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As Tanenbaum's fans know, there's nothing simple about aButch Karp and Marlene Ciampi thriller. The action always unfolds slowly anddeliberately, cleverly planned to the last detail, and the richly drawnprotagonists constantly struggle with thought-provoking, hugely complicatedquestions about morality, faith, and family. This sixteenth in the popularseries is a bit more philosophical than most, despite drawing its impetus froma scandal picked right from the headlines. The vicious murder of a West Coast rappersets things in motion, unleashing a white-hot cascade of events that exposeviolence, greed, and corruption not only at the NYPD and the DA's office butalso at the city's Catholic archdiocese. Tanenbaum smoothly reprises events ofthe previous two books as he relentlessly builds suspense and gets ever closerto the hearts and minds of his singular characters. Will Butch "lose hissoul on the altar of politics" by running for district attorney? WillMarlene forgive herself and return to her family? Can Lucy overcome the memoryof the man who raped her?
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