Play dead - david rosenfelt

Edgar Award finalist Rosenfelt spins a tale of crime and courtroom theatrics where the only witness to a high-profile murder is a golden retriever.

Riveting .

Alive with reliable Rosenfelts wit and heart.

--Publishers Weekly (starred review).

In this imaginative legal thriller for dog lovers, an attorney tries to free an innocent man by convincing an incredulous jury to take the testimony a golden retriever seriously.

Few can rival attorney Andy Carpenters affection for golden retrievers, especially his own beloved Tara.

After he astonishes a New Jersey courtroom by successfully appealing another retrievers death sentence, Andy discovers that this gentle dog is a key witness to a murder that took place five years earlier.

It will take all the tricks Andys fertile mind can conceive to get to the bottom of a remarkable chain of impersonations and murder -- and hopefully save not only a dogs life but also his own in the process.