The Edgar( Award-nominated author of "Open and Shut" delivers an exciting new legal thriller featuring defense attorney Andy Carpenter. When a star running back for the New York Giants is murdered, could rivalry have turned a Jets player into a cold-blooded killer?

The Edgar( Award-nominated author of "Open and Shut" delivers an exciting new legal thriller featuring defense attorney Andy Carpenter. When a star running back for the New York Giants is murdered, could rivalry have turned a Jets player into a cold-blooded killer?

- David Rosenfelt's previous novel. Bury the Lead, was published in Mysterious Press hardcover in 6/04, and was a Today show Book Club Pick chosen by Janet Evanovich.- First Degree (Mysterious Press, 5/03) won raves from national publications, including Entertainment Weekly, and starred reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.- The author's debut novel. Open and Shut (Mysterious Press, 2002), was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was praised in the New York Times.- David Rosenfelt's previous three books were Featured Alternates of The Mystery Guild, with foreign rights sold in Bulgaria, France, Germany, and Japan.