Reckless Endangerment

by Robert K. Tanenbaum

Book Overview

Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi discover themselves working on two sides of the same case when a set of double homicides rocks downtown Manhattan. A bloody warning scrawled on the wall above a murdered... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451193288
• ISBN13: 9780451193285
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.4" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Badda bing, badda bang, badda boom!

Another winning installment in the Butch Karp-Marlene Ciampi saga. As a member of the California Bar, I consider Mr. Tanenbaum's recreation of the legal arena to be right on. If you're new to the series and want to achieve maximum effect, begin with NO LESSER PLEA, then work your way through the entire series. I've read them all and each time, anxiously await the latest. Thank you Mr. Tanenbaum!

A Wild Ride!

I happened on this latest installment of Butch Karp's adventures by Robert Tanenbaum more or less by accident and was surprised by the amazing characters. The book was hard to put down and I am now looking forward to going back and reading all the other books in the series. What a great discovery! I note that the reader reviews are not at all consistent, and tend to be either 'love it' or 'hate it.' Well, put me down in the 'love it' category. I liked Butch and Marlene, and their strong relationship. Lucy and Tran were my favorites, though. I also enjoyed El Chivato as one of the most colorful killers in my recollection.

People Magazine: Beach Book Of The Week

Tanenbaum scores again with the further adventures of Ass't DA Butch Karp, wife Marlene and daughter Lucy.For the latest hardcover, Act Of Revenge, from HarperCollins, Publishers' Weekly opined this dysfunctional family will provide wonderful sequels for years to come.If you haven't read Tanenbaum, you are missing a great series. Get started!

Great Read! Hard to put down.

As with all of Tanenbaum's books, I find it hard to put down once started. The fast pace, comedy and surprises around every corner make Butch and Marlene two of my favorite fictional characters. Lucy is every bit her mothers daughter, I would never want Tran on my bad side and who wouldn't want a loyal and obediant dog like Sweetie! The great mix of characters and their personalities in addition to great storylines, makes Tanenbaum number one in my "book".

A bit over the top but still a great read!

For those who have followed the trials (literally) and tribulations of Butch Karp and his one-eyed, gun-totin', walk-on-the-wild-side wife/lawyer/partner in crime Marlene Ciampi, "Reckless Endangerment" should prove to be as endearing a story as the titles preceding it. Read in order they paint an interesting hindsight picture of the late seventies and early eighties as Robert Tanenbaum relates the gruesome, thrilling and sometimes hilarious life and times in the NYPD Homicide Bureau. In this episode, Marlene and Butch's daughter, Lucy, really takes top billing. The polyglot (she has learned Mandarin, French, Tex-Mex Spanish, and some Arabic) kid, along with her shady Vietnamese mentor/babysitter, Tran, leads her parents and the cops around the Big Apple in search of Arabs, Jews, and a sadistic/wounded/crazy Mexican killer-child named El Chivato among others. The escapades often reach the height of unreality but who cares?? The ending was a bit! too pat, but I did not want the story to end. So, Mr. Tanenbaum, give up the law career and write full time, okay?