Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451175199
ISBN number: 0451175190
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 448
Printing Date: June 01, 1993
Publishing house: Signet
Sale Popularity Level: 402700
Studio: Signet
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Assistant D.A. Butch Karp, his tough-as-nails lover, Marlene Ciampi, and three maverick cops track a serial rapist and a ruthless killer through the streets of New York City. Reprint.
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I read tripe before. I've read some of the worst published drivel you can offer for a literary Razzie, but this is not only scraping the bottom of the barrell, it's actually lower than the spongiform that grows on the bottom of said barrell. How does this guy have a book deal? This was my very first and surely last Tanenbaum book I read. Amazing that such a hack with a Germanic surname of "Christmas tree" and a keyboard can produce such a joyless novel. Tis the season to throw this book in the trash.
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This is the second Tanenbaum novel I've read in recent months and is definitely another winner in my book. I love a good legal thriller and this has all the req. elements: good plot, well developed characters and it all wraps up neatly at the end.
I will definitely be back for more.
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Robert Tannenbaum captures the hard grit and the reality of civil service (whether it be city, state or federal) like no other. The offices are drab, your superior may be a smart politico but absolutely inept in the office h/she holds, the paperwork takes precedence over the doing the job, and you always and forever Cover Your Backside. Theoretically, the police department "serves" the District Attorney's Office. In reality, the Chief of Detectives superintending five divisions of detectives is a far, far, bigger honcho than an Assistant Attorney General Bureau Chief who has a total staff of ten.
The life expectancy of New York's drug lords has been unexpectedly shortened in the past few months. Five kingpins have been murdered. At one level, this is not a cause for consternation; after all these creeps are not pillars of the community, right? What is disturbing is the slickness of the crimes, and there is a suspicion that a rogue cop might be at work cleaning up the city on his own time and in his own way. As the highly secret investigation proceeds, corruption is uncovered at higher and higher levels. But where to go with the information?
Butch Karp, Assistant DA Bureau Chief and Marlene Ciampi, a lawyer on his staff and his fiancée are a marvelously realized pair. He is moody, filled with angst, cynical but still loaded with integrity. She is a firecracker, witty, fast tempered with an off-the-wall sense of humor. Some of their exchanges are priceless. Marlene (rightly) regularly gets fed up with the Great Man's moody silences and frequently galvanizes him with explosions of mirth, temperament, fury---whatever it takes. This is one of the most strongly written duos of the mystery genre.
While the situations ring true, the action is somewhat predictable. You know who will still be standing at the end, unlike Jeffery Deavers who does away with your favorite character when you least expect it. "Reversible Error" (somewhat oddly titled in honor of a subplot) always keeps your interest but doesn't give you that irresistible urge to peek at the last page.
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My idea of a great mystery series is one that has compelling characters and a believable environment. Well, this series definitely has it. It's as interesting in its own way as the Nero Wolfe books - you can't read just one.
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