Without Fear or Favor
A Novel
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4.3 • 58 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The “best fictional prosecuting attorney in literature” (Mark Lane, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Butch Karp returns in this white-knuckled and timely thriller about a radical organization of armed militants bent on the cold-blooded murder of uniformed on-duty police officers.
Tensions have been building between the police force and the black rights activists in Harlem, and they reach a boiling point when a cop shoots down a seemingly unarmed teenager. The community, believing the teen had no weapon, rises up in anger and demands to have the officer prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But there’s something more than a call for justice at work here: a plot to bring down the city’s police force through a conspiracy so vast and malicious only N.Y.D.A Roger "Butch" Karp and his band of truth-seekers can untangle it.
Karp, along with Marlene and an eclectic cast of characters, seek to unravel the murder mystery without fear or favor. The prosecution of this heinous crime will be Karp's greatest confrontation with the forces of evil yet.
With more than fifteen million copies of his books in print, Robert K. Tanenbaum is a true "master of the legal thriller" (Vincent Bugliosi) whose straight-from-the-headlines adventures keep you rapt until each stunning and "postively balletic" (Booklist) conclusion.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the prologue of bestseller Tanenbaum's energetic 29th novel featuring New York County DA Butch Karp (after 2016's Infamy), Karp holds a press conference outside Manhattan's Criminal Courts Building. The large crowd is expecting him to announce whether Bryce Kim, an Asian policeman accused of fatally shooting black teenager Ricky Watts, is going to be indicted. When Karp announces that no decision will be made until the investigation is concluded, a gunman shoots him. Flash back to a month earlier: the murder of Tony Cippio, a white police officer, by a black shooter in Harlem is followed by the shooting death of Watts, the son of a popular Baptist minister. These actions elevate racial tensions throughout the city. Back in the present, only the investigative skills of Karp, who's recovered from his gunshot wounds, and his wife, Marlene Ciampi, can bring the truth to light when Kim is brought to trial. Tanenbaum, himself a lawyer, writes with brio and brings the final, decisive courtroom scenes to satisfying life.)
Customer Reviews
Without Fear
Excellent read!!! You will not be disappointed!
Way To Preachy
I have read more than a dozen of Tanenbaum’s book’s starring Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi and their daughter Lucy over the last 30 yrs. Obviously I liked them or I wouldn’t have read so many. The wife, the kids , the job and co workers interactions made for an enjoyable read. There is none of that here. This is a long sermon about the authors view that liberals and the liberal press are intentionally destroying our institutions, especially the police. He is certainly entitled to that view and to write about it. I would prefer he wrote an op-Ed in the paper as opposed to having beloved fictional characters espouse his views. I think “Butch” and “Marlene” and “Lucy” would be appalled. I hope future books will return to our beloved characters and an interesting story. I missed Lucy, Tran and even the family dog. Mr Tanenbaum... do better!
Without fear or favor
Great read. This Butch Karp series is terrific