This series is my absolute favorite - Andy's sense of humor is what makes this series so great. I love the characters, especially the golden retrievers. I highly recommend this series to all mystery readers

I had not read any of David Rosenfelt's books before this. Thank you Netgalley for gifting me this book to read. I found the lead character Andy Carpenter a interesting and humorous character. I love the way a dog plays such a big part in the mystery too. I will be looking at more in this series.

I have loved Andy Carpenter and his cohorts from the beginning and this is no exception! If I’m ever falsely accused of a crime I hope it’s in Paterson and that Andy is available to take my case!

Thank you, thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book!

Don’t mess with a dog if Andy Carpenter is around!
When New Jersey attorney Andy Carpenter takes his dog Tara to the vet, Dr. Dowling asks for his advice. A man has dropped off a perfectly healthy dog and paid for him to be euthanized. As a caring veterinarian, Dr. Dowling can’t bring himself to kill the dog, but when he tries to contact him he discovers that the man has given him a false name. Dowling learns the real owner’s identity through a micro chip, only to find out that the man has just been murdered. The police soon arrest someone, but Andy thinks the accused did not commit the crime. Andy is a very reluctant lawyer, but he takes this case to free an innocent man and to find out who really did commit the murder… and try to kill a healthy dog.
Unlike many current-day protagonists in the mystery genre, Andy has a happy family, consisting of his wife Laurie, their adopted son Ricky, and Tara, his beloved golden retriever. Laurie is a retired police detective who is part of Andy’s legal team, which includes Marcus Clark, a private investigator and “the single scariest and toughest person on the planet, which is why I have structured it so that he reports to Laurie and not to me”, and Willie Miller. Willie has a black belt in karate, but “Marcus makes him look like a delicate flower”. Other members are Sam, his “cyber-investigative unit”, whose work Andy has found “to be both illegal and very helpful, not necessarily in that order, ” attorney Hike Lynch, and his secretary Edna, who is even more reluctant to work on cases, or anything else, than Andy is. Andy remarks that “Edna hasn’t done any actual work in years, unless one considers cashing checks to be work.”
Quirky they may be, but Rosenfelt’s characters come across as human. I was touched when Andy mentions the client’s grandmother to his clients, and the client responds, “Do you think it’s possible she believes I did this?....I don’t think I could live with that.”
Narrator Andy’s descriptions of his team give you a sense of Andy’s personality and the tone of the book. This personality is in full display in the courtroom scenes, to the delight of the readers but not of the judges Andy appears before.
The bad guys are pretty nasty, and this might be the nastiest case Andy has undertaken, but the overall tone keeps the book and the series well out of the noir genre.
What can I say about the nineteenth book in a series, besides the fact that I have read and thoroughly enjoyed them all? If you are new to the series, you can enjoy this book without reading any of the others, but I would suggest you read the first book, Open and Shut, to get the background for Andy’s team and their circumstances, after which you can enjoy them in any order. Let me assure the series’ many fans that Rosenfelt has not run out of interesting dog-related cases for Andy to solve and narrator Andy will doubtless never run out of his wry comments or courtroom antics. As a matter of fact, I see that the next Andy Carpenter, Dachshund Through the Snow, is scheduled to be published this fall. I, for one, will be dachshund off to read it!
My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance review copy of this book.

Andy and his crew are back to solve yet another baffling series of murders that all tie into one person. Love Rosenfelt's books - they're quick reads, packed with adventure and lots of humor tossed in.

Nobody can do irreverence like David Rosenfelt. I always look forward to constantly laughing out loud as I read his Andy Carpenter books. Aways the same great and funny cast of characters, good mystery, and best of all dogs!

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview Bark of Night by David Rosenfelt. All I can say is that Rosenfelt is one of my favorite authors. His books are layered with humor and great dialog.
This book is part of the Andy Carpenter series and this character is truly one of the best in this genre.

Andy loves dogs and his new client is a dog who was left at a vet's office to be put down. But the guy who signed this paperwork was a fraud and now he's dead. Andy must get to the bottom of this as the bodies start to pile up. Andy and his crew will have to work overtime to save a yoiung man's life while solving a case that seems to be complicated and riddled with holes.

Another hit by Rosenfelt - 5 stars.

Bark of Night is a fabulous book that is well written and has great characters. This is the first I have read in this series and I will read more. I have found a new favorite author.

I love Andy Carpenter. I've read every book that David Rosenfelt has written, but for some reason, this one didn't satisfy the way all of his others have. Maybe because I figured out what the bad guys were up to long before the reveal. Maybe because I finished this book rather quickly and thought to myself, "Huh? That's it?" I don't know.

