Synopses & Reviews
As the city sizzles under the early summer sun, New York chief assistant D.A. Butch Karp and his family are happily vacationing on Long Island's north shore. Their reverie changes to horror when they learn that their beachfront neighbors, Rose and Ralph "Red" Heeney -- a coal miners' union leader -- have been brutally murdered back home in tiny McCullensburg, West Virginia. Irresistible force meets immovable object when the governor appoints Karp special prosecutor to bring justice to the corrupt rural town, its ruthless union boss, and his band of violent henchmen. Now, Karp finds himself not only searching for the killers, but fighting to protect his own family from an evil that runs as deep as the mines that fuel it.
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Los Angeles Times Absolute Rage [is] a champion.
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andlt;divandgt; The Washington Post Gripping....richly told.
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andlt;Iandgt;The Washington Postandlt;/Iandgt; Gripping....richly told.
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andlt;Iandgt;Los Angeles Timesandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;Iandgt;Absolute Rageandlt;/Iandgt; [is] a champion.
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This "New York Times" bestseller brings back New York ADA Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene Ciampi. While prosecuting the case of a murdered coal mine union leader in West Virginia, Karp masterminds a scheme to trap the killers.
About the Author
Robert K. Tanenbaum is the author of thirty booksandmdash;twenty-seven novels and three nonfiction books:andnbsp;andlt;iandgt;The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killerandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Badge of the Assassinandlt;/iandgt;, the true account of his investigation and trials of self-proclaimed members of the Black Liberation Army who assassinated two NYPD police officers; and andlt;iandgt;Echoes of My Soulandlt;/iandgt;, the true story of one of the most intense manhunts in police history, incited by Chief Justice Earl Warren in the andlt;iandgt;Mirandaandlt;/iandgt; decision. He is one of the most successful prosecuting attorneys, having never lost a felony trial and convicting hundreds of violent criminals. He was a special prosecution consultant on the Hillside strangler case in Los Angeles and defended Amy Grossberg in her sensationalized baby death case. He was Assistant District Attorney in New York County in the office of legendary District Attorney Frank Hogan, where he ran the Homicide Bureau, served as Chief of the Criminal Courts, and was in charge of training the legal staff.andnbsp;He served as Deputy Chief counsel for the Congressional Committee investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He also served two terms as mayor of Beverly Hills and taught Advanced Criminal Procedure for four years at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, and has conducted continuing legal education (CLE) seminars for practicing lawyers in California, New York, and Pennsylvania. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Tanenbaum attended the University of California at Berkeley on a basketball scholarship, where he earned a B.A. He received his law degree (J.D.) from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Visit RobertKTanenbaumBooks.com.