Book Review: Open and Shut (as a downloadable audiobook)

Open and Shut

by David Rosenfelt (downloadable audiobook)

Defense Attorney Andy Carpenter is known in the courtroom for his dramatic and unusual style. Judges groan when they learn they are going to be hearing a case with him as the attorney. Andy doesn’t mind being a pain to people, he would rather spend time with his golden retriever Tara (the smartest dog on the planet, in Andy’s opinion), than people anyway. When Andy’s ex-D.A. father asks him to take an appeal case that he himself tried years ago, Andy thinks it is a little odd, but agrees. Andy’s father then dies and leaves Andy $22 million dollars that Andy did not know he had. Andy must figure out if the money and the case are connected. With some lighthearted humor thrown in, this was an entertaining read, and in my opinion the series gets better with the following books as readers become more familiar with the characters (this is the first book — out of 20 so far — in the Andy Carpenter series).

[ official Open and Shut page on the official David Rosenfelt web site ]

Note: Marie P. has left the Lincoln City Libraries and now works for the Council Bluffs Public Library. We asked her to share one final review with our Staff Recommendations page before she left!

Recommended by former Lincoln City Libraries staff member Marie P.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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