Unleashed

Andy Carpenter, Book 11

By: David Rosenfelt

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Winner, Mystery, 2014

Andy Carpenter's accountant, Sam Willis, receives a surprise call from Barry Price, a friend he hasn't spoken to in years. Barry needs Sam's financial acumen and Andy's legal expertise. But when Sam almost runs over an injured dog on the way to Barry's house, he can't drive off without waiting for help. By then, Barry's taken off on a private airplane headed to who-knows-where. Soon after they learn that Barry's plane has crashed, and they come to the terrifying realization that Sam was also supposed to have been killed on that plane. Barry was in far more serious trouble than either of them knew, and for Sam and Andy, the trouble is only beginning.

©2013 Tara Productions, Inc. (P)2013 Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"An exciting intrigue story of twists, turns, and the rehabilitation of a loyal canine friend, Unleashed (audio) is a treat for mystery lovers and dog lovers alike!" ( The Midwest Book Review)

Over Too Soon

Once again, another fun and lively Andy Carpenter novel with all our favorite characters. The thing in David's novels that always leaves me wanting more is all the humor they contain. I end up laughing out loud at many inappropriate moments. I highly recommend this book for anyone who likes their suspense mixed with laughter. There's no better author in this genre and this is still my favorite series by far.

Legal and Adventure with Humor

Very interesting with a lawyer who has a sense of humor and loves dogs.
Good book that does not drag on. I really enjoy the trial and search for answers.
Helps if you read in order of dates books were written.

Another David Rosenfelt Homerun!

Author David Rosenfelt does it again: a blockbuster exciting novel featuring dry-humored attorney Andy Carpenter. Highly recommended!

light & funny -- typical Andy Carpenter

cute storyline & funny glibs throughout the book. As always the author delivers with easy to follow murder -- great book for road trip listening

A fun murder mystery with a lucky dog

Unleashed is a fun murder mystery about a lawyer getting in way over his head, a lucky dog, and a terrorist plot. The narrator is perfect for the role.

Andy Carpenter the greatest 😆

Once again Andy Carpenter and his team solve a crime that goes far beyond the defense of one client. It can get a little far fetched, but is always a mystery to be solved and very entertaining. Love the humor thrown in!

Awesome as always

I wish they would make this a series,but not change a word or characters. I look forward to the next book.

Twistiest Yet!

If you like Andy Carpenter told through Grover Gardner's tongues... Yes tongues... There's a different one for every character... and you're charmed by Tara... And... and... plots that twist like a Golden Retriever at play... This book's perfect. I'd say it's Rosenfelt's best in this series but...damn... I say that every time!

Warning, start the Andy Carpenter books with "Open & Shut"... You'll thank me for the advice.

Not one of the best, but still good reading

First a confession - I think the Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt is just plain terrific. This comes from a person who has been reading mysteries - starting with Sherlock Holmes - for 6 decades. I've read literally thousands of mysteries, and I put Andy Carpenter and company right in the top group. Good writing, good characters, interesting mysteries, an ensemble cast - just as important in a book series as in any form of entertainment - and wit. Love the wit. This one seems a little less together than usual - which still makes it a must read - don't pass it by - but do get all the others as well.

And Grover Cleveland the reader - I could write a sonnet about his reading of this series. Absolutely perfect. Doesn't miss a beat, and I can't imagine anyone else speaking with Carpenter's voice. He is 10 stars out of 5 - one of the very best combinations of reader and story I've heard - did I forget to mention how many mysteries I've heard on audio books (including, for those young'uns amongst us, on tape?} hundreds - not as many as I've read in book form, but plenty.

Unfortunately, David Rosenfelt seems hellbent on writing non-series mysteries and they are really not good. They lack everything that makes the Carpenter series terrific - the writing is stale and unsure, the mysteries are either transparent, or so contrived they are annoying, and the characters are made of cardboard. I applaud efforts to grow and expand - but I really do wish his publishers would do him the courtesy of not publishing these books until he gets a grip on writing them. Meanwhile, better he spend more time writing Andy Carpenter books, instead of what he did here, which was dash one off quickly. This is obvious when reading it - but even then it beats the non-series books by miles. And it beats quite a number of other mystery books by even more miles.

I challenge anyone to read 2 Andy Carpenter books - saying this to be on the safe side, I was hooked after reading one - and not become a fan.

Worth waiting for this book to come out!

This was one of the best, and I have enjoyed all the Andy Carpenter series. There is a little bit of everything a good mystery should include, but without the graphic, unnecessary foul language so many other American writers dump in. Thanks, Rosenfelt!