Hoax

The shooting death of a rap mogul is the first link in a sinister chain ensnaring New York District Attorney Butch Karp. With his wife and daughter on a New Mexico retreat, Karp is left to fend for his teenaged sons and himself. Descending into the hip-hop underworld to prosecute a killer, Karp comes head-to-head wih Andrew Kane, a powerful would-be mayor whose corrupt web of influence leads Karp to unveil a shocking church sex-abuse scandal. In a world where secrets can be buried for an often-deadly price, Karp discovers there is no safe haven.

"As Tanenbaum’s fans know, there’s nothing simple about a Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi thriller… With Hoax, Tanenbaum gets ever closer to the hearts and minds of his singular characters.” - Booklist

"So intimate a look into the heart of evil, Hoax seems more fact than fiction…. Tanenbaum delivers a devastatingly honest portrait of a legal system gone awry and the brave few who fight for justice.” - Catherine Crier, former judge, Court TV host and bestselling author.