Read Series: Berger And Mitry
by Author David Handler
The Sweet Golden Parachute (2006)
A storm is brewing in Dorset. Poochie Vickers, the local aristocrat, is becoming even more eccentric in her old age. She's taken up shoplifting and reckless driving but refuses to see a doctor. Her worrisome daughter, Claudia, is angling to take over the family fortune, which makes some of the ...
The Burnt Orange Sunrise (2005)
The story and the mystery itself were fine, but the characters do not feel at all real to me. I loved the theme, though, best stated in this quote from Mitch, the film critic. "Hollywood keeps treating us like little children. That's how they rake in the big bucks -- by encouraging us to choose s...
The Bright Silver Star (2004)
SYNOPSIS: Tito Molina and Esme Crockett are the Brangelina of Dorset, CT. They're famous, impossibly gorgeous and married. They, their publicist, their fans and van loads of paparazzi have descended on the peaceful, posh village of Dorset for a few weeks of relaxation. However, after a midnight e...
The Hot Pink Farmhouse (2003)
New York film critic Mitch Berger is spending the fall on a private island near a tranquil Connecticut village. Unfortunately the village has now become wracked with conflict between traditionalists and developers. Mitch gets to know Hangtown Frye, a famous and reclusive sculptor who owns a far...
The Cold Blue Blood (2002)
David Handler triumphed with his Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag mystery series, each novel more excellent than the one before. Handler ended that series 1997, leaving his fans bereft -- until the publication of The Cold Blue Blood, the beginning of a new series featuring Mitch Berger, "the lead film critic...
The Snow White Christmas Cookie (2012)
The Berger/Mitry series is so much fun with its believable portrayal of smalltown life with a mix of affluent, middle class, and working class people. The switchup of having the main female character, Des, always working to keep Mitch out of trouble is a nice touch.David Handler strikes a good ba...