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)

As special read!!

Good plot. Different in its presentation/ Very well narated. Lets have more audios like this book.

Excellent listen

All Andy Carpenter series books are great and worth the listen. I have listened to all books in the series and love them all. The mix of wit, humor and drama are excellent. Just carefull when listening while working out you may laugh while lifting.

My favorite smart-aleck

After bailing out on my last two books I returned to a sure thing: my favorite smart-aleck lawyer. The plot is good, but what I really enjoy is the characterizations. This recording loses a half-star for truly wretched chapter music that made me want to break things.

Entertaining author

This is a fun read. Rosenfelt writes chuckle-out-loud commentary. The protagonist is a lawyer/detective who teams up with an ex-policewoman (attractive, of course.) I recommend all three of Rosenfelt's books, in chronological order.

Very Good Listen

The story really is intriguing and is "hard to put down".

The characters are interesting and the reader does a real good job on this one.

I Want the Unabridged

I put off buying and listening to this book as I really hate abridged versions. This series is so wonderful, I want to enjoy every morsel! Ergo, only four stars instead of five. The lss is more because it did not run smoothly because parts were left out. I am amazed authors would ever agree to aving thier work chopped up like this!!

David Rosenfelt is a talented writer, Grover Gardner compliments the authors wonderfully. I know I will not be dissappointed by either one of these components.

Short and sweet... entertaining and tense mystery.

While Andy is not a rough and tumble hard-boiled hero, he doesn't carry a sidearm, may seem to be a bit of a chicken heart, he is nonetheless a hero with great pluck and integrity, indefatigable in his resolve to seek and confront the truth and serve all those he has taken into his charge. this one may be more of a short story than a novel however it is filled with multiple twists and turns loop-de-loops, Cracker Jack ending and narration and a well plotted finale. even if it may appear to be a bit over-the-top it perfectly fits into Andy's life. I'm in for the next one for sure... 👍👍👍

Interesting Read

I found the book both interesting and funny. Very enjoyable and not a predictable ending!

fun but short

I do not like abridged versions so that's my reasoning for a less than 5 star rating.

Continues to entertain

This is the 6th book I’ve read in this series. Out of order until I discovered the series. Now I’m reading the old ones, but each is fine to stand alone. Grover Gardner is the best. The voice of Andy Carpenter. I found the music on this one very annoying. I hope others do not have this.