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"Escape" is a classic
en-counter between the forces of good and evil in human form
that asks, and answers, questions of how to deal with supposedly
"God-inspired" acts of murder and mayhem. In a riveting
trial of garish courtroom confrontations, newly elected New
York District Attorney Karp battles the "insanity of
the insanity defense," as he tries to make Jessica Campbell,
a rabble-rousing political science professor at NYU, pay for
the murder of her three children.
While Campbell claims that God told her to "send her
three children to Him," it is up to Karp to prove that
she was fully aware of the nature and consequences of her
actions. Meanwhile, an Islamic terrorist, The Sheik, and his
homegrown suicidal "jihadis" hatch a plan, a spectacular
outrage to occur in Manhattan's heartland, that if successful
could destroy the economy of the United States and the world.
Standing between the terrorist Sheik and his diabolical scheme
are Butch's wife, Marlene Ciampi, a private detective focused
on protecting women from abusers; the couple's daughter, Lucy,
who has joined a secretive anti-terrorist organization; and
a wonderfully eccentric-but effective-group of crime fighters
as has ever graced the pages of a book.
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