01/13/2020
This strong series launch from Edgar finalist Rosenfelt, a spin-off from the author’s Andy Carpenter series (Dachsund Through the Snow, etc.), stars Carpenter’s wife, Laurie Collins, who has left the Paterson, N.J., PD to form the K Team, which includes a former police colleague of Laurie’s and his canine partner. Their first client is Henry Henderson, a judge whose professional reputation is beyond reproach, who has received an anonymous letter advising him that he will be called on to do something that he has already been well paid for and that refusal to play ball will result in exposure. As proof that his adversary means business, Henderson has also received a bank statement someone has created in his name for a Cayman Islands account. The jurist has no idea who’s behind the extortion or their motive. The K Team’s quest for answers leads them to a cleverly conceived conspiracy and a number of corpses. This is a promising start to what’s likely to be a long-running series. 75,000-copy announced first printing. Agent: Robin Rue, Writers House. (Mar.)
Praise for David Rosenfelt and The K Team, the first book in the K Team series
"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 Review
“A promising start to what’s likely to be a long-running series.” —Publishers Weekly
“Fans of the "Andy Carpenter" series will find much to enjoy here, including some cameos from Carpenter himself.” —Library Journal
03/01/2020
In this first in a new series by the author of the "Andy Carpenter" mysteries, Andy's wife, retired cop Laurie, her partner Marcus, and retired K9 officer Corey and his dog buddy, Simon Garfunkel, form an investigative unit: the K team. Their first case comes from a local judge, known for his rectitude in the courtroom and in his private life. For reasons unknown, someone is trying to blackmail him. The K Team swings into action (with occasional assistance and sarcasm from Andy), but very soon people involved in the case begin dying. When the judge himself is found dead of an apparent suicide, the case becomes increasingly dangerous and complex. As a dark conspiracy begins to emerge, the K Team uses creative methods to solve the case, determined to see justice done. VERDICT Fans of the "Andy Carpenter" series will find much to enjoy here, including some cameos from Carpenter himself. [See Prepub Alert, 8/19/19.]—Dan Forrest, Western Kentucky Univ. Libs., Bowling Green
In this spin-off from the successful Andy Carpenter series, the K Team, a team of private investigators, includes Andy’s wife, Laurie, along with former detective Corey Douglas and his trusted canine companion. Together, they seek to find out who is about to blackmail a judge. With the new series comes a different narrator. Fred Berman brings the team to life. His well-paced delivery allows the story’s laugh-out-loud humor to shine, particularly the dry one-liners and wisecracks from Corey and Andy. Berman also successfully voices the female characters, notably Laurie, reflecting her tough, no-nonsense yet compassionate character. Berman’s narration, along with the fun and engaging mystery, results in a thoroughly enjoyable listen. K.J.P. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
2019-12-23
The creator of Paterson attorney Andy Carpenter's dog-friendly mysteries launches a new series starring several of Andy's friends and enemies, including the canine client he represented in Dachshund Through the Snow (2019), with a supporting role for Andy himself.
Judge Henry "Hatchet" Henderson, whose courtroom has provided the arena for so many of Andy's shenanigans, is threatened with blackmail, and he wants the newly formed K Team—retired cop Corey Douglas; his canine partner, Simon Garfunkel; Andy's fearsome investigator, Marcus Clark; and Andy's wife, Laurie Collins—to identify and neutralize the threat, which he plans to keep confidential by paying Andy a dollar to take the case as his lawyer. At first the team's inquiries into which of Henderson's recent cases (the manslaughter conviction of ex-boxer John Lowry? The freeing of self-confessed embezzler Nina Williams on a legal technicality? The acquittal of Ponzi-scheming broker Drew Lockman?) provoked the blackmail lead nowhere. Then they lead to hints of a financial manipulation conspiracy on a grand scale. By the time they lead to Equi-net, an electronic communications network that handles securities trades for people who'd like to keep them private, five people have been murdered, with more slated to follow. The one place they don't lead is to continued confidentiality, as Henderson learns to his sorrow. The net of deceptions, double-crosses, and professional assassinations gets pretty knotty, but although the conspiracy involves an awful lot of guilty parties, the gimmick behind all their criminal activity is appealingly simple. Through it all, Corey serves as an investigator and narrator every bit as ebullient as Andy and a lot more diligent. In fact, longtime fans may wonder why Rosenfelt saw the need to create a new series that follows the pattern of Andy's 20 successful cases so closely. If he thought Paterson needed more wiseacre crime fighters, he was undoubtedly right.
Don't be fooled by the brand-new packaging. If you liked Rosenfelt's rollicking previous series, you'll like this one too.
