The Manhattan DA, Butch Karp, has foiled psychopath Andrew Kane's bid to become the mayor of New York City; Kane, the former head of a law firm, awaits trial for murder at the Tombs. When Kane's attorneys seek their own psychiatric evaluation, they arrange for the high-risk prisoner to be examined at a private hospital upstate. Few readers will be surprised when the convoy is waylaid, allowing the criminal mastermind to escape and plot a bigger crime....

New York DA Butch Karp has no qualms about putting David and Nonie Ellis on trail following the excruciating death of their young son, Micah. the helpless ten-year-old counted on them to protect him from a rare but treatable cancer. Instead, the Ellises relied solely on prayer and the guidance of snake-oil salesman Reverend C. G. Westlund, whose zealous followers have set up camp outside the DA's office, angrily protesting the indictment. But the...

Robert K. Tanenbaum's latest thriller, ESCAPE, slices even deeper, chilling down to the marrow with a story as topical and real as the pages in your hand. As challenging as it is riveting, here is a story that delves into the root of evil and leaves one questioning where morality ends and insanity begins.

Tanenbaum's run-of-the-mill 19th thriller to feature Manhattan district attorney Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene Ciampi, picks up where 2006's Counterplay left off. Karp is recovering at Beth Israel Hospital, after being shot by his rival and fellow prosecutor, Rachel Rachman, who was in turn gunned down by Ciampi. Various members of the Karp family have helped thwart terrorist outrages aimed at the pope. The mastermind behind the plot against the...

Butch Karp is New York City's toughest Assistant DA. And he's facing his dirtiest job yet, the prosecution of a group of Croatian nationalists responsible for the terrorist killing of a New York cop.