Synopses & Reviews
In Brooklyn, a female jogger is brutally raped; the assailants are convicted and later exonerated by the Kings County DA. Now the guilty are filing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city of New York, the police, and the two Brooklyn Assistant DAs who tried the case. Caught in the glare of the media-frenzy, Butch Karp may be blinded to the lethal maneuverings of a terrorist cell plotting to bring the city to its knees by striking Times Square on New Year's Eve. But the destruction begins far below ground, in the subway system -- where Karp's family may become their first victims....
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"A svelte, snappy story."
-- Publishers Weekly
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"The epilogue is guaranteed to keep fans hanging from a cliff till next year."andlt;BRandgt; -- andlt;iandgt;Kirkus Reviewsandlt;/iandgt;
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"Robert Tanenbaum is back with his most explosive legal thriller yet.
Fury unleashes a deadly mix of politics and criminal justice, taking the reader on a riveting ride to its brilliantly plotted conclusion."
--Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author of Entombed
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"Sometimes fiction is more honest than 'fact.' In this nonstop thriller, Tanenbaum tells some very harsh truths about the politics of crime fighting while confronting new terrors the nation must face."
--Catherine Crier, former judge, Court TV host and author of A Deadly Game
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"Fury is a riveting, morally complex legal thriller that once again shows us Tanenbaum's special working knowledge of crime and the legal system in America. It's high time Tanenbaum receives the full literary recognition he deserves."
--Vince Bugliosi, former Los Angeles district attorney and author of Helter Skelter and the acclaimed And the Sea Will Tell
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"Once again, Robert K. Tanenbaum has provided long-time fans and new readers with a fascinating and delightful story. [His] ability to weave several seemingly unrelated plots together is truly masterful."
--Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D.
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"A svelte, snappy story."andlt;BRandgt; -- andlt;iandgt;Publishers Weeklyandlt;/iandgt;
Synopsis
Inspired partly by the case of the Central Park Jogger, the 17th book in the bestselling Butch Karp/Marlene Ciampi series proves once again to be another full-bodied, riveting page-turner of a novel, whose characters fight for justice in a massive, politically charged case.
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.