Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #154631 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Synopsis
A gripping and surprising thriller from bestselling author James Patterson. Tom Dunleavy has a law firm in the legendary East Hampton, summer home to billionaires and Hollywood celebrities. When an old friend of his is arrested for a triple murder near a movie star's mansion, Tom is in the public eye for the first time in his life. Dante Halleyville asks Tom to represent him in what could be the trial of the century. Tom knows in his gut that Dante is innocent, and recruits super lawyer Kate Costello to help fight the case. As Tom wonders whether ex-girlfriend Kate can ever forgive him for his past sins, the case takes on astonishing dimensions, revealing a world of illegal pleasures and revenge among the super-rich.

Customer Reviews

Stupid Ending
I enjoy reading Patterson and as with all books by Patterson Beach Road is very easy to read and I didn't want to put it down. Unfortunately, a decent novel was ruined by one of the most unneccesary twists I have ever read. It seems as though Patterson wanted to do something shocking with this twist and added it regardless of how it fitted in with the preceeding story.

Utter total dross, terribly written and I've read Mills & Boons!
Admittedly this isn't my chosen genre and the first James Patterson book I've ever read but I think that should've leant me an edge with my lack of expectations and my attempted open mind. However this is without doubt, from the first page of the book, the worst written book I have ever read! The 'gangster speak' was so forced as to actually be embarrassing, kind of like listening to your grandma trying to rap, so much so that I cringed pretty much constantly. Then, not to spoil it for you because it's by far the only bit in the book that'll get you going, the 'twist in the tale' ending is just beyond a joke and so utterly ridiculous! I really wouldn't bother reading this, read a proper book!

TALENTED ENSEMBLE CAST DELIVERS SUPERB NARRATIVE

There's nothing like a talented ensemble cast of narrators to bring an audio book to vibrant, exciting life. There's Broadway quality drama that a single person reading usually cannot create and nail biting suspense propelled by the emphasis placed on each character by a different voice. All of this is found in Beach Road, the story of a barely-making-it lawyer who suddenly finds himself in the middle of an over the masthead headline case.

Former NBA star Tom Dunleavy is an attorney in a well heeled resort town, East Hampton. Unfortunately for him, his door isn't darkened by any of the rich who summer there, jut by the year round folks who work for the wealthy.

Then, a good friend of Tom's, Dante Halleyville, is arrested for a triple murder. Believing in his friend's innocence, Tom calls on former girlfriend, Kate Costello, to help him. Although she's now a lawyer for super powers in Manhattan she comes to help out. (Romance? Of course.)

All they have to do is find out who really did the killings and why that person or persons wants Dante to take the rap for it.

Trust Patterson to deliver a shocking trail that leads to an even more astounding conclusion.

- Gail Cooke