Bad Faith
Reeks: A Butch Karp-Marlene Ciampi Thriller
Robert K. Tanenbaum
- A
- parent’s
- worst
- nightmare
- sets
- the
- stage
- for
- the
- exhilarating
- new
- thriller
- in
- Robert
- K.
- Tanenbaum’s
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- Butch
- Karp
- series.New
- York
- District
- Attorney
- Butch
- Karp
- has
- no
- qualms
- about
- putting
- David
- and
- Nonie
- Ellis
- on
- trial
- following
- the
- excruciating
- death
- of
- their
- young
- son,
- Micah.
- To
- him,
- the
- case
- is
- cut-and-dried—reckless
- manslaughter.
- Helpless
- ten-year-old
- Micah
- counted
- on
- his
- parents
- to
- protect
- him
- from
- the
- effects
- of
- a
- rare
- but
- treatable
- cancer.
- Instead,
- the
- Ellis
- family
- relied
- solely
- on
- prayer
- and
- the
- guidance
- of
- snake-oil
- salesman
- Reverend
- C.
- G.
- Westlund,
- of
- the
- End
- of
- Days
- Reformation
- Church
- of
- Jesus
- Christ
- Resurrected,
- to
- save
- him.Westlund
- and
- his
- zealous
- followers
- set
- up
- camp
- outside
- the
- DA’s
- office,
- angrily
- protesting
- the
- indictment
- of
- their
- “brother”
- and
- “sister,”
- but
- the
- charismatic
- leader’s
- true
- objective
- is
- to
- create
- a
- diversion
- from
- an
- alarming
- fraud.
- He
- coerced
- Nonie
- Ellis
- into
- signing
- an
- insurance
- policy
- that
- listed
- himself
- and
- the
- church
- as
- beneficiaries
- in
- the
- event
- of
- Micah’s
- death,
- but
- he
- needs
- the
- Ellises
- to
- be
- exonerated
- to
- get
- the
- payout.
- When
- David
- Ellis
- discovers
- the
- deception,
- no
- amount
- of
- faith
- can
- save
- him
- from
- his
- gruesome
- fate.Amid
- the
- firestorm
- of
- controversy
- surrounding
- the
- case,
- Karp’s
- wife,
- private
- investigator
- Marlene
- Ciampi,
- heads
- to
- Memphis
- to
- uncover
- Westlund’s
- past.
- The
- evidence
- she
- finds
- is
- enough
- to
- blow
- the
- top
- off
- the
- con
- man’s
- scheme—if
- she
- doesn’t
- get
- herself
- blown
- away
- in
- the
- process.
- Back
- in
- Manhattan,
- meanwhile,
- Karp
- is
- confronted
- by
- a
- deadly
- nemesis
- from
- the
- past
- who
- has
- explosive
- plans
- of
- her
- own.
- The
- edge-of-your-seat
- action
- comes
- to
- a
- head
- at
- the
- annual
- Halloween
- parade
- when
- a
- merciless
- struggle
- between
- good
- and
- evil
- metes
- out
- its
- own
- fatal
- form
- of justice.
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