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Book Review of Open and Shut (Andy Carpenter, Bk 1)

Open and Shut (Andy Carpenter, Bk 1)
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#1 Andy Carpenter series. Andy is a defense lawyer in New Jersey who is handling the re-trial of a young black man previously convicted of brutally murdering a young white woman in an alley outside of a bar seven years previously. Willie is on death row, and through information given to Andy by his father, the former District Attorney, the results of the first trial are set aside and a new trial is to begin. When his father dies suddenly and Andy finds himself an unexpected millionaire, he finds that his father's money and the case at hand are tied together in ways no one could have imagined. Excellent, fast-paced read with good characters, decent plotting, just the right amount of humor and a good mystery.