Martini, Steve, 1946-

Critical mass / [Book] Steve Martini. - London : Headline Feature, 1998 - viii, 467 pages : 18 cm.

Joss Cole, a burned out public defender from LA, has opted for a quieter life in Washington State. Then into her office walks Dean Belden in search of a lawyer to help him set up a business. Within days Belden appears before a federal grand jury and, just minutes before testifying, he is killed. Meanwhile, Gideon van Ry, a nuclear fission expert in California, is troubled by the failure to account for two nuclear devices missing from the former Soviet Union. Under a false bill of lading, they were shipped to a company called Belden Electronics, and Gideon's only lead is the lawyer who incorporated Belden Electronics - Joss Cole..

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Public defenders.
Women lawyers--Washington (State)--Fiction.
Businessmen--Washington (State)--Fiction.
Radioactive substances--Fiction.
Nuclear weapons--Fiction.
Nuclear terrorism--Fiction.

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