Hoax

Written by Robert K. Tanenbaum

Narrated by Lee Sellars

New York District Attorney Butch Karp goes head-to-head with a crooked wannabe mayor, the rap underworld, and rogue churchmen in yet another pile-driving thriller in the New York Times bestselling series
When a rap impresario is gunned down in his limo in New York City, it appears that gang-related violence has reared its ugly head once again. But nothing's as it seems in this virtuoso thriller from Robert K. Tanenbaum.
For a start, there's Andrew Kane, a man with terrible secrets, who wants to be mayor and control the power elite like pawns. In edition, the Catholic Church is about to face some secrets of its own when Karp's wife, Marlene, rehabilitating at a Taos, New Mexico art colony, stumbles upon a sex abuse murder scandal brewing at a church retreat.
Back in New York evidence surfaces connecting Rogue Priests to murdered kids. Karp attempts to untangle a web of violence and corruption that threatens his career, and the lives of his family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Aug 1, 2004
• ISBN: 9780743539920

Robert K. Tanenbaum

Robert K. Tanenbaum is the New York Times–bestselling author of twenty-six legal thrillers featuring Butch Karp and his crime-fighting wife, Marlene Ciampi. Before publishing his first novel, Tanenbaum had an accomplished legal career. He served as bureau chief of the Criminal Courts, ran the Homicide Bureau in New York City, and was deputy chief counsel to the Congressional Committee Investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. He has also served two terms as the mayor of Beverly Hills.

[amyuskoski · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Hard Boys for grownups; not believable.
This abridgment was hard to follow but I chose it bc reviews said the regular length one was full of fluff.

[pennsylady · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This Butch Karp #16 was chosen for my April Mystery Lovers Book Group (F2F)Although I listened to the majority of the read, it's an official PTB (pull the bookmark)AND I'll pass on the 15 preceding offerings.I was put off, big time, by the language, narration (which, to be fair, represented multiple ethnicities and vocations) and a story that I had difficulty following.It is said that there are genres and subgenres for everyone.For the record...This novel does not represent one of mine!--------On a lighter note, I enjoyed some review titles that I saw:Who Wrote This Book?The title says it allThe Hoax is On the Reader

[sharrona_4 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Not a great introduction to Tanenbaum's noted series. Perhaps it was the abridgment, which took out nearly all opportunities for character enhancement and reader empathy. Or perhaps it was this narrator's voice, diction, and pacing; he added nothing in the way of emotion or drama. Because of the author's reputation, and the suggestion of several friends, I may try another in this series someday -- in print!

[dickmanikowski · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not quite up to snuff for a Tanenbaum novel, this one still gripped me. With one glaring exception, the characters were as deep and fully developed as they usually are. But that one exception was a real clunker. The principle villain in the book is as relentlessly evil as Snidely Whiplash was . . . and about as believable.
Portions of the plot were also strictly out of the cliffhanging serials of the 30's and 40's.
Despite those criticisms, though, I felt compelled to finish the book. And my time wasn't wasted.