"Bury The Lead" by David Rosenfelt

In Rosenfelt's breezy crime novel, his third to feature Andy Carpenter (after 2003's First Degree), a serial killer who cuts off his victims' hands has been terrorizing the dog-loving lawyer's northern New Jersey turf. When the cops charge one of the murders to newspaperman Daniel Cumming, who's been receiving messages from the killer taunting the police, Andy and his legal team step up to the defense. The author writes like a guy relentlessly channel surfing, always on the move, never risking boredom. The witty asides never stop. The tricks and the turns of novel provide a fun rollercoaster ride.