Andy Carpenter is an independently wealthy defense attorney who takes only the cases that really interest him. If a dog is connected to the case, he is interested. In this case, Billy Zimmerman, an army veteran who lost his leg in Iraq, returned to the US after his injury, only to find that his police job wasn't waiting for him anymore. He was able to keep Milo, the beloved police dog he'd worked with, now that Milo was considered too old for police work. Billy trained Milo to work a few thefts with him to survive. But when Billy found his former Army commander acting suspiciously and chose to send Milo after him to get an envelope out of his hands, the Army commander was shot by someone else and Milo took off with the envelope. Billy waited with the dead man, only to be arrested for his murder.Andy Carpenter first took the case to protect the dog, and later Billy. What looks like a revenge murder (Billy supposedly killing his commander because he thought the commander cost him his leg in Iraq) turns into an international intrigue with several murders and something big on the horizon that must be stopped, if only Andy's team (and the FBI) could figure out what it is.
I've found Andy Carpenter mysteries to be fast-paced reads; some chapters with Andy's first person accounts and others with a third person description of other events to add background and suspense.
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