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Book Review
The Beach House
by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: June 10, 2002
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About the Book
James Patterson and Peter de Jonge have written a searing summer thriller-an unstoppable tale of love and vengeance among the superrich and superruthless.
Jack Mullen is in law school in New York City when the news comes that his brother, Peter, has drowned in the ocean off East Hampton. Jack knows his brother practically grew up in the water, and that this couldn't be an accident. Someone must have wanted his brother dead.
But the police say otherwise. As Jack tries to uncover details of his brother's last night, he confronts a maddening barricade of lawyers, police, and paid protectors who separate the wealthy summer residents from local workers like Peter. Motivated by a hundred forms of grief, Jack rallies his hometown friends to help him find the truth of Peter's death-no matter how rich or corrupt the people who stand in their way.
Jack's relentless crusade puts him into a head-on collision with one of the most powerful and ruthless men in New York, a man who wipes out resistance with a snap of his fingers. As it unfolds that his brother was involved with some of the richest women and men in America-in ways Jack never imagined-his dream of justice fades. Only if he can somehow beat the rich at their own game will he be able to avenge his brother.
The Beach House is a breathtaking legal thriller of deceit and revenge-with a finale so shocking, it could only have come from the mind of James Patterson.
About the Author
For more information about James Patterson, please visit our James Patterson Page.
Peter de Jonge
Peter de Jonge has written several articles on golf for the New York Times Magazine and other international publications.
The Review
The Beach House surprised me just a bit. As many James Patterson books as I've read, I thought that would be hard to do. The tale is an interesting one. The story is fast paced, and before I knew it I was at the end. It was the story's end that surprised me. Although logically it was a bit far-fetched, it worked extremely well with the story. This was quite a fun "Whodunnit". A perfect summer read.
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