Robert K. Tanenbaum is an author of crime novels and is a lawyer. He is the creator of a series of novels featuring Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi, lawyers for the New York District Attorney's office. He is also a former two-term Mayor of Beverly Hills, having served on the Beverly Hills City Council from 1986 to 1994. Tanenbaum was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the University of California and received his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law. Tanenbaum is a legal expert and media commentator. He conducts continuing legal education seminars for practicing lawyers in California, New York, and Pennsylvania.^[1]

In all but Tanenbaum's last five novels, he credits Michael Gruber, his cousin, as a collaborator, and Gruber is generally viewed as being Tanenbaum's "ghost writer."^[2] Wendy Walker and Espey Jackson are acknowledged in Malice.

Contents 1 Works in which Michael Gruber is credited 2 Other novels 3 Non-fiction 4 References

[edit] Works in which Michael Gruber is credited

• 1987 No Lesser Plea
• 1989 Depraved Indifference
• 1991 Immoral Certainty
• 1992 Reversible Error
• 1993 Material Witness - Murder of a professional basketball player, leads Karp to play pro ball. Birth of Lucy Karp.
• 1994 Corruption of Blood
• 1994 Justice Denied
• 1996 Falsely Accused
• 1997 Irresistible Impulse
• 1998 Reckless Endangerment - Roland is shot. An Arab plot to bomb the Haddassah building.
• 1999 Act of Revenge
• 2000 True Justice
• 2001 Enemy Within
• 2002 Absolute Rage
• 2003 Resolved - Vicious killer Felix Tighe escapes from prison with the help of Arab terrorists.

[edit] Other novels

• 2004 Hoax - Karp battles Andrew Kane, the powerful would-be Mayor of New York. Jojola and Ned introduced.
• 2005 Fury - An Al Qaeda plot to blow up Times Square on New Year's Eve. Introduces Karp's distant relatives in the Brighton Beach-based Russian mob.
• 2006 Counterplay
• 2007 Malice - An international conspiracy to assassinate a United States Senator, and to use a University supercomputer for criminal purposes is foiled by Karp and friends. Introduces Sons of Man and the Sons of Liberty Breakfast Club.
• 2008 Escape - The Sons of Man collaborate with a new terrorist leader, "The Sheik".
• 2009 Capture - The Sons of Man continue to try to take over the world.

[edit] Non-fiction

• The Piano Teacher: the true story of a psychotic killer
• Badge of the Assassin

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=473 Retrieved 2008-08-01.
2. ^ Snyder, Diane (March 2003). "A Killer Debut: Former Ghostwriter Michael Gruber Dredges Up Demons for Debut Thriller". Book Reviews. Romantic Times. http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?cameo=1&id=18583. Retrieved 2008-06-02. 

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