An abandoned border collie revives a child abduction case and the career
of a devoted defense attorney.
Andy Carpenter is an independently wealthy defense
attorney in Paterson, N.J. He's also an exasperating husband, a newly adoptive
father and a devoted animal lover. In Collared, the 14th installment in David Rosenfelt's dog-centric mystery
series, Andy and his crackerjack investigative team go back to work. This time,
a border collie with a limp is abandoned at the rescue shelter owned by Andy.
When the stray is scanned, the embedded identity chip reveals he is actually
Cody, a dog whose hair sample DNA proved the lynchpin in a prior kidnapping
case.
Who left the dog at the shelter and why? Andy and his cohorts--including his long-suffering wife, an ex-police officer--resurrect a three-year-old case involving Cody, whose owner was Jill Hickman. At the age of 35, Jill--a successful, single businesswoman--adopted a one-month-old child she named Dylan. When Hickman's nanny took Dylan and Cody for a walk, the nanny was brutally assaulted, and the child and the dog both disappeared. The "DNA dog," as Cody was nicknamed, ultimately led police to the suspected kidnapper--a once top employee from Hickman's company and also her former fiancé--who was found guilty of the crime, though Cody and Dylan remained missing. With Cody's re-emergence, hopes rise for all involved. Might Dylan, too, still be alive?
Short chapters and dialogue-driven prose are hallmarks of Rosenfelt's (Hounded) suspenseful, long-running series. This installment is crafted with an intriguing premise, witty recurrent characters and a well-conceived mystery that unravels with surprising twists.
Collared: An Andy Carpenter Novel by David Rosenfelt
Minotaur Books (Macmillan), $26.99 Hardcover, 9781250055354, 336 pages
Publication Date: July 18, 2017
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