Bury the lead - david rosenfelt

Defense attorney Andy Carpenter--hero of Rosenfelts Edgar-nominated Open and Shut and First Degree--returns to prove the innocence of a reporter accused of being a serial killer.

The hero of Rosenfelts previous novels, Edgar-nominated Open and Shut, and First Degree, Andy Carpenter returns to prove the innocence of a reporter accused of being a serial killer.

Defense attorney Andy Carpenter has been successfully avoiding taking on new cases until his sometime friend and newspaper owner Vince Sanders, calls and asks him for a favor.

Daniel Cumming, Vinces star reporter, is being used as the mouthpiece for a brutal serial killer.

He has been cooperating with the police but Vince wants to make sure both the newspaper and Daniel are protected.

Andy thinks the case will be a piece of cake.

until Daniel is found unconscious in the park next to the killers latest victim.

Daniel claims he intended to stop the murder but the police arrest him.

A reluctant Andy plunges himself into the case.

And as he learns more about Daniels shady background he begins to wonder how deadly the truth might be.