- Audio CD
- Publisher: Request Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (April 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1933299886
- ISBN-13: 978-1933299884
- Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,442,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The beginning of what looks to be a swell series."--Susan Isaacs
"A true delight. Chock-full of wry observations and propelled by a compelling plot."--Jeffery Deaver, author of The Blue Nowhere and The Empty Chair
"Handler has created an engaging odd couple, whose further adventures promise to win the same strong following as his Stewart Hoag series."--Publishers Weekly
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"A true delight. Chock-full of wry observations and propelled by a compelling plot."--Jeffery Deaver, author of The Blue Nowhere and The Empty Chair
"Handler has created an engaging odd couple, whose further adventures promise to win the same strong following as his Stewart Hoag series."--Publishers Weekly
Book Description
Mitch Berger, a top film critic with a major New York newspaper at a surprisingly young age, has become almost a recluse since his wife died one year ago. He spends his time secluded in his apartment or in the dark recesses of a screening room. Although he continues to dazzle moviegoers and the film elite with his criticisms, his editor and good friend is alarmed about him. As a scheme to pull him out of the doldrums of his grief, she gives him a non-film assignment - to do a color story on the wealthy and social homeowners on Connecticut's Gold Coast. It takes some doing, but in the end Mitch agrees.
He is fortunate to find a cottage to rent on Big Sister, the absolute top-of-the-line private island outside the town of Dorset. His landlady, Dolly, is pleasant and friendly, but some of the other inhabitants of this small piece of land, although too well bred to come right out and say it, are not happy to have Mitch, born of parents only one generation away from Eastern Europe and raised on the city's pavements, arrive in their back yard. But Dolly, whose husband has recently left her, needs the money, and at least she is more than gracious.
The discovery of a body during a bout of optimistic gardening in Dolly's back yard brings on the other main player - Lieutenant Desiree Mitry, one of only three women on the Connecticut State Police major crimes squad, the youngest of the three, and the only black. A dedicated officer, she is the terror of everyone who doesn't really want to give a home to one of her stray cats. She is, as well, a closet artist and a complicated and beautiful woman, and she intrigues Mitch from the start.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
He is fortunate to find a cottage to rent on Big Sister, the absolute top-of-the-line private island outside the town of Dorset. His landlady, Dolly, is pleasant and friendly, but some of the other inhabitants of this small piece of land, although too well bred to come right out and say it, are not happy to have Mitch, born of parents only one generation away from Eastern Europe and raised on the city's pavements, arrive in their back yard. But Dolly, whose husband has recently left her, needs the money, and at least she is more than gracious.
The discovery of a body during a bout of optimistic gardening in Dolly's back yard brings on the other main player - Lieutenant Desiree Mitry, one of only three women on the Connecticut State Police major crimes squad, the youngest of the three, and the only black. A dedicated officer, she is the terror of everyone who doesn't really want to give a home to one of her stray cats. She is, as well, a closet artist and a complicated and beautiful woman, and she intrigues Mitch from the start.
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MITCH BERGER WAS SPRAWLED on his living room sofa at two in the afternoon watching The Manchurian Candidate and devouring his fourth Krispy Kreme honey-dipped of the day when the woman he worked for buzzed his apartment. Read the first page
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MITCH BERGER WAS SPRAWLED on his living room sofa at two in the afternoon watching The Manchurian Candidate and devouring his fourth Krispy Kreme honey-dipped of the day when the woman he worked for buzzed his apartment. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderfully quirky pairing,
By Regina Hilburn (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Cold Blue Blood: A Berger and Mitry Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
What makes this mystery so enjoyable is not so much the plot (which is good, but perhaps a trifle far-fetched) as the characters & their interrelationships, particularly Mitch & Des. I love the way both of them are presented as less than perfect, & having their wounds from the past. When this detailing is combined with smart & sassy dialogue similar to that of a '30s romantic comedy, a seemingly illogical couple becomes completely convincing, & highly endearing. Kudos to Handler for a great series setup!
5.0 out of 5 stars
An intelligent story and wonderful romance,
This review is from: The Cold Blue Blood: A Berger and Mitry Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
I fell in love with Mitch and Des. Mr. Handler has written an intelligent story, drawing in the reader and leaving them wanting more.
5.0 out of 5 stars
finally found it,
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This review is from: The Cold Blue Blood: A Berger and Mitry Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
a long-time lover of nero wolfe mysteries, i've been looking for something with the same qualities, where people and place are expressed with intelligent and quirky detail, humor and sympathy, and the story rolls along suspensefully, with no easy place to put the book down. i think i've found the replacement, and just wish david handler would keep them coming a bit faster.
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