Trap (A Butch Karp-Marlene Ciampi Thriller)

Tanenbaum, Robert K.

ISBN 10: 1476793166 / ISBN 13: 9781476793160

Published by Gallery Books, 2015

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Signed by author on title page without inscription. First Edition with full number line. In protective acid-free archival quality acetate cover. Seller Inventory # 15-10-12

Bibliographic Details

Title: Trap (A Butch Karp-Marlene Ciampi Thriller)

Publisher: Gallery Books

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Dust Jacket Condition: Like New

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

In the next courtroom drama in the New York Times bestselling Karp-Ciampi series, Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi get tangled up in a web of misdirection and must unravel it in time to solve a mass murder.

When a tremendous blast rocks an old school building in East Harlem during a meeting of the New York Charter Schools, killing six and wounding a dozen others, it’s initially blamed on a natural gas explosion. However, as Butch Karp digs a little deeper, he discovers the explosion was the work of a mysterious serial arsonist in the employ of the teacher’s union president, who is angry at the unqualified successes of the charter school movement in New York City and worried for the corrupt public school system. Also involved in the planning and cover-up is a major law enforcement player and a political hack who panders to the union for financial support and gets caught up in the homicidal scheme.

At least that’s the conclusion Butch Karp is operating under when he indicts the pair for murder. But is it a trap? Is there another motive behind the attack that could derail the case? How will Karp discover it and can he do so in time to bring justice to the murdered and maimed? It all ends in the kind of dramatic courtroom showdown that New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Tanenbaum is best at, and that Booklist called “positively balletic.”

Review:

"Those outraged by how the government handled the 2012 debacle in Benghazi will find a lot to like."--Publishers Weekly

"ONE HELL OF A WRITER." ""--New York Post

PRAISE FOR TRAP
"This story has a lot to like...Karp is rock-solid as both prosecutor and as person...The pace is fast, the courtroom scenes make you feel like you're there, and the ending satisfies...This is an enjoyable tale of good vs. evil and the importance of knowing who you are." --Kirkus

"This is one of the better recent Karp thrillers; it's tightly written and plotted, and the author seems to have rediscovered his passion for his characters...[Trap] signals a definite return to form."--Booklist

PRAISE FOR ROBERT TANENBAUM'S LEGAL THRILLERS
Butch [Karp] is doing his courtroom dance, making fools of the smug politicians he believes were behind the murder. Tanenbaum shines in these positively balletic moments...[a] reliable thriller. --Booklist"

ONE HELL OF A WRITER. ""--New York Post"

PRAISE FOR TRAP
"This story has a lot to like...Karp is rock-solid as both prosecutor and as person...The pace is fast, the courtroom scenes make you feel like you're there, and the ending satisfies...This is an enjoyable tale of good vs. evil and the importance of knowing who you are." --Kirkus

Readers will find a well-constructed novel, including solid courtroom scenes. Prosecutor Butch Karp is a talented and likable hero conservatives will likely love the tone of [Fatal Conceit]. --Kirkus"

ONE HELL OF A WRITER. --New York Post"

Butch Karp is the best fictional prosecuting attorney in literature. . . . Tanenbaum is a phenomenal attorney and a remarkable storyteller: It is almost unfair to the rest of us. . . . Outrage grabs you at the outset and astonishes at each page . . . Riveting. --#1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Lane"