The Beach House - Hardcover

Patterson, James; De Jonge, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316733741 ISBN 13: 9780316733748

Publisher: Little Brown and Company, 2002

Synopsis

When New York law student Jack Mullen learns that his brother has drowned, he knows it can't be an accident . . .
Jack Mullen is in law school in New York City when the shocking news comes that his brother Peter has drowned in the ocean off East Hampton. Jack knows his brother and knows this couldn't be an accident; someone must have wanted his brother dead. But the powers that be say otherwise. As Jack tries to uncover details of his brothers last night, he confronts a barricade of lawyers, police, and paid protectors who separate the multibillionaire summer residents from local workers like Peter.
Soon he discovers that Peter wasn't just parking cars at the summer parties of the rich. He was making serious money satisfying the sexual needs of the richest women and men in town. The Beach House reveals the secret lives of celebrities in a breathtaking drama of revenge-with a finale so shocking that only James Patterson could have written it.

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Review

James Patterson and Peter de Jonge's The Beach House opens with the death of a handsome townie on Memorial Day weekend in the Hamptons, where being a single-digit millionaire is laughable and being poor is unthinkable. Peter Mullen is a high school dropout who parks cars at the private bashes of the super-wealthy Barry and Campion Neubauer. When Peter is found dead on the beach, the Neubauers and their friends insist that he drowned, but his brother Jack, a law student who saw Peter's body, knows he was beaten to death. As Jack uncovers evidence of his brother's secret life, he begins to realise that the very rich are indeed different from the rest of us. Revenge is a dish best served cold, and Jack's patiently plotted payback for Peter's death is one that the Hamptons will not soon forget. There are no big surprises in The Beach House, but it's vintage Patterson, with plenty of action, villains with hearts blacker than obsidian, and a working-class hero who pulls himself up by the bootstraps. Patterson and de Jonge previously coauthored the inspirational golf romance Miracle on the 17th Green, but this new game of money, mayhem, and murder clearly suits them to a tee.--Barrie Trinkle

Review

'A page-turner of the highest order' Bookreporter.com (Bookreporter.com)

'Patterson is a storyteller par excellence, and you don't even need to be going on holiday to find an excuse to buy this one.' Bolton Evening News (Bolton Evening News)

'This is another terrific thriller that roars along at pace with never a move out of place. Class' Huddersfield Daily Examiner 19/10/02 (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

Pacey, action-packed and with an explosive climax, Patterson certainly knows how to entertain. (Yorkshire Evening Press)

'It has a particularly goo climax that is both exciting and original ... an excellent beach read for almost anyone' Mystery Ink (Mystery Ink)

Edition details

• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0316733741
• ISBN 13: 9780316733748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 464