Always, always good when Andy Carpenter is working his legal magic, thanks to David Rosenfelt's wonderful imagination. ( )

Another fun one with Andy Carpenter. I liked the fish out of water stuff in Wisconsin, and the humor was entertaining as always. The ending was pretty rushed, and I wasn’t a big fan of the weird religion in Center City, but the book was still mostly a winner. ( )

The last thing Andy Carpenter expects is for his former girlfriend Laurie Collins to call him and ask him to defend a young man she has arrested for murder. But Andy, and Tara, are off to the wilds of Wisconsin to look into the case.

Jeremy Davidson is accused of murdering his girlfriend Elizabeth and her friend Sheryl and burying their bodies in his parents' yard within steps of his apartment in the family guesthouse. Laurie doesn't believe it and Andy has questions.

Teaming up with local attorney Calvin Marshall who is as snarky as Andy, the two try to find out about the two girls who were both residents of a very private and insular town near Findlay. No one in the town is willing to speak to either attorney. Even calling on the computer skills of Andy's friend Sam back home in New Jersey only gives them the barest hint of a way to proceed when he manages to give a possible name to Elizabeth's former boyfriend.

When Jeremy's home is firebombed, Laurie insists that Andy call in Marcus to provide protection for him. But the protection isn't expansive enough and Calvin winds up dead with a broken neck in a supposed car accident. Then, after agreeing to talk to Andy, the former boyfriend is found hanging in his motel room's bathroom after leaving a signed confession.

The confession is enough to get Jeremy's trial cancelled and get Jeremy released from jail, but Andy isn't satisfied. He still wants to find out who actually murdered Elizabeth and Sheryl and the boyfriend. His continued investigations manage to put both him and Laurie in peril.

I'm curious to see where this series goes next. Andy and Laurie have agreed to try a long-distance relationship since, while they love each other, their choices of places to live are incompatible. ( )

Always a good laugh with Andy Capenter books. In this installment he goes to defend a young client per Laurie's request at her hometown Findlay, WI where she is now Acting Chief of Police. ( )

Lawyer Andy Carpenter heeds the call of his former girlfriend who has moved to Wisconsin to be the sheriff there. Laurie is calling because a local boy is accused of murder and needs a good lawyer. The premise is weak but the story is good. I like Andy and his cast of characters but I'm ready for a story line that isn't half about his on again/off again Laurie thing. ( )