The coal black asphalt tomb
By: David Handler
Edition: First edition.
Series: A Berger and Mitry mystery
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781250041975; 9781466839182
Subjects: Mitch Berger (Fictitious character); Investigation; Murder; Fiction; Desiree Mitry (Fictitious character)
Description: "The historic New England village of Dorset has actually elected a living, breathing woman as its First Selectman. And now she's about to undertake the Historic District's biggest public works project in a generation--the widening and re-grading of Dorset Street. The job has needed doing for ages but the previous First Selectman, Bob Paffin, always opposed it. So did a lot of Dorset's blue-blooded old guard. The long put-off dig uncovers a body buried underneath the pavement in front of the Congregational Church. It belongs to Lt. Lance Paffin, Bob Paffin's older brother, a dashing U.S. Navy flyer who went missing off his sailboat the night of the country club's spring dance more than forty years ago. Everyone had assumed he just left town. But now it's clear Lance has been under Dorset Street this whole time, and that he was murdered. Des and Mitch soon discover that there are deep, dark secrets surrounding Dorset's elite, and some very distinguished careers have been built on lies. Coal Black Asphalt Tomb is the tenth in David Handler's original and very funny Berger and Mitry mystery series featuring this engaging biracial couple" --
Notes: "A Thomas Dunne book."