Bermuda Blue

Summer 1946. When Boston reporter Jerry Canavan is sent down to cover the Newport Bermuda yacht race the trip feels more like a reunion than an assignment. He stays at the luxurious home of Cam McShane a classmate from Boston College and runs into his childhood friend Paul Crump who is an MP at the U.S. Army base.For the three young veterans Bermuda is like a tropical paradise. Cam hangs around the bars at night socializing with other ex-pats and planning to start a business. Paul patrols downtown Hamilton and dreams of falling in love. With the war finally over everyone wants to start living again and the sailboat race is a symbol of the islands future and the return of tourism.Jerry tries to stay focused on his work until he meets Gabrielle a beautiful and mysterious French girl who lives next door. But romance isnt his only distraction because before the yachts even cross the finish line the lives of his friends have started to unravel. Cams drunken philandering has a much darker side and Pauls relationship with a local black girl causes a scandal.As Jerrys time grows short he learns a shocking truth about Gabrielles family. Only then does he realize that Bermuda is not all sunshine and Rum Swizzles. People may have flocked there to forget the past but the war and its consequences are something no one can escape.