In addition to the Berger and Mitry series, David Handler is the author of the Stewart Hoag series which includes the Edgar-Award winning novel The Man Who Would be F. Scott Fitzgerald. He has also written extensively for television and films and co-authored the international best-selling thriller Gideon under the pseudonym Russell Andrews. He lives in Old Lyme, CT.

Mitch Berger has been accepted at least on the surface by some of the posh families in the small enclave to which he's moved - even his open affair with the beautiful black policewoman is looked upon peaceably. But when a member of the small group of men who gather for early-morning walks is found dead, the subsequent investigation, involving both Mitch and Desiree, opens a very large container of personal evil that has no place in any society.