Sudden Death
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.73 (637 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000ANSOBE |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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I'm not sure why I've never been here before. Andy's first-person wit seizes the reader's attention on the opening page: "I'm in Los Angeles. After Schilling is arrested for Preston's murder, Andy reluctantly agrees to defend the athlete as a favor to a friend, but soon his investigation turns up other suspects, putting his own life in jeopardy. Edgar-finalist Rosenfelt scores another touchdown with his fourth Andy Carpenter novel (after 2004's Bury the Lead) and proves he's in the game to stay. (May 10)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Troy Preston is one very dead Jets wide receiver, and Kenny Schilling,
"Bury the Lead, was published in Mysterious Press hardcover in 6/04, and was a "Today show Book Club Pick chosen by Janet Evanovich.- "First Degree (Mysterious Press, 5/03) won raves from national publications, including "Entertainment Weekly, and starred reviews from both "Kirkus Reviews and "Publishers Weekly.- The author's debut novel. "Open and Shut (Mysterious Press, 2002), was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was praised in the "New York Times.- David Rosenfelt's previous three books were Featured Alternates of The Mystery Guild," with foreign rights sold in Bulgaria, France, Germany, and Japan.. - David Rosenfelt's previous novel
Alice said Fantastic. The Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt is one of our favorite of all time. We're old so we can listen to them over and over [and forget details so it's mostly new again]. These mysteries are full of humor and edge of your seat action, loving romance and quick thinking. They're like old Humphrey Bogart movies and we enjoy them thoroughly because there is creative dialog, suspense, love, heroism and laughter. Highly recommend this book and the whole Andy Carpenter series.. "Good characters, pace and humor." according to D. Steiner. Series mysteries often suffer from first chapter exposition, but Rosenfelt at least tries to spread it out rather than lumping it all in the first ten pages. The thing I like best about this series is its sense of humor, even when dealing with murder. Here we have another client who seems to have done it, and the book is essentially about the struggle to overcome what looks to be a hopeless cause. But along the way we meet some new characters and enjoy meeting old ones. And, like so many others, our hero . "Andy Carpenter takes on another high profile case" according to Patto. Kenny Shilling, running back for the Giants, is accused is accused of killing Troy Preston, wide receiver for the Jets. The evidence is strong against Kenny.The nice thing about this case is that it gives Andy entry into the inner circle of NFL football. The bad thing is that Andy's not sure Kenny is innocent. He prefers to defend innocent clients.This is one of Andy's most challenging cases. And his powers of concentration are undermined by his anxiety over his girlfriend, Laurie, who's considering movin