Escape - Paperback

Robert K. Tanenbaum is the author of thirty-three books--twenty-nine novels, featuring Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi, and four nonfiction books: Badge of the Assassin, The Piano Teacher, Echoes of My Soul, and Coal Country Killing. He is one of the most successful prosecuting attorneys, having never lost a felony trial and convicting hundreds of violent criminals. He was a special prosecution consultant on the Hillside strangler case in Los Angeles and defended Amy Grossberg in her sensationalized baby death case. He was Assistant District Attorney in New York County in the office of legendary District Attorney Frank Hogan, where he ran the Homicide Bureau, served as Chief of the Criminal Courts, and was in charge of the DA's legal staff training program. He served as Deputy Chief Counsel for the Congressional Committee investigation into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tanenbaum also served two terms as mayor of Beverly Hills and taught Advanced Criminal Procedure for four years at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. He has conducted continuing legal education (CLE) seminars for practicing lawyers in California, New York, and Pennsylvania. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended the University of California at Berkeley, on a basketball scholarship, where he earned a BA and received his law degree (JD) from UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law.