Sloan, Susan R. Act of God (New York : Warner Books, Incorporated, April, 2002).
CN: Act of God / Author Sloan, Susan R.
New York : Warner Books, Incorporated, April, 2002. 544 pages.
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Library Journal, 20020401
When the Seattle Family Services Center, a highly controversial abortion clinic, crumbles from the explosion of a handmade bomb, nearly 200 innocent men, women, and children are killed. Local police, under pressure to identify the terrorist, arrest Corey Dean Latham, a young naval officer. Attorney Dana McAuliffe, assigned to defend him, is challenged by public demonstrations, gatherings of the victims' families, and the constant presence of the media in both the public and the private lives of everyone possibly associated with the happenings. Yet she builds a defense for the man who's been convicted in the court of public opinion. Readers gain a sense of immediacy as Sloan(Guilt by Association) sensitively details the pre-courtroom stress and the trial's impact upon the accused, his family, and the lawyer. Comparable in its language and development of suspense to the works of John Lescroart and John Grisham, this is highly recommended for public libraries. Jet ta CarolCulpepper, Murray State Univ. Libs., KY
Kirkus Reviews, 20020301
A standard legal thriller padded nearly to epic extent, this about a young man who stands trial for the bombing of an abortion clinic in. Sloan's breezy, banal prose recalls the question Noel Coward allegedly asked Edna Ferber: Do you whistle while you write? But, like Ferber, Sloan (An Isolated Incident, 1998, etc.) can hook a reader despite pedestrian writing. She lands her bait when she brings on Corey Dean Latham. Latham is the only suspect Seattle police can arrest for destroying the Family Services Center and leaving nearly 200 dead. But no way, attorney Dana McAuliffe thinks, did the young, clean-shaven, blue-eyed naval officer from Iowa do it. Not even if he was steamed when his wife aborted their child without telling him. McAuliffe takes his case. Onto the scene come Larry King, Dan Rather, Barbara Walters (interviewing the boy's parents), pro-lifers, anti-abortionists, a panel of jurors, survivors of the bombing, two presidential candidates, assorted family members, and two homeless men. A keen attorney, Dana pretty much sails through the rather uncomplicated trial. But out-of-court events threaten Dana and her case. Someone from McAullife's prestigious law firm may be tampering with the jurors. With Latham conveniently incarcerated, his wife is getting cozy with an old flame. And a sleazy tabloid reporter is seducing Dana's needy friend Judith for the dirt on Dana. He learns that when Dana was in line for a major promotion at her firm, she, too, aborted a child and didn't tell her husband. The story breaks and Dana's husband leaves her. Summing up the explosive issues of the case for the jury, Dana makes the understated observation that there are two sides to the story. A somewhat surprising coda underscores her point. From voir dire to verdict, the reader can whistle right along.
Publishers Weekly, 20020325
This explosive new novel by the author of An Isolated Incident takes aim at both sides of the abortion debate as it follows the trial of an all-American suspect in an abortion clinic bombing. Seattle defense lawyer Dana McAuliffe is horrified when the Seattle Family Services Center, known as Hill House, is destroyed in a mid-morning bomb blast that kills and maims hundreds. Dubbed an abortion clinic by the media, but primarily a maternity ward, day-care center and domestic counseling and homeless support unit, Hill House becomes the focus of abortion rights and pro-life extremists who try to skew the trial's outcome to further their causes. Dana's shock turns to chagrin when the senior partner at her firm assigns her to defend bombing suspect Corey Latham, a submarine lieutenant whose wife aborted at Hill House. Arrested by the DA and demonized by the media, Corey is assumed guilty by Dana's colleagues, the surviving victims, extremists on both sides and at first even by Dana herself. Meanwhile Dana's personal life collapses as she becomes immersed in the trial and a tabloid reporter pulls a damning secret from her best friend. Rainy Seattle and a murderous political climate lend the perfect backdrop to Sloan's nail-biting plot turns, which make up for her sometimes predictable characterizations. Though Sloan impugns radicals on both sides of the debate, she also suggests that the power of the abortion rights adversaries is as menacing as the bomb itself. The provocative final twists may ruffle feathers.
Sloan, Susan R. Guilt by association (New York, NY : Warner Books, c1995).
Spence, Gerry. Half-Moon and Empty Stars; Reprint (New York : Scribner, To be published in: June, 2002).
CN: Half-Moon and Empty Stars; Reprint / Author Spence, Gerry
New York : Scribner, To be published in: June, 2002. 576 pages.
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AB: From one of America's most famous lawyers and the author of the bestselling How to Argue and Win Every Time, comes this riveting legal thriller, an astonishingly self-assured first novel.
Stewart, Mike. Sins of the brother (New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1999).
Stockley, Grif. Illegal motion : a Gideon Page mystery (New York : Simon & Schuster, c1995).
Gideon Page agrees to defend a star receiver for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks against a charge of rape. The receiver is black and the accuser is white. Pb $5.99
Stockley, Grif. Probable Cause (Simon & Schuster, 1992).
Symons, Julian. Outlaws (1987).
Tanenbaum, Robert K. True Justice (Riverside : Atria Books; New York : Pocket Books, August, 2000).
