Flop Dead Gorgeous: An Andy Carpenter Mystery

David Rosenfelt

Jul 2023 · An Andy Carpenter Novel Book 27 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Grover Gardner

About this audiobook

"Listening to Grover Gardner narrating a David Rosenfelt novel is like sliding into favorite slippers at the end of a long day: One feels the joyful gratification of a perfect fit." —AudioFile on Bark of Night

Lights, camera, action in bestselling author David Rosenfelt’s Flop Dead Gorgeous, as Andy Carpenter goes bicoastal to prove an old friend’s innocence.

Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter remembers every dog that’s come through the Tara Foundation’s doors, but the most well-known alum of the dog rescue organization that Andy founded in Paterson, New Jersey, may be Mamie. Adopted by famous actress Jenny Nichols—Andy’s high school girlfriend—the miniature French poodle is now practically a starlet in her own right.

Andy doesn’t hold it against his friend. In fact, he and his wife, Laurie, have dinner with Jenny while she’s in town filming her next big hit. But after an eventful meal, there’s a plot twist the next morning that none of them see coming: Jenny’s costar is found dead, a knife in his back. It’s not long before Jenny is arrested for the murder and finds herself in need of Andy’s legal services.

While Mamie becomes reacquainted with Tara, Andy’s golden retriever, Andy digs into the lives of the rich and famous.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

Ratings and reviews

I listened tot he audio version of this book narrated by Grover Gardner. His narration was perfection for this book. He has a very dry delivery of the sarcastic puns that are sprinkled throughout this book. His voice sounds like that found in an old detective show with a gravelly grumble to it. So good! The story was a fast paced crime book that takes place through the eyes of Andy Carpenter. A movie star that he dated way back in high school (by the way...did he mention that in passing?) is accused of murder while she's back in their home town. It is up to Andy to investigate and then present the case in court. I really enjoyed the sarcastic comments Andy makes about walking the dogs. (Again, the narrator pulled that dry tone off perfectly). If I was a dog, I would want walks to start and end with meals with snacks along the way also! Nothing wrong with that. Very fun audiobook. Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the gifted copy. All thoughts are my own.

About the author

DAVID ROSENFELT is the Edgar-nominated and Shamus Award-winning author of more than twenty Andy Carpenter novels, including Holy Chow; several stand-alone thrillers; non-fiction titles; and several K Team novels, a new series featuring some of the characters from the Andy Carpenter series. After years of living in California, he and his wife moved to Maine with twenty-five of the four thousand dogs they have rescued.