How do I explain to those who have not read this author just how great his books are? Of course characters are extremely well-drawn, plots intricate and intelligent but it s much more than that. His main character's voices--whether in his Andy/Tara stories or his series of much more intense thrillers speak true. Witty and sardonic, self deprecating yet confident each plays a part in my hoping a new reader discovers Rosenfelt. There's nothing like reading and author for the first time and he/she becomes a favorite. I'll never true of his talent

Wow. Sometimes there simply are no words to adequately describe how enjoyable a book (or series) is for a reader. I continuously marvel at the 'Andy Carpenter' series by David Rosenfelt. He has become a rather prolific writer and the series just keeps getting better for it. BARK OF NIGHT is my favorite installment in this winning series. It's the type of great mystery we've come to expect but on a larger scale. The trademark whimsy is prominently featured and the great supporting cast of characters are all present. It's a win-win for the reader. The book is a delight. An all-star treasure from a creative mind. No other mystery in 2019 should be required reading in history classes across the land. The young scholars can learn about urban blight thanks to the mind of David Rosenfelt. And, once they stop laughing, they can discover the other marvelous books in the series. They'll be happy they did.

This book which contains legal drama and high stakes criminal investigation is the 19th in the Andy Carpenter series. This is only the 4th I have read, but I intend to read more. Narrated by Andy, I always enjoy his witty, sardonic sense of humour and his sarcastic thoughts and conversations.

Andy Carpenter is a defence lawyer. He prefers to spend time with his dog rescue foundation and with family and his 2 pet dogs Being independently wealthy, he only accepts legal cases if there is somehow a dog involved. The author. David Rosenfelt, the author of the series, also runs a dog rescue service, has over two dozen pet dogs, and has rescued 4,000 animals.

It is hard to resist the adorable dogs pictured on the covers, but be aware these are not relaxing, cozy mysteries, but are intricately plotted crime thrillers. They involve difficult and dangerous investigations by Andy, his wife, and friends and conclude with courtroom drama. The stories I have read feature mob violence, drug trafficking, criminal conspiracies, smuggling, gang-related murders and terrorism, within complicated plots.

This book begins with Andy taking his beloved pet, Tara, to the vet. He learns that a healthy French bulldog has been brought to the veterinary clinic to be euthanized by a man who presented himself as its owner. Andy rescues Truman, the French bulldog and is furious with the uncaring owner. It turns out that the man gave a false name, and the chip shows that the true owner was actually a documentary filmmaker who has been murdered. Andy finds himself defending a young man who has been charged with the film maker’s murder. This young man’s fingerprints are all over the house, and the murder weapon has been found in his backyard, and he was observed leaving the house on the night of the killing. Everything is pointing to the guilt of Andy’s client.

As Andy and his friends attempt to discover the identity of the man, now dead, who brought Truman to the vet, bodies start piling up, and they find scores of homeless me have died mysterious deaths elsewhere. They speculate that the motive for the film maker’s death was his discovery of a complex and far-reaching international conspiracy. Andy’s task is to tie together a complex thread of killings in order to defend his innocent client. Will he succeed and will the jury believe such a complicated story?

Many thanks to NetGalley and St.Martin’s Press for this enjoyable ARC.

Getting a new Andy Carpenter mystery is like having Christmas and my birthday all wrapped up in one. These books are my absolute favorite - Andy's wry sense of humor and ability to take what looks like a simple criminal case and peel the layers off of the onion make this a superior series. In this case the mystery begins, as it often does, with a dog. Andy's vet, Dr. Dowling, asks him what to do about a healthy dog who was brought in to be euthanized. When the doctor, who can't stand the thought of killing a healthy dog, finds a chip in the dog, it turns out that the dog belongs to a recent murder victim and that leads to Andy and his team wanting to know what happened to bring the dog to his potential doom, and finds Andy defending the local kid who is accused of the crime. It is such a pleasure to spend time with Andy, Laurie, Sam, Hike and Marcus and I can't wait to see what happens next with Andy.

“Bark of Night” is the a recurring character - Andy Carpenter who is a lawyer who would rather not try any cases or have anything to do with the law. He prefers spending his time with a rescue organization for dogs named after his beloved Tara- a golden retriever.
While Tara’s checkup the vet asks Andy if he could get his advice. A man had dropped off a French bulldog the night before asking that it be eithanized but when examined, the vet determines it is perfectly healthy and the chip does not match the name of the man who dropped off the dog.
Andy agrees to help and takes the dog to the Tara Foundation and is outraged at someone trying to kill a healthy dog. It turns out the dogs real owner had been murdered and Andy is dragged into yet another murder case.
This has most of the gang although only Marcus the huge, scary strongman is a presence throughout the story. Edna the secretary who like Andy would rather not work, Hike the partner who can find the dark lining in any cloud, Sam the IT guy who really wants to be an old fashioned gun shoe and Pete and Vince friends who are only too happy to meet at the local bar as long as Andy is paying.
I have read most of this author’s books and Andy’s snarky remarks and off beat humor is usually fun. This time it was a little overboard and I found myself annoyed instead of amused. The story moved smoother and was more enjoyable when it talked about the villains and the actual investigation.
For regular readers such as myself- some of the self deprecation is repetitive from previous books.
David Rosenfelt remains one of my favorite authors and I love Andy Carpenter, I would like a bit more story with a side of flippant sarcasm.
Thank you to #netgalley and # minotaurbooks fir the adnacr e-book in exchange for my honest opinion.