Publishers Weekly
01/16/2023
In Edgar finalist Rosenfelt’s appealing fourth K Team novel (after 2022’s Citizen K-9), the K Team—retired police detective Corey Douglas and other PIs who consult on cold cases for the Paterson, N.J., PD—look into the execution-style murder of police detective Danny Avery. Despite a lack of evidence, Corey is certain there’s a link between this case and the subsequent deaths of Danny’s mentor, former detective Jimmy Dietrich, and Danny’s wife, who were both killed on Jimmy’s boat. No one was ever arrested for this latter case, and cop gossip put the deaths down to a murder suicide, with Jimmy pulling the trigger. The K Team’s investigations lead Corey down a rabbit hole as the list of deaths and suspects grows, and no one is who they claim to be. The complicated, fair play mystery presents just the right amount of difficulty for the keen-eyed reader to solve. Corey’s musings and digressions on such topics as marriage and dogs add to the charm, as does Corey’s German shepherd partner, Simon Garfunkle (also retired), who acts like a real dog and only once jumps at someone threatening his master’s life. Rosenfelt reliably entertains. Agent: Robin Rue, Writers House. (Mar.)
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Praise for Good Dog, Bad Cop
“Good Dog, Bad Cop continues [Rosenfelt’s] blend of mystery + dogs + humor, resulting in a great summer read.” –National Examiner
“An entertaining and funny series.” –Toronto.com
“Filled with action and a web of intrigue, [Good Dog, Bad Cop] once again demonstrates Rosenfelt's ability to juggle many trails that inevitably lead to the heart of the criminal enterprise.” –Bookreporter.com
“Appealing. . . The complicated, fair play mystery presents just the right amount of difficulty for the keen-eyed reader to solve.” –Publishers Weekly
“The real star here is no-nonsense Simon Garfunkel, whose tussles with people who offend his sense of what's right are worth the price of admission.” –Booklist
Praise for David Rosenfelt and The K Team novels
"The K Team makes a strong companion to Rosenfelt’s ongoing series and it should be fighting crime for many novels." —Associated Press
“Corey serves as an investigator and narrator every bit as ebullient as Andy and a lot more diligent . . . If you liked Rosenfelt's rollicking previous series, you'll like this one too.” — Kirkus Reviews
APRIL 2023 - AudioFile
Fred Berman resumes his narration of Rosenfelt's K Team series, lighthearted stories about private investigators and their trusty retired police dog who are hired by the police department of Patterson, New Jersey to solve cold cases. In this installment, retired detective Corey Douglas is determined to prove that his mentor, a former police investigator, was murdered. Berman portrays Douglas's street savvy and integrity while showcasing the humor and camaraderie Douglas shares with his team. Berman also capably delivers favorite characters from the crossover Andy Carpenter series. Conversations between Douglas and his quick-thinking wife, Laurie, are clearly delivered, and the occasional interjections from the series heavy, Marcus, are delightful. Fortunately, canine Simon jumps into the fray when the action gets dicey. N.M.C. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
Kirkus Reviews
2023-01-12
The K Team goes up against another global terrorist plot whose roots are in Paterson, New Jersey.
Capt. Pete Stanton, the head of Paterson Homicide, was content to dismiss the shootings of PPD Det. Jimmy Dietrich and Susan Avery, whose bodies were found on Dietrich’s boat a year and a half ago, as a murder-suicide. But the shooting of Susan’s husband, Det. Danny Avery, as he sits in a civilian car doing a bit of independent surveillance on Marcella’s restaurant, makes him call in the K Team, those private eyes who specialize in cold cases. Retired detectives Corey Douglas and Laurie Collins supply the brains, their hulking friend Marcus Clark the muscle, and their network of contacts a wealth of specialist expertise. In this case, all those resources will be stretched to the limit, partly because it’s surprisingly hard to connect the three murders (if they were all indeed murders), partly because so many of the colleagues, informants, and lowlifes the K Team talks to end up deceased. It’s very likely that at the time of his death, Avery was spying on New York visitor George Hafner, who’d booked a table for two at Marcella’s that night. Since Hafner was the victim in a drive-by shooting three weeks later in Queens, though, he’s a literal dead end. As Rosenfelt nudges things along by cutting away to computer hacker Ian Solis, whose evil plans are clearly on an epic scale, Corey struggles to make sense of the fact that so many witnesses don’t recognize photographs of so many of the players in the complex case—until he realizes that that failure is itself at the heart of the case.
Untidier and less satisfying than many another conspiracy-to-end-all-conspiracies devised by the ebullient Rosenfelt.
