The detecting duo of Assistant D.A. Butch Karp and his pregnant wife, Marlene Ciampi, goes undercover to solve the murder of a professional basketball player, a crime that displays unexpected political and underworld ramifications. Reprint. PW.
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Ex-New York DA Tanenbaum's gritty thrillers take full advantage of his own experience in the judicial system. Here he brings back NYC assistant DAs Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi, last seen in No Lesser Plea , for a fifth go-round. Now married, they are expecting their first child. While Marlene is on pregnancy leave, Butch gets into a hassle with his superior and resigns from the DA's office. Unofficially, then, they become embroiled in a murder case in Queens, the shooting of a pro basketball star in a car whose glove compartment contains a large package of high-grade cocaine. The tangled case brings them into contact with Mafia hitmen and loan sharks, and includes revelations of point-shaving, arson-for-hire and a political corruption scheme that involves numerous high-ranking New York pols. In order to break the case, Karp ends up as the 12th man on a pro basketball team, a return to the injury-shortened athletic dreams of his college days, while Marlene trundles off to see a Jamaican druglord in Brooklyn. Tanenbaum knows his criminal procedure cold and is briskly efficient in propelling his complicated plot. Though the novel is generally laced with a nervy, street-smart cynicism, there are some absurdities: the idea of a 30-something lawyer on a pro hoops team is nothing less than preposterous, and it takes an equally unlikely coincidence to bring Marlene into the mortal danger that Tanenbaum concocts for her. These cavils aside, this is a consistently entertaining thriller. Major ad/promo.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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“Compelling intrigue, action, and dialogue.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Witty, highly intricate big-city police thriller. ” —USA Today
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Robert K. Tanenbaum is one of the country's most successful trial lawyers -- he has never lost a felony case. He has been homicide bureau chief for the New York District Attorney's Office and deputy chief counsel to the congressional committee investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Most recently, he has taught Advanced Criminal Procedure atthe University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. His previous works include the novels Escape, Malice, Fury, Hoax, Resolved, Enemy Within, and Absolute Rage and two true-crime books, The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer and Badge of the Assassin.
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Implausible, but readable. Many loose ends get tied up at the end, but not the biggest mysteries. Why would a D.A. quit his job to take on his old case for free, while endangering his pregnant wife? How could he just a few weeks later join an NBA team, and oh yeah, be a star. Lazy plotting and absurd coincidences occur far too often.
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It was fast moving, unpredictable and funny. I recommend it for people who love to see the good guys win.
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New York, Marion Simmons, Harry Bello, John Doone, Julia Mackey, Leona Simmons, Ariadne Stupenagel, Doobie Wallace, Francine Del Fazio, Long Island City, Frank Mackey, Howard Chaney, Legal Aid, Bernie Nadleman, Fred James, Marlene Ciampi, Jimmy Tona, Peter Schick, Chelsea Ripper, Connie Trask, Jim Sturdevant, Luisa Beckett, Criminal Courts Bureau, Crosby Street, Dan Logan New!
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The dying man in the white Cadillac moaned and said a name that the driver didn't catch. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Marion Simmons, Harry Bello, John Doone, Julia Mackey, Leona Simmons, Ariadne Stupenagel, Doobie Wallace, Francine Del Fazio, Long Island City, Frank Mackey, Howard Chaney, Legal Aid, Bernie Nadleman, Fred James, Marlene Ciampi, Jimmy Tona, Peter Schick, Chelsea Ripper, Connie Trask, Jim Sturdevant, Luisa Beckett, Criminal Courts Bureau, Crosby Street, Dan Logan New!
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- No Lesser Plea (Signet) by Robert K. Tanenbaum on 4 pages
- Depraved Indifference (Signet) by Robert K. Tanenbaum in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Immoral Certainty (Signet) by Robert K. Tanenbaum in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Reversible Error (Signet) by Robert K. Tanenbaum in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Body of a Crime by Michael C. Eberhardt in Back Matter
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- Immoral Certainty (Signet) by Robert K. Tanenbaum in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Falsely Accused by Robert K. Tanenbaum in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Justice Denied by Robert K. Tanenbaum in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Reckless Endangerment by Robert K. Tanenbaum in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Irresistible Impulse by Robert K. Tanenbaum in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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