In Andy Carpenter’s household, the Christmas season lasts from Halloween to February due to the insistence of his Yuletide-loving wife, Laurie. While Andy grumbles, he mostly doesn’t mind. In fact, he’s downright feeling the holiday spirit as December rolls around and one of the employees at his dog rescue, the Tara Foundation, asks for his…
If you’re looking to have yourself a crime-filled little Christmas—at least in terms of your reading—then here are a few recently published books that offer up a dash (or a dollop!) of mayhem, mischief, and murder to go along with the requisite merriment and mistletoe. An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed By Helene Tursten …
Best in Snow by David Rosenfelt is a Christmas mystery and the 24th book in the Andy Carpenter series, where the lawyer and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Twenty-four books in and the Andy Carpenter Mystery series…
Chapter 1 LISA Yates was trying to live normally. That’s what she was telling herself, although the truth was that she was merely trying to appear as if nothing was wrong. That was not easy to do, because something was very wrong, and there was no longer anything normal about her life. Lisa Yates…
Chapter 1 “This is Terry Banner asking you to remember that you heard it here first.” The red light went off, telling Banner with certainty that he was no longer on the air. He took out his earpiece, removed his microphone, opened his shirt collar, and removed his tie. He hated ties; if the inventor…
Muzzled by David Rosenfelt is the 21st book in the Andy Carpenter series, where the semi-retired lawyer takes on the case of a supposed dead man who returns looking for his dog only to be charged with blowing up the boat he allegedly died on. Andy Carpenter is, first and foremost, a dog lover. If he…
Fresh from the latest in David Rosenfelt’s superlative Andy Carpenter series comes a brand new spin-off featuring the investigative unit Laurie and Marcus decided to found at the end of Dachshund Through The Snow. The K Team is both the name of their little squad, as well as the title of the debut novel in…
The K Team by David Rosenfelt is the first in a new series—a spinoff of the much-beloved Andy Carpenter mysteries—about a dynamic new investigative team featuring a determined former cop and his loyal German Shepherd. Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, Simon Garfunkel, have recently retired from the police force. Not ready to give up…
I honestly don’t know how David Rosenfelt does it. He puts out two to three mysteries a year and each one is terrific. I should know: I’ve read five of the six books he’s published since mid-2017 as they came out and each is an intelligent, hilarious page-turner. This twentieth book in the Andy Carpenter…
Dachshund Through the Snow by David Rosenfelt is the 20th book in the Andy Carpenter series, where lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, can’t say no to helping young Danny and his dachshund, Murphy, reunite with family in time for Christmas—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his wife, Laurie,…
