The Cold Blue Blood (Berger and Mitry Mysteries)

The first in a remarkable mystery series, David Handler delivers The Cold Blue Blood: A Berger and Mitry Mystery. Here, this Edgar-winning author blends romance with a string of murders on a small island off the coast of Connecticut. Handler’s witty book couples an odd pair as his protagonists: Mitch Berger and Desiree Mitry. Berger, a young New York film critic left indolent and infuriated by the loss of his wife to cancer is lured by his editor into spending time researching the lives of the "blue-blooded" on Connecticut’s Gold Coast. Lieutenant Desiree Mitry of the Connecticut State Police Department joins forces with Mitch when he accidentally discovers the corpse of his landlady’s husband. The two are engaging as they attempt to make sense of the scandals that surround them.

Stephen Hoye and Marguerite Jennings narrate this sordid tale of Big Sister Island where Mitch Berger discovers murder, romance, and the problematic lives of the social-elite.