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Title: Fun & well written
Review: Grieving over the death of his wife, Mitch Berger,teddy-bear NY film reviewer, moves to the New England countryside to write a book on westerns. There he encounters blue bloods, rents a fantasy carriage house complete with roaring fireplace and 270-degree ocean views and solves a local murder with the help of Lieutenant Desiree Mitry, gorgeous, intelligent lady cop of color.Daniel Handler's fast-paced, well written story has outstanding characters - bursting with egalitarianism while remaining completely three dimensional. This fist entry was marred by a highly implausible solution to the mystery, but the book was so much fun I'm cutting it slack and charging off to get the next one!
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