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Muzzled

Andy Carpenter • Book 21

4.25 ABR Score (5.4K ratings)
★ 4.06 Goodreads (4.6K) ★ 4.67 Audible (853)
6h 8m Released 2020 Mystery

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

A man presumed dead calls asking for his dog back — and somehow that's the least strange thing about this case.

  • Great if you want: cozy mystery with dogs, wit, and low-stakes charm
  • Listening experience: breezy and light — finishes in one or two sessions easily
  • Narration: Gardner's dry, unhurried delivery suits Andy's reluctant-lawyer persona perfectly
  • Skip if: you're new to the series — 21 books of in-jokes show

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About This Audiobook

Andy Carpenter's friend Beth finds a stray dog that clearly belonged to a murdered man — and then the murdered man calls to ask for his dog back. The twenty-first Andy Carpenter mystery is built around this quintessentially Rosenfelt premise: the apparently impossible situation that turns out to have a terrifying explanation, accessed only by following the dog's connection to its original owner through a web of corporate conspiracy and genuine danger.

Grover Gardner brings the warmth and wry humor that have made his Andy Carpenter performance one of the most beloved series narrator-character pairings in the genre. His handling of the Andy-and-Tara passages — the lawyer's dog-related passion delivered with complete seriousness — is essential to the series' appeal. At just over six hours, Muzzled is a characteristic Carpenter entry: funny, efficiently plotted, and genuinely suspenseful when it needs to be.