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Beach Road
First published 2006 · 455 pages
A high-stakes legal thriller where the glittering world of the super-rich hides a deadly labyrinth of deception and forbidden desires.
What it feels like
This propulsive legal thriller plunges readers into the glittering but deeply corrupt world of the ultra-wealthy. The mood is tense and deceptive, contrasting the exclusive playground of East Hampton with the dark, violent lengths to which billionaires will go to protect their secrets. The narrative moves at a breakneck pace, fueled by escalating retaliations, high-stakes courtroom drama, and the rekindled sparks of a former romance. Its prose is punchy and direct, engineered to keep the stakes high and the pages turning toward a highly publicized trial. It will delight readers who crave suspenseful, twist-heavy crime fiction where the ultimate truth is wilder and more dangerous than it first appears.
- Mood
- glitzy
- tense
- deceptive
- high-stakes
- Tone
- suspenseful
- cynical
- dramatic
- urgent
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- wealth and corruption · hidden desires · class divide · legal maneuvering · dangerous secrets
- The writing
- Fast-paced and punchy, designed to keep the pages turning with escalating stakes and dramatic reveals.
- The arc
- Moves from the quiet desperation of a struggling career into a high-adrenaline fight for survival, culminating in a shocking, reality-shifting revelation.
- Who it's for
- Fans of legal thrillers who love seeing the dark, deceptive underbelly of the ultra-wealthy exposed in a high-stakes courtroom drama.
Content notes
- murder
- violence
- class conflict
About the book
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.
Description from Open Library.
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