True Justice

De: Robert K. Tanenbaum

Narrado por: Nick Sullivan

For Butch Karp, chief assistant district attorney for New York County, the nightmare begins when a shocking act of negligence results in the death of a newborn. Goaded by the media and the public's scream for blood, Karp's boss, D.A. Jack Keegan, orders the prosecution of the baby's fifteen-year-old Hispanic mother.

Butch's wife, Marlene Ciampi, is taking on an equally unspeakable tragedy following her recent return to law. With Butch and Marlene squaring off on opposite sides of an incendiary national debate, things couldn't get more tense...until an astonishing turn of events puts their daughter, Lucy, at the center of a horrifying crime. Drawn into a maelstrom of big-city politics and small-town values, Karp must struggle to salvage his self-respect, his career...even his life.

True Justice

Another blockbuster about Marlene a day Butch. These adventures never cease to be spell binding and hard to put down . I look forward to my next audiobook from this author.

Tanenbaum has been there and describes it well

A winning criminal defense is the most rewarding experience any lawyer can have.
Tanenbaum describes it well.
I loved the book

Infanticide Creates Introspection

If you could sum up True Justice in three words, what would they be?

Lawyers-Challenges-Why

What did you like best about this story?

The best thing that I liked about the story was my education in the differences in how infanticide was considered a crime to be prosecuted or to go unchallenged. Also, the unfortunate way in which the justice system allowed prejudice to cloud the minds of men and women who should be nonjudgmental because defendants are people not things. Prejudice continues to be a major problem, especially in the justice system. I was unable to fully comprehend the reasoning that allowed infanticide not to be considered a crime. To have had to make a critical decision, should this baby live or die, when a child is involved, does require intervention. This crucial decision will come back to haunt the life of that person sometime in her life. Whom to prosecute was the decision of the District Attorney. However, since some men and women want to become members of the political system, politics is a major deterrent to justice being served. The defense attorney who represented the Hispanic defendant allowed politics to be her guide in how to defend her client. The only crime that was correctly dealt with and prejudice or politics was not allowed to be a factor, was the decision of how to handle the 11 year-old child.

Have you listened to any of Nick Sullivan’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have never listened to any of Nick Sullivan's other performances before. However, I check who the narrator is and if I've never listened to him/her before, the reviews become my source of information.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Seeing Inside How Justice is Served When a Child is the Perpetrator

Any additional comments?

Listening to a novel involving lawyers and seeing the inside the minds of how lawyers prepare the defense or prosecution was interesting. This type of novel allows the listener to become a participant. The conclusion of a trial by jury is critical. The listener is able to allow himself to be a member of that said jury and decide on the innocence or guilt of the defendant. This novel is different from my usual choice of novels but it was interesting. I will read the next book in this series. I do like my series. Keeping them separated is the difficult part.

Great book!

Very good story and well read. Book 12 in the series. Ready for the next one. I recommend this series.

One of my favorites

I have to say this has been one of my favorites in the series thus far!

Marlene's passion, Lucy's real-life dilemmas and growth and Carp's moral compass really bring this family to life.

Nick Sullivan could have expressed a little more emotion in his narration, however I did enjoy listening as his voice is soft and soothing.

on to the next one!