The Burnt Orange Sunrise
A Berger and Mitry Mystery
By David Handler
(St. Martin's Paperbacks, Mass Market Paperback, 9780312985790, 320pp.)
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover
Categories: Mystery & Detective - General, Suspense
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YOU'RE INVITED TO THE LAST PARTY
Everyone from Hollywood heavy hitters and supermodels to rap music stars and high-profile athletes are invited to a party to honor legendary film director Ada Geiger at the faux Castle her husband built for her in Dorset, Connecticut. This is just the kind of event Mitch Berger hates even though he idolizes Ada and credits her for inspiring him to become a film critic. It's too late for him to cancel. But Mitch gets a lucky break when a snowstorm hits.
OF YOUR LIFE…
One by one, the regrets come flowing in. The gathering is pared down to just a few people: Ada's son and his wife up from New York, the Castle's caretaker and her brother Les, Mitch and his beautiful police officer lover, Des Mitry, and a few others. It's the snowiest winter anyone under the age of ninety can remember in Dorset with six more inches falling every three days, stranding the guests at the Castle. But any romantic notions that may have crossed Mitch's mind are dashed when one by one the people at The Castle are killed off. Delving into the investigation, Des and Mitch are faced with their toughest case yet--one that might leave both of them dead…
DAVID HANDLER is the author of three previous Berger and Mitry mysteries. He also created the Edgar-Winning Stewart Hoag series, and is coauthor (under a nom de plume) of the thriller Gideon. Handler lives in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
"Handler makes the most of his small cast of suspects....This is a cozy series with some meat on the bone."--Publishers Weekly
"Handler sets the stage and develops the charactes with an even and often surprisingly sympathetic slant."--Mystery News
"This is locked room mystery which makes the case more difficult for the lead duo, but more fun for the fan. David Handler provides a unique voice that uses excellent characterizations to provide a fabulous mystery."--Midwest Book Review
"It's a familiar plot, and all the more pleasurable for that, especially in the hands of this gifted storyeller. Mitch and Des continue to amuse with their cultural differences and their fiercely protective love for one another, tested again by some harrowing situations."--Sunday Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News
"This is a cozy series with a bit of an edge, and it's terrific with its setting on the windswept coastline, and above all, for the wonderful relationship between these two decent people who have found love and are determined to hang onto it."--Kingston Observer
"Plenty of action, more than a few false clues, and a bang-up ending."--I Love a Mystery
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