The Coal Black Asphalt Tomb
The ninth installment in David Handler’s mystery series featuring Berger and Mitry is titled “The Coal Black Asphalt Tomb.” The narrative takes place in Dorset, a medieval New England community where a woman has been chosen to serve as its first selectman. She takes on the largest infrastructure project in a generation, regrading and widening Dorset Street.
A body buried beneath the pavement in front of the Congregational Church was found during the protracted excavation. It belonged to U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Lance Paffin, who vanished almost 40 years ago. Des and Mitch, the main characters, quickly unearth dark, gritty realities about Dorset’s elite, exposing the fact that some illustrious professions have been founded on falsehoods.
About the Author
This is not Daniel Handler, who writes as Lemony Snicket, and not Chelsea Handler either. David Handler writes the Stewart Hoag mysteries, in which a novelist with one hit and a serious drinking problem ghostwrites celebrity memoirs and keeps finding bodies, accompanied by a basset…
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