The Blood Red Indian Summer

When a famously volatile and suspended NFL superstar linebacker and his entourage decide to spend this season in exile in bucolic Dorset--much to the dismay of his early-to-bed, ultra-white neighbors--Des Mitry is put on the spot. And when his 17-year-old sister-in-law washes up on Mitch Berger's beach, bloodied and barely alive, Des is on the case. 256 pp. 10,000 print.