# Critical Mass

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- Authors: [Steve Martini](https://www.bookquiver.com/steve-martini)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 1999-03-11

## Description

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...

## Editions

### Critical Mass

- Publisher: Berkley
- ISBN: 978-05-1512-648-8
- Pages: 384
- Published: 1999-12-01
- Language: en_US

### Critical Mass

- Publisher: feature
- ISBN: 978-07-4726-062-2
- Published: 1999-03-11
- Language: en_GB