Defense attorney Andy Carpenter receives a call from a good friend of his who is a cop, to come to a crime scene and to be sure to bring his girlfriend Laurie. At the crime scene, they learn that an eight-year old boy named Ricky was upstairs in his house when his dad, Danny, was shot. The boy is now orphaned. They learn that Pete, the cop, had arrived just moments after the murder, after receiving a text, ostensibly from Danny, who was a friend of his. Now Pete is accused of the murder. He pleads for Andy and Laurie to care for Ricky and his Basset hound while they also investigate the murder and defend him in court.When Pete and Andy hear that Danny had recently fingered Pete as a drug dealer, they don't believe that Danny did so willingly. Andy and Laurie get to work, along with their team, locating information to use in Pete's defense for the trial. What follows is one of the most engaging mysteries I've read, filled with humor and multiple surprises.
Rosenfelt's Andy Carpenter Mystery series was not on my radar until now; this is the 12th book in a series that's grown to 18.
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