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Animal Instinct

K Team Novels Series, Book 2

#2 in series

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The K Team is back in the second installment in this spinoff series from bestselling author David Rosenfelt's beloved Andy Carpenter mysteries.
Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, a German shepherd named Simon Garfunkel, are recently retired police officers turned private investigators. Along with fellow former cop Laurie Collins and her investigating partner, Marcus, they call themselves the K Team, in honor of Simon.
The K Team's latest case – a recent unsolved murder – gives Corey a chance to solve "the one that got away". Corey knew the murder victim from his time on the force, when he was unable to protect her in a domestic dispute. Now, he is convinced the same abusive boyfriend is responsible for her murder. With some help from Laurie's lawyer husband, Andy Carpenter, the K Team is determined to prove what the police could not, no matter the cost. What they uncover is much more sinister than they could have imagined.
Known for his dog-loving stories and addictive characters, bestselling mystery author David Rosenfelt presents Animal Instinct, the second installment in this engrossing new series about a dynamite investigative team and their canine partner.

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    • Kirkus

      January 15, 2021
      A second outing for Paterson's preeminent investigators ensnares one of their own members in uncomfortable ways. It's not clear who shot Lisa Yates to death in a restaurant parking lot, but it's clear who deserves leaning on: medical services headhunter Gerald Kline, whom she refused to file charges against for domestic abuse when he was living in her place. So Corey Douglas, who, when he was a Paterson cop, questioned Kline in vain, goes to see him now, blusters at him, and broadcasts hints unwisely around town that Kline deserves killing himself. Someone promptly obliges Corey by slitting Kline's throat. But it's not that big a favor since the killer also plants a bloodstained sweat suit of Corey's along with the murder weapon in a nearby dumpster. Suddenly Corey's in sore need of the professional services of the K Team, whose members include cop-turned-investigator Laurie Collins, tough and taciturn Marcus Clark, and Corey himself since he retired from the force. Released on bail, Corey's free to join his K-9 partner, Simon Garfunkel, and his fellow humans in tying both Lisa and Kline to an elaborate and extensive scam involving her employer, Ardmore Medical Systems, and a whole lot of other folks, including two hit men, one of whom incriminates himself in a way that would be conclusive if he hadn't died immediately afterward. Andy Carpenter, Laurie's husband, takes time out from his own long-running series to defend Corey, but the real fireworks take place far from the courthouse. Though the case is a hot mess, the criminals' sublimely simple central concept is worth all those subsidiary homicides.

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      May 14, 2021
      Computers are divine creations, giving access to the brave new world of cyberspace to anyone who can use them. Alternately, they are the work of Satan, who pounds the keys mercilessly, finding new ways to screw up the world. It's that second formulation that seems in play in Rosenfelt's second outing for PI Corey Douglas and his K-9 sidekick, Simon Garfunkel. It begins when the murder of a young woman jolts Corey into the past. Earlier, while a cop, Corey rescued the woman from an abusive husband and promised to look after her. More murders happen, and a fine, propulsive narrative gets underway. It's slowed a bit by too many characters, including one who doesn't exist. It's possible, Corey learns, to create electronic people, kill them off, and collect insurance. There's more. You're getting ordained? Oh, and a file has been found detailing your battle with venereal disease. This is a perfectly solid thriller, but it's the scary reach of those little machines on our desks that lingers.

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