Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi discover themselves working on two sides of the same case when a set of double homicides rocks downtown Manhattan. A bloody warning scrawled on the wall above a murdered elderly couple sends the Jewish community reeling into a tension-filled confrontation with the city's Arab population. In neighboring Brooklyn, a 16-year-old Arab runaway seeks refuge in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen, where she becomes caught up in the ugly world of prostitution and drugs. After murderously defending herself against a malicious pimp, she escapes into a woman's shelter on the Lower East Side, into the helping hands of Marlene. As special prosecutor, Butch joins the hunt for the double murderers, finding himself in conflict with his own Jewish heritage, and with the realization that Marlene's case is inextricably linked with his own. As tensions build and fear escalates, New York City becomes a powderkeg of twisted emotions in a case of kill or be killed.
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Like a canvas by Bosch, the frenetic 10th installment in the popular Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi series (Irresistible Impulse, etc.) is all foreground, a three-ring circus of mayhem and mystery. Here Tanenbaum pits Deputy DA Karp, his detective cronies Raney and Fulton and his security-expert wife, Marlene, against an amorphous army of Palestinians terrorizing New York. When Arab youths are implicated in the murders of two elderly Jews, Karp finds himself having to placate local Arab and Jewish leaders and at the same time convince the brass that the crimes point to a conspiracy. Meanwhile, a Mexican hit man linked to two jailed drug dealers is threatening to shoot up the metropolis and murder Karp's rival, Homicide Bureau head Roland Hrcany. Back home, Marlene is caffeinating herself to delirium to balance work and family. Then the teenage sister of one of the Arab suspects, on the lam after stabbing a pimp, lands improbably in a shelter for battered women run by Marlene's friend. Should Marlene inform Karp, or protect the girl? As always, there's much to cheer in Tanenbaum's work: quirky characters, snappy cop-talk, even a slam-bang car chase through a Hasidic neighborhood in Brooklyn, and the rousing action resonates with deeper themes as Karp, a lapsed Jew, tentatively accepts his ethnicity. But the constant jumps between subplots are wearying, the large casts of racist cops and racist terrorists run together and the resolution is strained as absolutely everyone is tied together into a too-perfect knot. Mystery Guild selection. (June) FYI: Media-alert readers will recognize Tanenbaum as the lawyer for a teenage defendant on trial in Delaware for killing her newborn baby.
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Format:Paperback
Having previously read and enjoyed IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE by
Robert K. Tanenbaum, I looked forward to listening to RECKLESS
ENDEARMENT . . . I further wanted to catch-up on what was
happening with two characters i had "met" in the previous book,
Butch Barp and Marlene Ciampi . . . they discover themselves
working on two sides of the same case when several homicides
rock downtown manhattan . . . but was I ever disappointed! . . . it
is an excessively convoluted thriller that starts well, then gets bogged
down with too many characters and subplots . . . I also didn't find it
very believable . . . I'll take a "pass" on other books by
Tannenbaum; i.e., unless somebody tells me that I
just caught the author on a rare bad day/effort.
Robert K. Tanenbaum, I looked forward to listening to RECKLESS
ENDEARMENT . . . I further wanted to catch-up on what was
happening with two characters i had "met" in the previous book,
Butch Barp and Marlene Ciampi . . . they discover themselves
working on two sides of the same case when several homicides
rock downtown manhattan . . . but was I ever disappointed! . . . it
is an excessively convoluted thriller that starts well, then gets bogged
down with too many characters and subplots . . . I also didn't find it
very believable . . . I'll take a "pass" on other books by
Tannenbaum; i.e., unless somebody tells me that I
just caught the author on a rare bad day/effort.
By Untouchable
Format:Paperback
You've really got to keep your wits about you when you're reading this story. There are about 5 different threads of storylines that are gradually woven together tighter and tighter until something just has to give. And when it does, the effects are devastating.
It's New York City, 1981 and the racial tensions between the Arabs and the Jews are simmering. A plot is being hatched and put into place by a small Arab group to start a holy war by bombing the Jewish part of town. Separate to this, yet delicately connected are a couple of Mexican brothers who have been arrested and charged with murdering an undercover officer during a drug bust. This is where Deputy D.A. Butch Karp comes into the picture, he's interested in getting a conviction, you see. Marlene Ciampi, Butch's wife is a private detective, specialising in protecting abused women and is also tenuously drawn into the picture after an Arab girl flees the family home. Now just add a murder or two, stir and let the fun begin.
Format:Paperback
by Robert Tanenbaum - second in the series, but this doesn't interfere with NYC thriller that takes you into the DAs office, drug deals in Harlem, Political intrigue in palestine, violent gangs in Mexico, and how they come together for an thrilling, however unlikely, story.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Fair plot, but the writing is weak
Three young Arabs seriously wound a Jewish elderly shopkeeper and murder his wife. Why? Because they have been ordered to by Ibn-Salemeh, a powerful Arabian megalomaniac. Read more
Published on Aug 5 2000 by Christine Lynn Jones
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of glitches in details ruined the story for me.
This story takes place in 1981; however, the child prodigy has already seen the Star Wars Trilogy (!!!) and the au pair listens to REM (debut album released in 1983). Read more
Published on Aug 24 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Wild Ride!
I happened on this latest installment of Butch Karp's adventures by Robert Tanenbaum more or less by accident and was surprised by the amazing characters. Read more
Published on Aug 11 1999
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing special, poorly written
I have to wonder if he is getting revenue based on the number of commas used in the book. I actually found 1 page that only has two (very long, convoluted) sentences! Read more
Published on Aug 9 1999
1.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible book, poorly written, very unrealistic
A full third of the book is develoted to his wife who has no substantive role. The names are confusing as hell and the writing is terrible. Read more
Published on July 30 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
People Magazine: Beach Book Of The Week
Tanenbaum scores again with the further adventures of Ass't DA Butch Karp, wife Marlene and daughter Lucy. Read more
Published on July 19 1999
2.0 out of 5 stars
It Didn't Work For Me
Tanenbaum is a favorite writer, but this one just did not "rise to the level of"!
Published on Mar 14 1999
4.0 out of 5 stars
Slow moving at first
Being a Tanenbaum fan,(I believe I own every book he has written) I awaited this book with impatient anticipation. Read more
Published on Jan 23 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read! Hard to put down.
As with all of Tanenbaum's books, I find it hard to put down once started. The fast pace, comedy and surprises around every corner make Butch and Marlene two of my favorite... Read more
Published on Jan 3 1999
4.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful fun!
Ditto to the two above. Lovely, interesting people and bits and pieces of real life. It's scary and thrilling when you live it right. Butch and Marlene said ok, we will too. Read more
Published on Oct 4 1998
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