What could be better than to spend the first few days of the fall season with a new David Rosenfelt Andy Carpenter Mystery? In Dog Eat Dog (#1,006) Andy reluctantly acquires a new client when a man is arrested after saving a pug dog from a vicious beating witnessed by Andy and his wife Laurie. Matt Jantzen, it turns out, has a warrant for a double murder in Maine. Andy agrees to represent him at his extradition hearing, and that will be as far as it goes. Hah!
Since Matt doesn't have any money, and he did save Hunter, the pug (now in Andy & Laurie's custody) who else is going to represent him? Andy goes to Maine to find him an attorney to take over his defense. The State apparently has the goods on Matt with DNA found on one of the victims. Charlie Tilton is a local lawyer who agrees to work with Andy on the defense, but Andy is soon sucked into a world of drugs, militias and threats. Marcus Clark, the scariest man imaginable if he is not on your side is dispatched by Laurie to protect Andy and aid the investigation. The rest of the team gradually arrives on the scene to crack the case and more than a few lobster rolls in this entertaining mystery!
David Rosenfelt is now a Maine resident, and the places he mentions in this book are real - the Cod Cove Inn is every bit as lovely and welcoming as described here, and the lobster rolls are, in fact, ubiquitous! I can't wait to sample one or four myself next week when we visit. Fun to read about familiar places!
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