Butch Karp series, Books 13 thru 16 - Robert Tanenbaum Audiobook

Written by Robert Tanenbaum
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Book 13 Enemy Within by Robert K. Tanenbaum 3.91 · 691 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 2001 · 22 editions
When a black man is shot multiple times in the back on the streets of New York by an NYPD golden boy, chaos erupts through the city. And in an election year?a year of secret handshakes and politically motivated favors? no one feels the pressure more than the men and women who vow to protect and to serve. For Butch Karp, chief assistant district attorney for New York County, bullet holes aren’t the only holes in this volatile case, nor in a second shocking puzzle…

A slow-witted young man faces the death penalty for murdering a Jewish diamond merchant. Karp is quickly learning that politics mean a lot more than justice when it becomes apparent that certain higher-ups would rather whitewash the truth than lose the Jewish vote. Add a serial killer who is murdering the homeless to Karp’s daily grind, and it’s clear he is surrounded by high-profile time bombs that are promising to blow the city to its core.

To make matters worse, Karp’s wife, Marlene Ciampi, has become independently wealthy thanks to the Internet stock boom and has decided to enjoy her newly acquired fortune through manic shopping sprees and free-flowing alcohol. Plus, his daughter, Lucy, is skipping school to feed the homeless not far from where the slasher stalks his prey. Desperate to stop the violence before it touches his family, Karp must wade through a system of corruption and conspiracy that threatens to silence his pursuit of the truth…forever.

Book 14 Absolute Rage by Robert K. Tanenbaum 3.99 · 1,077 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 2002 · 29 editions
New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Tanenbaum delivers his grittiest, most ethically challenging thriller yet, as New York chief assistant district attorney Butch Karp fights for his family in the wilds of West Virginia’s coal mining country.
While New York City sizzles beneath a blanket of early summer humidity, the Karp family is happily taking refuge in their renovated farmhouse on Long Island’s north shore. Karp’s battles against the City’s corrupt politicians are never-ending. His wife, Marlene, is training guard dogs on their picturesque acreage; Lucy is enjoying her summer break from Boston College and playing the part of the dutiful daughter, assisting with the running of the business and tending to her rambunctious twin brothers.
The tide quickly changes, however, when Marlene befriends her beachside neighbor, Rose Wickham-Heeney, a northeastern aristocrat turned wife of West Virginia coal mine union leader Ralph ‘Red’ Heeney. Soon after the fun-filled weeks of family barbecues and lazy afternoons with the Heeneys, the Karps discover that Rose, Red, and their daughter, Lizzie, have been brutally murdered back home in McCullensburg. Irresistible force meets immovable object when the West Virginia governor appoints Karp as special prosecutor to bring justice to the corrupt town, its union chieftain, and his band of merry thugs. Marlene joins Karp as he searches for the killers and works to save his own family from an evil that runs as deep as the mines that fuel it.

Book 15 Resolved by Robert K. Tanenbaum 3.94 · 695 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2003 · 9 editions
Manhattan ADA Butch Karp returns in this fifteenth outing in Robert Tanenbaum’s popular series–this time he’s the hunted as well as the hunter, and he’s being stalked by a man he sent to prison over a decade ago–a psychopath who supposedly died in prison. But Felix Tighe is very much alive, and now he’s the paid assassin of a group of Islamic fundamentalists whose terrorist goals will make 9/11 look like a training exercise. Tighe has his own violent score to settle with Karp, his estranged wife Marlene, and their three children–particularly Lucy, who’s no stranger to demons like Felix. Tanenbaum’s plotting is confident and his pacing assured–he’s a master of the legal thriller, as good if not better than Grisham and his peers, and he works from an insider’s knowledge of Manhattan’s criminal justice milieu. But what makes this series remarkable is the author’s ability to keep his characters fresh and interesting by putting them in circumstances that reveal more of their emotional, spiritual and marital dimensions with every new adventure. Resolved is a terrific read. –Jane Adams

Book 16 Hoax by Robert K. Tanenbaum 3.89 · 865 Ratings · 46 Reviews · published 2004 · 13 editions
The shooting death of a rap mogul is the first link in a sinister chain ensnaring New York District Attorney Butch Karp. With his wife and daughter on a New Mexico retreat, Karp is left to fend for his teenaged sons and himself. Descending into the hip-hop underworld to prosecute a killer, Karp comes head-to-head with Andrew Kane, a powerful would-be mayor whose corrupt web of influence leads Karp to unveil a shocking church sex-abuse scandal. In a world where secrets can be buried for an often-deadly price, Karp discovers there is no safe haven.