Edited by anniekins at 10-03-2023 04:24
Intrigue, murder, corruption, and dramatic courtroom battlescombine to make Infamy another must-read in Robert K. Tanenbaum’s“tightly-written” (Booklist) legal thrillers. When a former Army veteransuddenly murders a colonel in New York, he claims that he had to do it becausehe was being used in mind control experiments. Surprisingly, a top Wall Streetcriminal defense lawyer, one with ties to the White House, decides to defendthe killer, arguing that his client suffered from post-traumatic stress fromhis tours in Afghanistan and that it’s his patriotic duty to assist him. As New York District Attorney Roger “Butch” Karp prepares amurder case against the veteran, he meets with investigative reporter AriadneStupenagel, who suspects that one of her sources for a story on high-levelgovernment corruption was a victim in the shooting. In this fast-pacedthriller, Karp goes up against corruption so powerful that he, his family, andhis friends are in danger if he intends to prosecute those responsible.
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