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The gate house
982 pages
A tense, atmospheric return to a world of aristocratic wealth where old romances and deadly vendettas refuse to stay buried.
What it feels like
This novel immerses the reader in the opulent but treacherous atmosphere of Long Island's Gold Coast, blending the nostalgic ache of a reluctant homecoming with the tightening grip of a suspenseful thriller. The mood is steeped in a seductive tension, balancing the rekindling of a complicated, aristocratic romance against the looming, shadowy threat of mafia revenge. As the narrative unfolds at a brisk pace, it explores the inescapable gravity of the past and the dangerous intersection of immense wealth and criminal enterprise. The prose captures both the gilded surface of high society and the gritty reality of betrayal, making it a perfect read for those who devour stories of lingering passions, deadly vendettas, and the corrupting allure of power.
- Mood
- opulent
- tense
- seductive
- shadowy
- Tone
- suspenseful
- dramatic
- tense
- nostalgic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- inescapable past · cycles of revenge · seduction and betrayal · corrupting power of wealth
- The writing
- Descriptive and suspenseful, capturing the opulent atmosphere of aristocratic wealth alongside the gritty tension of criminal underworlds.
- The arc
- Moves from a nostalgic, reluctant homecoming to a tense entanglement in old passions and dangerous vendettas.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love wealthy, atmospheric settings layered with romantic tension and high-stakes criminal suspense.
Content notes
- murder
- mafia violence
- betrayal
About the book
\ author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast. When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan who has also returned to Long Island. But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions: Drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer--Susan Sutter. At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces and old passions begin to reignite, and John finds himself pulled deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal. In THE GATE HOUSE, acclaimed author Nelson Demille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore -- a place where past, present, and future collides with often unexpected results.
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