Reviews for Silent bite (Book)
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Andy Carpenter celebrates Christmas by defending a guy accused of killing two guys whose testimony once helped convict Andy’s client of manslaughter. Six years ago, Anthony Birch decked Melvin "G-Bop" Garza, a Blood Dragon gangster who took a swing at him in a bar fight, and Melvin went down for the count. Tony had expected Frankie Zimmer and Raymond Hackett, his own gangbangers in the Fulton Street Boyz, to have his back, but they both testified against him, and he did three years. Emerging from prison, he got a job as a car mechanic and ended up buying the shop from its retiring owner. All would be well if only Frankie Zimmer hadn’t been shot with a gun buried in Tony’s backyard, wrapped in a handkerchief with Tony’s DNA. Worse still, a bunch of dogwalkers soon find the body of Raymond Hackett, also shot in the back of the head by the same gun. The case, as usual for Andy, looks impossible unless he can persuade the jury to look past the evidence prosecutor Stan Godfrey is methodically laying out and get them to buy the alternative theory that Tony’s been framed for a pair of murders that are actually linked to Luther Roman, the Blood Dragons’ badass leader. With indomitable investigator Marcus Clark handling the spadework, Andy’s confident he can go up against the fearsome Luther. But can he produce enough evidence to exonerate his client before every other possible suspect has been murdered? Though there’s precious little Yuletide cheer, Rosenfelt springs a climactic surprise worthy of Santa. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Andy Carpenter celebrates Christmas by defending a guy accused of killing two guys whose testimony once helped convict Andys client of manslaughter.Six years ago, Anthony Birch decked Melvin "G-Bop" Garza, a Blood Dragon gangster who took a swing at him in a bar fight, and Melvin went down for the count. Tony had expected Frankie Zimmer and Raymond Hackett, his own gangbangers in the Fulton Street Boyz, to have his back, but they both testified against him, and he did three years. Emerging from prison, he got a job as a car mechanic and ended up buying the shop from its retiring owner. All would be well if only Frankie Zimmer hadnt been shot with a gun buried in Tonys backyard, wrapped in a handkerchief with Tonys DNA. Worse still, a bunch of dogwalkers soon find the body of Raymond Hackett, also shot in the back of the head by the same gun. The case, as usual for Andy, looks impossible unless he can persuade the jury to look past the evidence prosecutor Stan Godfrey is methodically laying out and get them to buy the alternative theory that Tonys been framed for a pair of murders that are actually linked to Luther Roman, the Blood Dragons badass leader. With indomitable investigator Marcus Clark handling the spadework, Andys confident he can go up against the fearsome Luther. But can he produce enough evidence to exonerate his client before every other possible suspect has been murdered?Though theres precious little Yuletide cheer, Rosenfelt springs a climactic surprise worthy of Santa. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
