Escape (Butch Karp Series #20) »

Robert K. Tanenbaum is one of the country’s most respected and successful trial lawyers. He has never lost a felony case. He has held such prestigious positions as homicide bureau chief for the New York District Attorney’s Office and deputy chief counsel to the congressional committee investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He has taught Advanced Criminal Procedure at the University of California Berkeley, Boalt Hall Law School, conducts continuing legal education (CLE) seminars for practicing lawyers in California, New York, and Pennsylvania, and is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of eighteen novels, including Malice, Counterplay, Fury, Hoax, Absolute Rage, Enemy Within, and True Justice.

In this riveting new legal thriller, the twentieth in the bestselling series, Manhattan D. A. Roger “Butch” Karp and his crime-fighting crew must race against the clock to stop a malicious terrorist plot that could change the course of history

Publishers Weekly

In bestseller Tanenbaum's improbable 20th Butch Karp legal thriller (after Malice), Karp, the New York County District Attorney, is as usual juggling multiple challenges-including the prosecution of Jessica Campbell, a politician's wife who murdered their three children, allegedly in response to a divine command, and yet another Islamic terrorist plot aimed at the Big Apple. While the sheer horror of Campbell's crimes, along with a psychological defense based on post-partum depression, could have been the basis for a thoughtful legal debate, Tanenbaum stacks the deck by saddling the defense with hack expert witnesses and makes a heavy-handed effort to parallel the defense theory with the suicidal jihadists, who also claim to act in the name of their god. The ability of Karp's family members to wander into apocalyptic terror plots and emerge not only unscathed but with a quip on their lips will also be off-putting to many readers.
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