Reckless Endangerment 
asked by bethness on November 19, 2006 12:12 PM
Deputy D.A. Butch Karp returns in Robert K. Tanenbaum's newest legal thriller!
When an elderly Jewish shopkeeper is murdered and a racial epithet is scrawled beneath his body, police are hard-pressed to find the killer before the crime escalates into a media circus. While investigating, Butch discovers that a second murder--this time a cop--is related to the case. As racial tensions in the city arise, Butch and his family find themselves caught in the crossfire of a merciless killer.
When an elderly Jewish shopkeeper is murdered and a racial epithet is scrawled beneath his body, police are hard-pressed to find the killer before the crime escalates into a media circus. While investigating, Butch discovers that a second murder--this time a cop--is related to the case. As racial tensions in the city arise, Butch and his family find themselves caught in the crossfire of a merciless killer.
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Previous reviewers have pointed out some of the obvious errors for a book set in 1981 - they really take you out of the story (which is not that strong to begin with). Both the 'Godfather' and 'Star Wars' trilogies are mentioned as well as "Purple Rain" and REM - for these not to be caught somewhere along the line suggests sloppy work
reviewed by miceandmen on November 22, 2006 1:49 AM
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Having read other Tanenbaum books, I have come to expect a detail-rich standard cop story - the details are what distinguishes Tanenbaum's work from lesser efforts.
I listened to this as a book on tape and I find it to be well read and a decent story but absent all of the detail that makes a Tanenbaum's book a nice read. I felt like the new guy on the block the entire time because very few of the relationships of the principal good guys were explained.
I suppose that's what one should expect when you compress a 400+ page book into a 3 hour taped reading.
I listened to this as a book on tape and I find it to be well read and a decent story but absent all of the detail that makes a Tanenbaum's book a nice read. I felt like the new guy on the block the entire time because very few of the relationships of the principal good guys were explained.
I suppose that's what one should expect when you compress a 400+ page book into a 3 hour taped reading.
reviewed by bugger on November 28, 2006 5:03 PM
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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.
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.
reviewed by maxmill on November 28, 2006 7:12 PM
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You've really got to keep your wits about you when you're reading this story. There are about 5 different threads of storylines that are gradually woven together tighter and tighter until something just has to give. And when it does, the effects are devastating.
It's New York City, 1981 and the racial tensions between the Arabs and the Jews are simmering. A plot is being hatched and put into place by a small Arab group to start a holy war by bombing the Jewish part of town. Separate to this, yet delicately connected are a couple of Mexican brothers who have been arrested and charged with murdering an undercover officer during a drug bust. This is where Deputy D.A. Butch Karp comes into the picture, he's interested in getting a conviction, you see. Marlene Ciampi, Butch's wife is a private detective, specialising in protecting abused women and is also tenuously drawn into the picture after an Arab girl flees the family home. Now just add a murder or two, stir and let the fun begin.
reviewed by aries on November 29, 2006 3:44 AM