Holy Chow: An Andy Carpenter Mystery

David Rosenfelt

Jul 2022 · An Andy Carpenter Novel Book 25 · Sold by Minotaur Books

About this ebook

In Holy Chow, the next mystery from bestselling author David Rosenfelt, the beloved characters—both human and canine—of this fan favorite series are back on the case with the author’s trademark wit and humor.

Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter’s calling has always been running the Tara Foundation. The dog rescue organization places hundreds of dogs in new homes every year. It’s added up to so many dogs and new owners that Andy can’t even do the math. But there’s one dog—and one owner—Andy will always remember.

About a year ago, Rachel Morehouse came to the foundation looking for a companion. In her sixties and recently widowed, Rachel wanted a senior dog that also needed someone. Andy took a liking to her, Rachel took a liking to Lion, an older Chow Chow, and the rest is history.

That is, until Rachel calls Andy begging for a favor: If Rachel dies, will Andy take care of Lion if her stepson cannot? Andy agrees, no questions asked, and promptly forgets about it... until he receives a call from Rachel’s estate to attend her will reading. Which is where he meets Rachel’s stepson, Tony, who is promptly arrested for his stepmother’s murder. And he wants Andy to prove his innocence.

Andy has continued to learn more about the woman he so greatly admired and the businesses she ran, and holy chow, was this woman impressive. The person who killed her deserves to be held accountable, and if Tony is to be believed, they’re still out there. And that possibility is too much for Andy to remain on the sidelines.

Ratings and reviews

laugh-out-loud, law-enforcement, lawyers, murder, murder-investigation, teamwork, money-laundering, family, falsely accused, family-dynamics, friendship, senior-citizens, computer-nerd, dogs, chow-dog, courtroom-drama, situational-humor, verbal-humor, snark-fest, fast-pace, thriller***** This is NOT an unbiased review! I love the Andy Carpenter and K-Team books! The stories are imaginative, somewhat plausible, totally engaging, and off-set reality. This one centers on the case of a man who goes to the lawyer's office for the reading of a will and winds up in custody for first degree murder of the deceased. It gets really crazy from then on with the exposure of murders that were initially deemed accidental or suicide, money laundering, and even some really bad actors that the Feds are extremely happy to remove from society. This series can easily be read out of order or just drop in anywhere and have a good read while laughing your sox off! Andy Carpenter is a wise-mouthed lawyer who can afford to take semi-retirement by only representing innocent clients while supporting an animal shelter. Add in that his wife is no longer law enforcement but works as his private investigator and more and you have the baseline for these convoluted mysteries. There are many other people who help Andy find out what the truth really is and make it courtroom admissible, including a crew of senior citizen hackers who don't work Friday evenings and bake wonderful goodies! Cackled my way through the whole thing! I requested and received a free e-book copy from St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books via NetGalley. Thank you! I will definitely get the audio when it comes out.

About the author

DAVID ROSENFELT is the Edgar-nominated and Shamus Award-winning author of more than twenty Andy Carpenter novels, including One Dog Night, Collared, and Deck the Hounds; its spinoff series, The K-Team; the Doug Brock thriller series, which starts with Fade to Black; and stand-alone thrillers including Heart of a Killer and On Borrowed Time. Rosenfelt and his wife live in Maine with an ever-changing pack of rescue dogs. Their epic cross-country move with 25 of these dogs, culminating in the creation of the Tara Foundation, is chronicled in Dogtripping.