered to help
her pad her resume. Secrets galore with Sofia as Martini
lays hints for future stories.
Emma Brauer is a new client, having been blamed for the
mysterious death of her 89 year old father. A war veteran,
Robert Brauer, died under mysterious circumstances at a VA
facility and Emma is accused of a mercy killing after a huge
quantity of insulin is detected by the Medical Examiner. She
continues to maintain
her innocence. She tells Paul about a package that was sent
to her brother before he died, a box that frightened him.
Upon opening the small box he found a slip of
paper and a key. He instructed Emma to put it in her
security box at her bank for safekeeping. Soon after the
house was broken into and trashed. The police arrive and
arrest Emma.
Paul, Harry and their PI Herman, began a thorough
investigation involving Robert Brauer and two of his army
buddies. Edward Pack and Walt Jones. Tony Pack, son of
Edward, has a theory of his own and was convinced his
father was murdered but could not get the evidence the
police needed. Walt Jones was also dead by suicide. The
common thread is that the three soldiers were surviving
members of the Army's 45th Infantry Division and they were
together in Munich at the end of the war.
They stole an artifact that Hitler carried as his talisman
that became known as the Blood Flag. Everyone was looking
for it and hoping to find it because it was supposed to be
worth millions. The trail goes in many directions; some
good, some bad guys are all leaving no stone unturned to
find the flag. Secrets unravel and the killer is unmasked.
BLOOD FLAG IS THE fourteenth thriller by master spy writer
Steve
Martini. He invites us on a journey that is pure
excitement, filled with international twists and turns,
and a surprise I was not prepared for. Another high-
octane- adventure that kept me up late and turning those
pages faster and faster. Bravo!
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.
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