Patterson, James, and Peter De Jonge. Beach Road. London: Headline Book Publishing, 2002.
Beach Road is about the murder of four people in East Hampton, New York. The upper class, white dominated area has one exception- movie star T. Smitty Wilson. Wilson has built a regulation size basketball court for his friends to use. The friends vary from ex-NBA stars to current prospects for the pros or college; guys that are too good to play a regular street game of basketball. When a game gets out of hand and tempers flare, 4 people that were in the game were found dead the next day. The fingerprints of a promising pro prospect Dante Halleyville are found all over the murder weapon. Dante knows he is innocent, and this book focuses on the mystery of who committed the murders. A local lawyer and former NBA player, Tom Dunleavy, agrees to defend the star and makes an attempt to win back his ex-girlfriend in the process. 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. Beach Road has all the elements of an entertaining thriller- conspiracy, courtroom drama, and mystery. It is a very easy read with little thinking required.
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I feel that I would have an interest for this book because it has something to do with sports. Anything to do with sports grabs my attention.
I think that since I like sports and lawyers, that this book might be one that i could actually finish.
I loved reading "Runaway Jury" and "Raider's Night", and this book seems to have qualities that both books have. I am definitely going to have to check this one out.
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