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New Tricks

David Rosenfelt
Grand Central Publishing (2009)
ISBN 9780446505871
Reviewed by Narayan Radhakrishnan for Rebecca's Reads (7/09)


Andy Carpenter has had a few strange clients over the years as a maverick defense attorney. But never in his wildest imagination did Andy think that he would get himself a client like Waggy. Waggy is a young mountain dog pup who is at the centre of a custody battle between its owner’s second wife and her stepson (son of the deceased). It all starts with the strange murder of a pharmaceutical bigwig named Walter Timmerman. And now the little puppy is the centre of attraction. The judge orders handing over the temporary custody to Andy. The day he collects the canine from Diane Timmerman she is murdered in a bomb blast. The opposite party, Steven Timmerman is accused of the crime and he asks Andy to represent him.

Andy now has his hands full. However, he gets the full co-operation of his best friend- the golden retriever Tara, who helps Andy raise Waggy. Help also comes in the form of Andy’s girlfriend police officer Laurie Collins. But when she also becomes a potential target of an assassin, Andy begins to realize that humans are not the targets, but the canine is.

What deadly secret does Waggy hold and why is everyone hell-bent to kill him?  With twists, double twists, triple twists and quadruple twists- the novel ends in a hilarious finish that’s well….pure Rosenfeltish.

I enjoyed "New Tricks" by David Rosenfelt a lot. With the legal thriller arena being dominated by serious action oriented novels by Grisham, Turow et al we occasionally need works like "New Tricks" so as not to take ourselves too seriously. Rosenfelt has taken this admirable decision and has carved out a neat niche for himself in the world of legal thrillers.

I highly recommend this book.

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