Reckless Endangerment (Bookcassette(r) Edition)

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Summary: Terrible book, poorly written, very unrealistic
Review: A full third of the book is develoted to his wife who has no substantive role. The names are confusing as hell and the writing is terrible. One of the worst books I've read this year.

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Summary: Badda bing, badda bang, badda boom!
Review: 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!

Rating:
Summary: Badda bing, badda bang, badda boom!
Review: 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!

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Summary: Great Read! Hard to put down.
Review: 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".

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Summary: Slow moving at first
Review: Being a Tanenbaum fan,(I believe I own every book he has written) I awaited this book with impatient anticipation. I was surprised at how slowly the book seemed to move along, veering off from one theme to the next, but, as usual, Mr. Tanenbaum pulled them all together in the end, making this another one of his works of arts. Keep them coming Mr. Tanenbaum, I am awaiting your next book as impatiently as I awaited this one!

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Summary: Wild Ride
Review: by Robert Tanenbaum - second in the series, but this doesn't interfere with NYC thriller that takes you into the DAs office, drug deals in Harlem, Political intrigue in palestine, violent gangs in Mexico, and how they come together for an thrilling, however unlikely, story.

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Summary: Wild Ride
Review: by Robert Tanenbaum - second in the series, but this doesn't interfere with NYC thriller that takes you into the DAs office, drug deals in Harlem, Political intrigue in palestine, violent gangs in Mexico, and how they come together for an thrilling, however unlikely, story.

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Summary: Wonderful fun!
Review: Ditto to the two above. Lovely, interesting people and bits and pieces of real life. It's scary and thrilling when you live it right. Butch and Marlene said ok, we will too. Wonderful fun!

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Summary: A bit over the top but still a great read!
Review: 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?

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Summary: Disappointing effort by author
Review: Having previously read and enjoyed IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE by
Robert K. Tanenbaum, I looked forward to listening to RECKLESS
ENDEARMENT . . . I further wanted to catch-up on what was
happening with two characters i had "met" in the previous book,
Butch Barp and Marlene Ciampi . . . they discover themselves
working on two sides of the same case when several homicides
rock downtown manhattan . . . but was I ever disappointed! . . . it
is an excessively convoluted thriller that starts well, then gets bogged
down with too many characters and subplots . . . I also didn't find it
very believable . . . I'll take a "pass" on other books by
Tannenbaum; i.e., unless somebody tells me that I
just caught the author on a rare bad day/effort.