Bury the Lead
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4.3 • 276 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The hero of Rosenfelt's previous novels, Edgar-nominated Open and Shut, and First Degree, Andy Carpenter returns to prove the innocence of a reporter accused of being a serial killer.
Defense attorney Andy Carpenter has been successfully avoiding taking on new cases until his sometime friend and newspaper owner Vince Sanders, calls and asks him for a favor. Daniel Cumming, Vince's star reporter, is being used as the mouthpiece for a brutal serial killer. He has been cooperating with the police but Vince wants to make sure both the newspaper and Daniel are protected. Andy thinks the case will be a piece of cake...until Daniel is found unconscious in the park next to the killer's latest victim. Daniel claims he intended to stop the murder but the police arrest him. A reluctant Andy plunges himself into the case. And as he learns more about Daniel's shady background he begins to wonder how deadly the truth might be.
Customer Reviews
Andy is one clever dude.
Dude’s clever that’s for sure. Well written story, all tied up and a hell of an entourage. Support characters make Andy a complete man. Rosenfelt makes me giggle at the self effacing Andy…definitely a man who knows how to pick his friends. A real gift.
Bury the Lead
David Rosenfelt has so much going for him: a deft style; a functioning imagination thar creates a story line and remains in control of it; protagonists with whom he has a mutual respect and affection; antagonists everybody loves to hate; a bit of sex and romance; a delightful sense of humor; and dogs. He writes good mysteries that are fun to read. He's not particularly cerebral, but he by no means writes a weak story.
Bury the Lead was only my second of his novels, but I enjoyed it as much as I did the first one and am pleased to see there are more.
He knows how to use the language to his advantage, too, and didn't make me feel the need to correct his grammar or punctuate his sentences.
Fun
Great story. Loads of humor and good surprise ending. What more could you ask in a book