Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy's client list is woefully small - occasional real estate closings barely keep him in paper clips. When he is hired to defend a local man accused in a triple murder that has the East Hampton world in an uproar, he knows that he has found the case of his lifetime.
The crime turns the glittering playground for the super-rich into a blazing inferno. Dunleavy's client is a local hero, but Dunleavy knows the case rests atop a volcano of money, deception, and forbidden desires. His client is the perfect fall guy - unless he can find the key that unlocks the secret rooms of the gilt-shrouded set.
When Dunleavy is joined by his former flame, the savvy and well-connected attorney, Kate Costello, he believes he has a chance. But payback is a bitch - especially from the rich. The violent retaliations of billionaires threatened by his investigation exceed anything Dunleavy has ever seen. With the entire nation's eyes on him in a new Trial of the Century, Dunleavy orchestrates a series of revelations that lead to a stunning outcome - only to find afterward that the truth is wilder than anything he ever imagined.
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 Hard to Put Down Thriller with Plenty of Twists and Turns |
| Review Date: February 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Shane Shogren, Las Vegas, NV |
In the exclusive Beach Road section in East Hampton, New York, movie star T. Smitty Wilson has a regulation basketball court on his property and though he is often not home, he lets his friends -- and he has many, from ex-NBA players to promising high school and college players -- use his court. These games are often heated, as the players take the game very seriously.
High School player Dante Halleyville is a bright prospect expected to get a mega bonus when he graduates. He can play with the best of them and during a game with Tom Dunleavy, a former athelete who is now a defense attorney, Michael Walker is going in for a basket and a fight breaks out. Dunleavy tries to break it up, Walker pulls a gun, Dunleavy calms him down. This is basketball taken a little too seriously.
Later three of the players in that game are found murdered execution style, then Walker is also found dead and a gun is found with Halleyville's prints on it. Dunleavy thinks Halleyville is innocent, but he's not the best lawyer for the job, so he partners with an old girlfriend named Katherine Costello. Together they start sifting and digging into all the evidence they can find of the two shootings and as usual in all James Patterson books things are not what they seem. Twists, turns and danger abound in this thriller you'll be hard put to put down. |
Exciting Thriller Is Another Patterson Page-Turner
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| Review Date: June 3, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Antoinette Klein, Hoover, Alabama USA |
As usual, James Patterson has given us the perfect summer beach read. His setting is the exclusive Hamptons, more specifically the street of the super-rich known as Beach Road. Tom Dunleavy, a mediocre but seemingly sincere attorney, is plodding along in his lackluster career after a short stint in professional basketball. He still enjoys a pick-up game with the locals at an exclusive estate owned by a black tycoon. It is here that he becomes friends with Dante Halleyville, a high school senior so talented at the game that he is already being pursued by the pros.
When a triple murder charged with racial and class overtones occurs and is quickly followed by two seemingly related murders, Dante Halleyville is accused, arrested, and tried. Tom agrees to take the case, although his background has certainly not prepared him to defend Dante in the trial of the century. Knowing he needs help, he turns to his ex-girlfriend, Kate Costello, a high-powered Manhattan attorney. Kate is still reeling from Tom's rejection years ago and has no desire to put herself in a vulnerable position again. But Tom can be charming, and it isn't long before they are both working night and day on a defense for Dante and rebuilding their personal relationship. A dirty cop, a lying witness, and a notorious drug dealer keep the reader riveted until the verdict is read. But it is the events after the trial that makes this one of Patterson's best, in my opinion. Not since watching the movie version of Agatha Christie's "Witness for the Prosecution" have I been so surprised at the after-trial events. The stunning shocker of an ending left this reader feeling quite entertained and eager for the next Patterson novel.
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The BEST Patterson novel yet!
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| Review Date: July 7, 2006 |
| Reviewer: D. Carson, Fairport, NY USA |
| I bought this book two days after it was relased and by now I have read it twice and loaned it to two friends. The is the very best Patterson novel ever and I own and have read all of them. The twist at the end....whoa! No one could have seen that coming!! As soon as you finish reading, you'll want to begin reading all over again now that you have your "new knowledge" that the end of the book brings. |
Absolutely the book to read this summer
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| Review Date: June 9, 2006 |
| Reviewer: M. Porrata, Indiana, USA |
James Patterson did it again. As I began reading this book I said I think this is going to be pretty good. As I continued reading I could not put this book down. The plot, the characters are great.
I will not give a synopsis of the book but I will tell you I could not believe the end. I took a deep breath and said I would not ever imagine this.....Read it, enjoy it and be surprised.... |
loved it
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| Review Date: June 12, 2006 |
| Reviewer: B. Smith, Florida |
I really enjoyed this book. I have been a little disappointed in Patterson's latest books, but this was better. It did start to drag a little toward the end (before the dramatic twist) but that may be because I read it in two sittings and I was getting tired.
I would suggest this book to anyone. |
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