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The Manipulator
Tom Berte Legal Thriller (Related to this series)
- Author
- Dan Buzzetta
- Narrator
- Gary Bennett
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 19 August 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Thomas Berte, a Harvard-educated attorney at the peak of his career with a corporate law firm, is catapulted into the legal battle of a lifetime when the US Attorney General offers him the position of Deputy Attorney General. Though a testament to his meteoric rise in the legal field, this career jump seems too good to be true.
Accepting the role, Tom is charged with a daunting task: bring down Cosimo "Nino" Benedetto, the enigmatic leader of an international crime syndicate. But as he digs deeper into his new responsibilities at the Department of Justice, Tom uncovers a disturbing connection between his former law firm—a bastion of his past achievements—and the very underworld empire he's determined to dismantle.
Blackmailed into betraying his principles, Tom is forced to question the foundations of his career and the legal system he has sworn to uphold. The chase for Benedetto becomes a personal crusade, challenging Tom's intellect, ethics, and resolve. This mission, fraught with life-threatening risks and shadowy adversaries, becomes not just a professional endeavor but a pivotal moment of reckoning.
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Details
- Author
- Dan Buzzetta
- Narrator
- Gary Bennett
- Duration
- 9 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9798331944629
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Political / legal thriller, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
When the scales of justice are tipped, a lawyer's brilliance is put to the test.Thomas Berte, a Harvard-educated attorney at the peak of his career with a corporate law firm, is catapulted into the legal battle of a lifetime when the US Attorney General offers him the position of Deputy Attorney General. Though a testament to his meteoric rise in the legal field, this career jump seems too good to be true.Accepting the role, Tom is charged with a daunting task: bring down Cosimo "Nino" Benedetto, the enigmatic leader of an international crime syndicate. But as he digs deeper into his new responsibilities at the Department of Justice, Tom uncovers a disturbing connection between his former law firm—a bastion of his past achievements—and the very underworld empire he's determined to dismantle.Blackmailed into betraying his principles, Tom is forced to question the foundations of his career and the legal system he has sworn to uphold. The chase for Benedetto becomes a personal crusade, challenging Tom's intellect, ethics, and resolve. This mission, fraught with life-threatening risks and shadowy adversaries, becomes not just a professional endeavor but a pivotal moment of reckoning.
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