Robert K. Tanenbaum
Language: English
ISBN mobi-asin
Fiction General Legal Thrillers
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: Aug 29, 2006
Thriller fans with a high tolerance for improbability will best appreciate Tanenbaum's latest Butch Karp novel, which picks up where Fury (2005) left off. The Manhattan DA has foiled psychopath Andrew Kane's bid to become the mayor of New York City; Kane, the former head of a law firm, awaits trial for murder at the Tombs. When Kane's attorneys seek their own psychiatric evaluation, they arrange for the high-risk prisoner to be examined at a private hospital upstate. Few readers will be surprised when the convoy is waylaid, allowing the criminal mastermind to escape and plot a bigger crime. Having allied himself with al-Qaeda, Kane seeks to bring about a cataclysmic act of terror while getting revenge on Karp and his allies. Unconvincing character reactions don't help the over-the-top plot, though the cliffhanger ending is sure to shock longtime followers of the series. (Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Picking up pretty much where ^iFury^r (2005) left off, this new Butch Karp mystery finds the New York district attorney targeted by an obsessive nutcase. Andrew Kane, the psychotic former mayoral candidate (his evil plans were thwarted by Butch in ^iFury^r), escapes from police custody and hooks up with a bunch of terrorists whose destructive plans for the city conveniently align with his own plans for revenge. Meanwhile, Butch is coming up for reelection, and he is suddenly handed a murder case in which the accused is a high-profile citizen who also happens to be a muckety-muck in the opposing political party. Tanenbaum keeps the suspense level high, although some readers might want to see a little more of the Kane plot and a little less of the political story line: Kane is a very interesting villain, but he doesn't get the screen time he deserves. The book ends with a couple of enormous unresolved questions, which is good because readers will definitely leave the book wanting more. A former trial lawyer and homicide investigator for the New York District Attorney's Office, Tanenbaum writes grittily realistic legal thrillers; this one, despite its engaging villain and topical terrorist story, is one of the weaker entries in the series, but it will still draw plenty of readers. David PittCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Thriller fans with a high tolerance for improbability will best appreciate Tanenbaum's latest Butch Karp novel, which picks up where Fury (2005) left off. The Manhattan DA has foiled psychopath Andrew Kane's bid to become the mayor of New York City; Kane, the former head of a law firm, awaits trial for murder at the Tombs. When Kane's attorneys seek their own psychiatric evaluation, they arrange for the high-risk prisoner to be examined at a private hospital upstate. Few readers will be surprised when the convoy is waylaid, allowing the criminal mastermind to escape and plot a bigger crime. Having allied himself with al-Qaeda, Kane seeks to bring about a cataclysmic act of terror while getting revenge on Karp and his allies. Unconvincing character reactions don't help the over-the-top plot, though the cliffhanger ending is sure to shock longtime followers of the series. (Sept.)
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Picking up pretty much where ^iFury^r (2005) left off, this new Butch Karp mystery finds the New York district attorney targeted by an obsessive nutcase. Andrew Kane, the psychotic former mayoral candidate (his evil plans were thwarted by Butch in ^iFury^r), escapes from police custody and hooks up with a bunch of terrorists whose destructive plans for the city conveniently align with his own plans for revenge. Meanwhile, Butch is coming up for reelection, and he is suddenly handed a murder case in which the accused is a high-profile citizen who also happens to be a muckety-muck in the opposing political party. Tanenbaum keeps the suspense level high, although some readers might want to see a little more of the Kane plot and a little less of the political story line: Kane is a very interesting villain, but he doesn't get the screen time he deserves. The book ends with a couple of enormous unresolved questions, which is good because readers will definitely leave the book wanting more. A former trial lawyer and homicide investigator for the New York District Attorney's Office, Tanenbaum writes grittily realistic legal thrillers; this one, despite its engaging villain and topical terrorist story, is one of the weaker entries in the series, but it will still draw plenty of readers. David Pitt
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved