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Hounded by David Rosenfelt

8/15/2014

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Genre: Legal Thriller
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I anxiously await the summer book releases, because I know that I will be spending time with Andy Carpenter.  Rosenfelt's characters never fail to make me chuckle.  Andy has my sarcastic sense of humor, and his interactions with a host of coworkers, friends, bad guys and animals are hilarious.  Hounded starts with a call from his cop buddy, Pete, with a request for Andy and his investigator/lady love, Laurie, to meet him at an unknown address.  Things heat up when Pete shows them a body and asks them to please take home the dead man's dog (a usual occurrence for Andy) and young son (not so usual) who was there when his father was murdered. Before Andy can turn him down, Pete is arrested for the murder of the child's father, ex-convict Danny Diza, who had been working as an informant for the police.

The story-lines in Rosenfelt's books are not what keeps the reader involved.  Please know, they are good...but not as good as his ability to build a character.  Each person becomes so familiar, that the reader starts to miss them all when the book comes to an end. Whether it is Edna, the game playing non working secretary; Willy, the wrongly convicted man who Andy freed from death row; Hike, his cynical, depressive partner or Laurie, the woman who helps keep him sane (to name a few ), they all feel genuine and ready to join the reader for dinner.  Andy's relationship with dogs is also a big part of his stories, and his dog, Tara, has to be the smartest character in the book.

Rosenfelt's  plots often seem familiar.  His investigative methods and his trial experiences are the same from book to book, but his fans never seem to mind.  Why fool around with a sure thing!  Sometimes there seems to be a few too many characters, but then again, there are that many more to love.  Honestly, even the negative aspects of this series turn out to be positives.

Do yourself a favor and take the time to meet Andy and the crew.  I promise they will put a smile on your face.

- Beverly


Publisher - Minotaur Books
Date of Publication - July 22, 2014
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