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Every year, the Gant family performs an annual ritual desecrating the tomb of Aurora Bing. The Gants have held a grudge against the legendary silent film star for almost eighty years, but for Sherm Gant and his son, things have become personal. Aurora's only grandchild, Hubie Swope, has shut down Sherm's notoriously rowdy beachfront bar, and refuses to allow The Pit to reopen until Shem undertakes expensive upgrades. This means war. And when The Pit catches fire and Hubie Swope's charred remains are found in the rubble, it also means murder.Who killed Hubie Swope? Crime-fighting duo Mitch and Des have no idea. Not only are Sherm and his son prime suspects, but so are the women in Hubie's life. To their surprise, Mitch and Des discover that Dorset's building inspector, a quiet widower who repaired cuckoo clocks in his little house on Lavender Lane, was secretly juggling four girlfriends at once. And then there's Gaylord Holland, a builder who had a beef of his own with Hubie. Dorset is in turmoil, and only New York City film critic Mitch Berger and Connecticut State Police Resident Trooper Des Mitry can put it back together.This is the eleventh in David Handler's original, hilarious and charming series featuring the engaging biracial couple that fans love.



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David Handler

I was born and raised in Los Angeles and wrote two critically acclaimed novels about growing up there, "Kiddo" and "Boss," before I resorted to a life of crime fiction.My first foray, which you may remember, featured the dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart 'Hoagy' Hoag and his faithful, neurotic basset hound Lulu. I wrote eight novels between the years 1988 and 1997 about Hoagy, a fallen literary wunderkind turned pen for hire who travels the underbelly of show business helping famous stars tell their life stories, secrets and all. Generally, there are plenty of people who wanted those secrets to stay safely buried. Generally, our jaded hero knows how to dig them out. My first Hoagy, "The Man Who Died Laughing," was nominated for an Anthony Award. My best known in the series, "The Man Who Would Be F. Scott Fitzgerald," won an Edgar and an American Mystery Award. I'm thrilled to report that I've revived the series. "The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes," was published in August of 2017 by William Morrow. I love this book, which sends Hoagy and Lulu out to Hollywood in search of Richard Aintree, the legendary American novelist who disappeared more than 20 years ago. It also brings Hoagy in contact with Aintree's daughter, Reggie, who just happens to be the first great love of his life. I had so much fun writing Hoagy and Lulu again that I kept right on going. Their next adventure, "The Man Who Couldn't Miss," which takes them backstage at a fabled historic Connecticut summer playhouse, was published by Morrow in August of 2018. My latest Hoagy and Lulu novel, "The Man In The White Linen Suit," came out in August of 2019. It's set in the high-stakes world of New York publishing and is my idea of deliciously nasty. Hoagy and Lulu's most recent adventure, "The Man Who Wasn't All There," was published in the spring of 2021. A trade paperback edition will be available in October. And I'm very excited about my next Hoagy and Lulu novel, "The Lady in the Silver Cloud," a New York City Halloween tale which will be published in February, 2022 by the legendary Otto Penzler's Mysterious Press. I really enjoyed writing this one. I hope you enjoy reading it! Want to catch up? Thanks to the good folks at Mysteriouspress.com and Open Road Media all eight of my Hoagy novels are now available on Kindle. Check 'em out. You'll never find another wise-cracking hero quite like Hoagy. A lot of my insights into the world of show business came from the 20 years I spent writing for television and films on both coasts. Remember the sitcom "Kate and Allie" with Jane Curtin and Susan St. James? I was a member of the original writing staff that created that show.These days, I live in a 230-year-old carriage house in a quaint, ultra-WASPY little historic New England village. Not surprisingly, I ended up laun



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