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District attorneys Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi work to expose the corrupt and murderous leader of the longshoremen's union.Tags
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The characters and details in this book are so real that I felt that I was getting the information from a New York newspaper.
Three men set out to perform a 'hit' on a union official who claims that the last union election was rigged and he wants to audit the union records.
Two of the men on the 'hit' were petty criminals talked into a chance for some easy payoff. They joined with a Russian man who was a Russian mob want-to-be.
There is a falling out among the crooks and it comes time to try the men. During this time events are shown for different trials for the same crime and it is a bit repetitious.
The main villain who was responsible for ordering the hit was the target of the DA and his procedure in getting the goods on him was well show more done.
However, I did feel that the main villain was stereotypical and wished there was more suspense. I think those who enjoy courtroom mysteries will like this book. show less
Three men set out to perform a 'hit' on a union official who claims that the last union election was rigged and he wants to audit the union records.
Two of the men on the 'hit' were petty criminals talked into a chance for some easy payoff. They joined with a Russian man who was a Russian mob want-to-be.
There is a falling out among the crooks and it comes time to try the men. During this time events are shown for different trials for the same crime and it is a bit repetitious.
The main villain who was responsible for ordering the hit was the target of the DA and his procedure in getting the goods on him was well show more done.
However, I did feel that the main villain was stereotypical and wished there was more suspense. I think those who enjoy courtroom mysteries will like this book. show less
OK entry in a good series. More formulaic than I like.
A good read. Enjoy the series. This one was a bit less "thriller"y than some of the others but still good.
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Robert K. Tanenbaum was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is one of the country's most respected trial lawyers and has never lost a felony case. He has been the Homicide Bureau Chief for the New York show more District Attorney's Office and Deputy Chief Counsel to the congressional committee's investigations into the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. He is the author of the Butch Karp-Marlene Ciampi Thriller series. His non-fiction books include Badge of the Assassin, The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer, and Echoes of My Soul. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 2013-08
- People/Characters
- Butch Karp; Marlene Ciampi; Ivgeny Karchovski
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
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- 111
- Popularity
- 291,326
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.60)
- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 2
