Bury the Lead

By: David Rosenfelt

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Northern New Jersey has a new local hero on its cultural crime turf. He's Andy Carpenter, the Paterson defense attorney who can sling a quip as fast as he can outmaneuver a snarling prosecutor. Acclaimed author David Rosenfelt's first novel was nominated for an Edgar Award. Now, in this new novel, the intrepid lawyer is thrust into the spotlight where he risks becoming a media victim...of the most fatal kind.

His streak of murder case acquittals made him a regular on cable talk shows. His recent $22 million inheritance bought him a dog rescue operation named the Tara Foundation after his own beloved golden retriever. Yet after turning down cases left and right, Andy Carpenter thinks he's facing a midlife crisis.

When a friend, a newspaper owner, calls in a favor and asks him to protect his star reporter, Andy is less than thrilled. His new client is Daniel Cummings, a journalist who is being used as a mouthpiece by a brutal serial killer. Things only get worse when Daniel is discovered near the body of the murderer's latest victim. And after Andy himself starts collecting anonymous death threats, he hears the news every defense lawyer dreads...and moves to within a dangerous keystroke of becoming tomorrow's obituary.

©2004 David Rosenfelt (P)2004 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A fun rollercoaster ride." (Publishers Weekly)
"The real charm of this series lies in the wit of its affable narrator, who is not about to let an ongoing capital trial keep him from walking his beloved golden retriever, betting the point spread, or losing on the stock market. Add to this a likable supporting cast and a low-key love interest, and you have the legal-thriller genre's waggish rejoinder to Anthony Bruno and Janet Evanovich. A sure bet." (Booklist)

Love his books

I love listening to these books. Andy is such a fun character and I enjoy the occasional laugh he gives me.

Great Story; Great Reader; God Awful Music

I like this series a lot. The reader is perfect. The plots are fun. It would be perfect if, at random times, the producers didn’t put in a piece of music reminiscent of Beverly Hills Cop. Exactly the same piece played twice each time. I’ll put up with it because the stories are so much fun, but producers, give us a break! Lose the terrible music!!!

I have come to enjoy this without & narrator

I like that there is a twist at the end. I also am fond of Grover Gardener. I listen while I paint.

Couldn't Stop Listening

very fast read. Engrossing and funny. Couldn't stop listening to it. Would recommend without hesitation.

wonkie2

Andy's quick wit had me laughing out loud. I didn't want to put it down. I certainly didn't see that twist comming at the end. I'm Looking forward to more from this author.

enjoyable and fun read

I loved this crime novel . Mr Rosenfeld's dry sense of humor was fantastic. I will read more in this series. Thanks for a witty and entertaining book! Mr. Gardner had great timing and great inflection. Thank you for making this so enjoyable.

Get Rid Of The Music!

This is a good book in most ways. But the music between chapters almost made me decide to stop listening to it. It is maddening. There is a little musical interlude (in itself unnecessary and jarring) but the thing repeats itself each time. So it's a double interlude. Way to ruin an otherwise fine story. Really good narration--but try to find a version without the musical chapter breaks.

David Rosenfelt is Clever

Bury the Lead is a clever well written book. I would listen again.

Bury the Lead

This is the 3rd "Andy Carpenter" book I have read and it is a fanastic read (listen). Rosenfelt is a masterful writer soon to be a national best seller of Grisham renown. I am eagerly awaiting his next work due out in May 2005

Good One

Nice Characters.
Interesting plot.
A world one would love to live in.
I am also looing for other books from the Author.