Giveaway Days: ONE DOG NIGHT by David Rosenfelt

Today we play the final round of WHO DAT, marking the end of these Giveaway Days. My thanks to everyone who has played along these last few days. And a hearty congratulations to the winner of yesterday's giveaway, Patricia Abbott, who was one of three to correctly identify WHO DAT as Jim Thompson. The passage, of course, was the final scene from his classic, THE GETAWAY.

Today's giveaway is ONE DOG NIGHT by David Rosenfelt, the newest entry in his entertaining series featuring attorney Andy Carpenter. Reviewers have described this book as "a funny, warmhearted mystery;" "absolutely irresistible;" "greased lightning;" "outstanding;" and a "dynamite thriller." Here's a little something to whet your appetite:

For six years Noah Galloway has lived with a horrible secret and the fear that his rebuilt life could be shattered at any moment. Now his dread has become a certainty, and he has been arrested for the arson murder of twenty-six people.

What he needs now is defense lawyer Andy Carpenter, who most definitely is not in the market for a new client. So Noah plays his hole card: a shared love for Andy’s golden retriever, Tara, and the knowledge of what her life was like before Andy rescued her. Because Andy wasn’t her first owner—Noah rescued Tara first, and when he wasn’t able to care for her any longer, he did everything in his power to make sure that she was placed in the right home: Andy’s.

With that knowledge, Andy has little choice but to take Noah on, and he soon learns that the long-ago event that may destroy Noah’s life is only the beginning of an ongoing conspiracy that grows more deadly by the day. Andy will have to pull out all of his tricks to get to the bottom of this cold case turned white hot in the latest in David Rosenfelt’s popular mystery series.

For this last giveaway the rules remain the same. Guess WHO DAT wrote the following excerpt; leave your guess and contact info in a comment, and I'll draw a winner tomorrow (Tuesday).

"When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it."

UPDATE 7/26/2011: THIS ROUND OF WHO DAT? IS CONCLUDED.