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Beach Road
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Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavys customer list is woefully smalloccasional real estate closings barely keeps him in paper clips. When he is hired to defend a local man accused in a triple murder this has the East Hampton world in an uproar, he recognizes this he has found the case of his lifetime. The crime turns the glittering playground of the super-rich into a blazing inferno. Dunleavys customer is a local hero, but Dunleavy recognizes the case rests atop a volcano of money, deception, and forbidden desires. His customer is the ideal fall guyunless he can locate the key this 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 bitchespecially from the rich. The violent retaliations of billionaires threatened by his investigation exceed anything Dunleavy has ever seen. Together with the entire nations eyes on him in a new Trial of the Century, Dunleavy orchestrates a series of revelations this lead to a spectacular outcomeonly to locate afterward this the truth is wilder than anything he ever imagined. Written together with the unstoppable velocity and head-twisting surprises this only James Patterson can master, BEACH ROAD will go away listeners reeling long afterwards.

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Hard to Put Down Thriller with Plenty of Twists and Turns   2010-02-09
By 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.
Customer rating is 1 of 5  OMG   2009-11-11
By J. Pastwa
Who really wrote this book? It's appears to be geared toward middle-schoolers: short chapters, high interest level, easy reading. But the ending is absurd, and there's no explanation for it. Can't believe I wasted 3-4 hours on it. Should have read the reviews first. Thank goodness I didn't buy it. I'll check reviews before I read any more Patterson books.
Customer rating is 1 of 5  TOTALLY SUCKED!!!   2009-11-06
By C. C. Studio (Salida, Colorado - United States)
This had the worst gimmick of an ending I have ever experienced. Any half-baked writer would not have stooped so low. I may not ever pick up another James Patterson novel again. I wonder which one of these two geniuses came up with it...and did they have to get the other one drunk to go along with it?

DO NOT...I REPEAT...DO NOT INVEST YOUR GOOD READING TIME OR YOUR EMOTIONS ON THIS PIECE OF WORTHLESS RAT DOO.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  A Patterson fan - disapointed in this one   2009-10-27
By Mike Fickling (Flower Mound, TX)
Synopsis

East Hampton is an American icon as a playground for the uber-rich and it is here that Beach Road takes place. Three men are brutally murdered on a private beachfront basketball court and all the evidence suggests that Dante Halleyville...a high school basketball superstar thought to be the next Michael Jordan...pulled the trigger.

Tom Dunleavy, a struggling attorney and former NBA journeyman, agrees to represent Dante, even though he is woefully inadequate for such a high profile case that garners national headlines. Tom is quick to seek the assistance of Kate Costello, a former girlfriend and respected New York corporate attorney. With Dante's life hanging in the balance, the mismatched attorneys must overcome volumes of evidence to prove their client's innocence and find the real killer.

My Two Cents Worth

After considerable hype, reviews were mixed from even the most austere Patterson fans for Beach Road. It failed to go from zero to sixty in three pages and accelerate from there through to the end of the book like many of his previous works. Instead, I found that it sputtered in the beginning by introducing seven different characters, three of which are murdered, in the first 20 pages. It was a distraction keeping them straight in my mind.

Adding to the confusion, every chapter (each about 3 pages long in classic Patterson fashion) was written from the perspective of a different character, severely testing your cognitive skills. It took about 61 pages for the story to shift into second gear for me.

The story gains a little momentum through the next 200 pages as new evidence is uncovered and the attorneys prepare their case for trial, which starts on page 281. It is here that the story falls woefully short. This huge "trial of the century" that garnered national attention and defied all the odds against Dante lasted a mere 64 pages, half of which focused on the sexual escapades of Tom and Kate. It was very anticlimactic for me.

The remaining 45 pages were by far the highlight of the book. Readers were promised a shocking ending and Patterson delivered. Big Time.

Although I enjoyed the book a great deal, it was not among my favorite works of Patterson. It was rough and at times confusing. It did, however, entertain; it was a quick read with a memorable ending, and, as I am learning, perfect for traveling or the beach.

Hardcover
390 pages
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Good   2009-08-04
By Shhh I'm Reading
Most Patterson books are very predictable. Beach Road had a lot of predictable moments in it, but the ending was one I didn't see coming. I don't usually analyze a book too much while I'm reading it. I prefer to let it unfold and let what happens surprise me. Others may have seen the ending coming, but for a quick summer read, I enjoyed Beach Road.


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