Rosenfelt graduated New York University then decided to work in the movie business. After being interviewed by his uncle, who was the President of United Artists, he was hired and worked his way up the corporate culture.Rosenfelt eventually became the marketing president for Tri-Star Pictures. He married and had two children during this period.

Rosenfelt left the corporate industry and wrote screenplays for movies and television. He turned to writing novels and has become quite successful in that genre.In 1995, he and his wife started the "Tara Foundation" which has saved almost 4,000 dogs. He is a dog lover and supports more than two dozen dogs.

Rosenfelt sticks with what he knows and has created a character, Andy Carpenter, an attorney who faces corporate cultures and who is a dog lover.

Rosenfelt books run in the low to mid 300 pages with 15 basic beats and about 40 scenes fairly consistent with movie and television formats.

• Open and Shut, 2002 Hardback, 2009 softback, Grand Central Publishing, 320 pages, Softback — ISBN 0446555126 ISBN 978-0446555128

This book was a finalist for the Edgar and Shamus Awards for best first novel.

• First Degree, 2003 Hardback, 2009 softback, Grand Central Publishing, 304 pages, Softback — ISBN 0446555118 ISBN 978-0446555111

• Bury the Lead, 2004, Hardback, 2005 Paperback, Grand Central Publishing, Hardback — ISBN 089296782X Softback — ISBN 0446612863 ISBN 978-0446612869

Official Selection of the NBC Today Book Club.

• Sudden Death, 2005, Mysterious Press, 320 pages, Hardback — ISBN 0892967838 ISBN 978-0892967834

• Dead Center, 2006, Mysterious Press, 320 pages, Hardback — ISBN 0892960027 ISBN 978-0892960026

• Play Dead, 2007, Grand Central Publishing, 308 Pages, Hardback — ISBN 0446582417 ISBN 978-0446582414

• Don't Tell A Soul, 2008, Hardback, 320 pages, 2009, softcover, Minotaur Books, 352 pages, Hardback — ISBN 0312373953 ISBN 978-0312373955 , Softback — ISBN 0312356641 ISBN 978-0312356644

• New Tricks, 2009, Grand Central Publishing, 320 pages, Hardback — ISBN 0446505870 ISBN 978-0446505871

• Down to the Wire, 2010, Minotaur Books, 304 pages, ISBN 0312373945 ISBN 978-0312373948

• Dog Tags, 2010, by Grand Central Publishing, 368 pages, ISBN 044655152X ISBN 978-0446551526