CN: True Justice / Author Tanenbaum, Robert K.
Riverside : Atria Books; New York : Pocket Books, August, 2000. 384 pages.
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AB:Bestselling author Robert K. Tanenbaum does it again with a morally complex, suspenseful thriller featuring his enormously successful prosecutor, Butch Karp. Chief Assistant District Attorney of New York County Butch Karp is back, dealing with two crimes: one involving a dead child, & the other a deadly one. The first crime focuses on a teenage mother who may have been falsely accused & wrongfully charged with capital punishment by an over-zealous prosecutor in Delaware who plays politics with people's lives & caters shamelessly to the media. This novel also includes a courtroom confrontation between Karp & his longtime nemesis, Lionel T. Whaley. But Karp also has to confront the crimes that arise out of family relationships, & how such relationships can, in all innocence, yield horrifying outcomes.
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Publishers Weekly, 20000612
A rash of baby killings positions a pair of married lawyers on opposite sides of the moral and legal fence in the latest multifaceted installment of this legal-thriller series (after Act of Revenge). Tanenbaum brings back assistant district attorney Butch Karp and feisty spouse Marlene Ciampi when three infanticides involving young unwed mothers are discovered in New York City. City politics and legal circumstances force Karp to prosecute a young Hispanic girl who appears to be the most culpable of the three. While Karp is embroiled in his case, lawyer Ciampi is busy with her own challenge--protecting battered women from violent ex-husbands. When she is forced to shoot a man after he guns down his wife and then aims the weapon at his own daughter, Ciampi realizes she has had enough and decides to retire. Shortly afterward, however, a lawyer friend convinces her to represent a young woman in Delaware who is accused of killing her newborn baby. Contrived though the plot may be, it provides an apt vehicle for Tanenbaum to dissect the legal and moral mechanisms of the two cases, while exploring their effects on his protagonists' professional and personal lives. An intriguing subplot involves the couple's deeply religious daughter, Lucy, a linguistic prodigy. When the parents of her wealthy friend Caitlin are killed in cold blood, Lucy's instincts help identify the murderer. The resolution of Ciampi's case seems a bit na ve and optimistic, but Tanenbaum rises above the inherent manipulation in the story lines with his usual combination of intelligent, wry dialogue, a well-designed maze of political and moral traps, and the charming and incendiary chemistry between Karp and Ciampi. For those who prefer their legal thrillers with plenty of spice and a high IQ, Tanenbaum remains an essential addiction.
School Library Journal, 20010101
Adult/High School-New York chief assistant district attorney Butch Karp finds that an epidemic of infanticide seems to be erupting in his city. Three cases of the seemingly callous casting off of newborns send the press and public into an uproar. Karp is forced to proceed with the prosecution of one 15-year-old Hispanic teen who disposed of her baby, the child of rape, out the window of a "salsa joint," minutes after its birth. Meanwhile, his wife, Marlene Ciampi, a protector and bodyguard for abused women and children, has decided to go back to her previous career as an attorney. Her first case lands her in Delaware, defending a teen accused of murdering her baby shortly after its birth in a motel room. Lucy, Butch and Marlene's teenage daughter, is present when her friend Caitlin finds her parents brutally murdered. Now her life appears to be at risk as well. Teens will find the actions, worries, and mistakes of the many young adults in this mystery/thriller easy to relate t o or at least attention grabbing. The machinations of justice are illuminating and educational as well.-Carol DeAngelo, Kings Park Library, Burke, VA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal, 20000809
Calling the latest work from Tanenbaum (Act of Revenge) a "legal thriller" would be misleading; it is better described as a well-written novel that happens to center on the law. Early on, the novel's protagonists, New York County's assistant district attorney, Butch Karp, and his wife, defense lawyer Marlene Ciampi, become involved in separate cases involving the prosecution of women who may have murdered their newborn children. While Butch feels that the defendant's lawyer is less interested in representing her client than using the trial as a political forum, Marlene, whose case is easily the more intriguing of the two, confronts a young woman who must deal not only with what she has done but the impact it has had on those around her. Butch, Marlene, and their daughter, Lucy, are well-developed characters, although Marlene's exploits occasionally seem unrealistic. As usual, Tanenbaum's writing style is intelligent and engaging, and it's a credit to his ability that, despite the sensitive topic, the novel never devolves into a sermon. This should be a popular addition to public library collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 4/15/00.]--Craig L. Shufelt, Gladwin
Cty. Lib., MI Copyright
Tanenbaum, Robert. Act of revenge (New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1999).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Reckless endangerment (New York : Dutton, c1998).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Irresistible impulse (New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, [1997]).
Bought @ Basically Books, 8 Aug. 2000
Tanenbaum, Robert. Falsely accused (New York : Dutton, c1996).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Corruption of blood (New York : Dutton, c1995).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Justice denied (New York : Dutton, c1994).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Material witness (New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, c1993).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Reversible error (New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, c1992).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Immoral certainty (New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Dutton, c1991).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Depraved indifference (New York, N.Y. : NAL Books, c1989).
Tanenbaum, Robert. No lesser plea (New York : F. Watts, 1987).
Tanenbaum, Robert. Badge of the assassin (New York : E. P. Dutton, c1979).