New York DA Butch Karp has no qualms about putting David and Nonie Ellis on trail following the excruciating death of their young son, Micah. the helpless ten-year-old counted on them to protect him from a rare but treatable cancer. Instead, the Ellises relied solely on prayer and the guidance of snake-oil salesman Reverend C. G. Westlund, whose zealous followers have set up camp outside the DA's office, angrily protesting the indictment. But the...

Tanenbaum's run-of-the-mill 19th thriller to feature Manhattan district attorney Butch Karp and his wife, Marlene Ciampi, picks up where 2006's Counterplay left off. Karp is recovering at Beth Israel Hospital, after being shot by his rival and fellow prosecutor, Rachel Rachman, who was in turn gunned down by Ciampi. Various members of the Karp family have helped thwart terrorist outrages aimed at the pope. The mastermind behind the plot against the...