Counterplay (Volume 18) (A Butch Karp-Marlene Ciampi Thriller)

Tanenbaums last novel Fury ended with a breathtaking cliff-hanger. Now readers can enjoy the exciting conclusion -- bursting with more suspenseful twists -- in his latest Counterplay. When betrayal results in the cold-blooded murder of a busload of schoolchildren to accomplish the escape from custody of vicious sociopath Andrew Kane New York District Attorney Butch Karp finds himself embroiled in a raging quest for vengeance that could cost him his family and thousands of others their lives. With an intensive manhunt ongoing for the fugitive Kane Karp and long-time colleague Ray Guma open a cold case and pursue murder charges against wealthy Manhattan power broker/banker Emil Stavros whose socialite wife disappeared nearly fifteen years earlier. Meanwhile Karps wife Marlene Ciampi has let her fascination with her husbands lesser-known family comprised of Russian gangsters pull her into a dangerous world of Islamic terrorists Chechen rebels and Russian agents engaged in nefarious events straight out of todays real-world headlines. Yet again Robert K. Tanenbaum writes a masterful thriller involving the most memorable -- and un-put-downable -- stories of corruption and courtroom confrontations. Counterplay the latest book in the bestselling Butch Karp/Marlene Ciampi series proves to be another full-bodied riveting page-turner with yet another cliff-hanger not soon to be forgotten.