A diplomat is gunned down in midtown Manhattan. A girl is raped and thrown out a tenement window in Alphabet City. A mafia muscleman is running rings around the law. A beautiful Yuppie's career is cut short with a knife. Homicide Bureau Chief Butch Karp and his wife take on every dirty-dealing felon in the Big Apple. Part of the "Books That Take You Anywhere You Want To Go" Summer Reading Promotion.
...and a host of other problems all come together to give the reader a good feel for the complicated and haphazard behind-the-scenes activities that sometimes combine to make our legal system work in a less-than-perfect manner. Not to worry, though - our (usually) fearless protagonists come together to solve a complicated case and we also get a taste of less-than-satisfying, but highly pragmatic philosophy from the lawyers involved (how can they defend the obviously guilty, is this jail time actually going to solve anything for this defendant, etc.) The characters and the cases are interesting. Well-written.
Butch Karp solves a murder and art fraud.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This was a real page-turning crime novel. Assistant District Attorney Butch Karp prosecutes an accused murderer after having surgery on his knee. His wife Marlene solves a case of art fraud. Their child Lucy is saved from danger by detective Harry Bello. Another great novel in the Karp series!
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