Dog eat dog / David Rosenfelt.
Record details
- ISBN: 1250257123 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781250257123 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781250257123
- ISBN: 1250257123
- Physical Description: pages cm.
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2021.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, work to free a man who risked it all to help a dog in need Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his wife, Laurie, enjoy walking their dogs, Tara and Sebastian. By this point in their marriage, it's routine. When out for one of their strolls, their simple ritual isn't so simple anymore. Across the street, a man is mistreating his dog. Three things happen at once: Andy yells, Laurie runs to stop the abuse, and so does a closer passerby, who so thoroughly beats the owner that both are arrested when the cops arrive. Andy scoops up the dog and takes him to the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization that's always been his true passion. Meanwhile, at the police station, the passerby is identified as Matthew Jantzen, and he's wanted for murder. Andy and Laurie are struck by the fact that Jantzen, a man on the run, would nevertheless intervene to help a dog, and decide to find out more. Dog Eat Dog, the twenty-second installment in the Andy Carpenter series, features the charming cast of characters - old and new - that David Rosenfelt is known for and the dogs that accompany them"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Available copies
- 34 of 34 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 34 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | FIC ROS Andy Carpenter Bk.23 (Text) | 33430147657944 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
BookList Review
Dog Eat Dog : An Andy Carpenter Mystery
Booklist
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Matt Jantzen was born to be a macguffin. Viewed one way, he's what the story's about; viewed from another perspective, he's just a plot function. Here he happens along in time to be a function in Rosenfelt's latest Andy Carpenter canine-focused rumble. Jantzen is nearby when a man begins torturing his dog. He coldcocks the rat, the cops arrive, and it's Jantzen they haul away. The scene is observed by dog-loving, work-hating, filthy rich Andy, who offers to help when Jantzen, out of the blue, is accused of home invasion and double murder. Inescapable evidence: his DNA is on the scene. Much fine tension is created when Andy faces the truth: however brilliant his defense, there's that DNA. Too bad the author didn't work with this challenge; instead he concocts a scenario of drug dealers and right-wing loonies who add nothing and slow the story down. They're interchangeable bores: "Stokan told Marcus that Carmody and Donnelly were not Charkin's suppliers." Fortunately things come right for some stunning deduction and courtroom flash, and Andy, blessedly, keeps his cool-to-be-dumb act, the bane of the earlier novels, out of sight.
Library Journal Review
Dog Eat Dog : An Andy Carpenter Mystery
Library Journal
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New Jersey lawyer Andy Carpenter and his wife Laurie are walking their dogs when they see one man trying to stop another from beating his dog. The two men fight, then the police arrive and arrest them both. Matt Jantzen, the dog's rescuer, turns out to be wanted for a double murder in Maine. He can't get a lawyer to take the seemingly open-and-shut case, so Andy agrees to represent Matt as a fellow dog lover. One victim was a friend of Matt's ex-girlfriend; the other was her boyfriend, a member of an antigovernment militia who dabbled in drugs. Police say Matt's DNA is on the victims, but he claims to know nothing about it. Andy, Laurie, and the rest of their crew of investigators have their work cut out for them exploring all the possible motives; a series of threats against them only complicates matters. VERDICT Fans of the "Andy Carpenter" series will enjoy this 23rd outing featuring the talented but reluctant advocate (after Silent Bite), as will fans of brisk, dog-filled mysteries in general.--Dan Forrest, Western Kentucky Univ. Libs., Bowling Green
Publishers Weekly Review
Dog Eat Dog : An Andy Carpenter Mystery
Publishers Weekly
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Early in Edgar finalist Rosenfelt's enjoyable 23rd Andy Carpenter mystery (after 2020's Silent Bite), the semi-retired Paterson, N.J., defense attorney is enjoying a stroll with his wife, Laurie, and their dogs when they see a man kicking a pug on a leash. They rush to the rescue, but another bystander, Matt Jantzen, gets to the man first and saves the pug after a brief fight. The police arrive and take the pug's owner and Matt into custody, and Matt is soon arrested for the double murder of Peter Charkin and his girlfriend in Maine two years earlier. Though DNA found underneath Charkin's fingernails matches Matt's, Matt asserts his innocence, and Andy decides to represent him in court. Andy travels to Maine, where he discovers Charkin had dangerous ties to drug dealers and a quasi terrorist militia group. Laurie and her partners from her investigation group, the K Team, later lend assistance. Unpredictable yet credible plot twists, along with Andy's dry sense of humor and wit, keep the pages turning. Longtime fans and newcomers alike will have fun. Agent: Robin Rue, Writers House. (July)