David Rosenfelt"s latest Andy Carpenter mystery Who Let the Dog Out? (#523) goes beyond a simple whodunit? Of course there's a dog: in this case Cheyenne is a shepherd mix who's dognapped from the Tara Foundation Shelter. Since Andy and his partner Willie have attached GPS units to all their dogs' collars, it seems a simple matter to track Cheyenne's current location via the chip. They had called in their friend Pete Stanton from the police to lend some legal backing in case there's a problem reclaiming the dog from her abductor. It's a good thing Pete is there when Andy discovers Cheyenne sitting beside a gruesomely murdered body.
The questions come thick and fast, and before Andy knows it, he finds himself with a new client - Tom Infante. The police have found a knife buried in his backyard, but Infante insists he didn't murder the victim. If he didn't, who did? And why had Gerald Downey kidnapped Cheyenne just before his brutal murder? When Andy learns who Cheyenne's real owner is, the case suddenly gets a lot more interesting.
Rosenfelt's plotting, and the humorous interplay among his established characters are a pleasure to read. Not to mention the dogs! I devoured this one in one sitting.
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