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Open and Shut

By: David Rosenfelt
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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 Whether dueling with new forensics or the local old boys' network, irreverent defense attorney Andy Carpenter always leaves them awed with his biting wit and winning fourth-quarter game plan.

But the fun stops the day Andy's dad, Paterson, New Jersey's legendary ex-DA, drops dead in front of him at a game in Yankee Stadium. The shocks pile on as he discovers his dad left him with two unexpected legacies: a fortune of $22 million that Andy never knew existed...and a murder case with enough racial tinder to burn down City Hall.

Struggling to serve justice and bring honor to his father, Andy must dig up some explosive political skeletons - and an astonishing family secret that can close his case (and his mouth) for good.

Crack another case with Andy Carpenter.©2002 David Rosenfelt (P)2008 Listen & Live Audio, Inc. Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Thriller Law Witty Game

Critic Reviews

"As soon as readers finish this remarkable first novel, they will begin clamoring for a second Andy Carpenter adventure." ( Booklist)
"Brisk dialogue, careful plotting, and solid spadework." ( Kirkus Reviews)

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Feel goodest feel good !

David Rosenfelt's Andy Carpenter series.
I am sharing my favourite upbeat books - laugh all the way through .. maybe snigger .. but what a joy.
Start with Open and Shut. ( audible Note )

Andy is a reluctant Lawyer, based in Paterson, New Jersey. (a la Bob Dylan's Hurricane "In Paterson that's just the way things go") Lots of NJ vernacular.

He is an avid sports fan and is a self-effacing smart-arse. He is an animal lover who saves both dogs and men from death row. His Golden Retriever Tara helps him to solve cases and win battles in the courtroom in this amazing legal thriller series.

He is very funny .. the stories have great amusing characters, especially his "team" he enlists when he reluctantly takes on a new case.

Grover Gardner reads them all.

Uplifting ?? Dogs are a real theme, as David Rosenfelt, (whom I have had a few banters with on facebook a few times), and Andy rescue dogs with Willie who we meet in the first book. I encourage reading them in order. The titles have names like.. Bury the Lead/Play Dead/One Dog Night/New Tricks/Collared ....last 3 Xmas books were The Twelve Dogs of Christmas/Dachshund Through the Snow/ Silent Bite('20) Note Gayle Knowles dogs ?

Warnings:

1. Very Addictive, more-ish (think cashews & chocolate bullets)

2. They are short (300pg 6-8hrs)

3. Constant giggles will annoy people

4. Muzzled is #21 coming 2020

All I have referred love them, let me know if you get into it.

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