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The Beach House
Written by James Patterson and Peter De Jonge
Narrated by Gil Bellows
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Jack Mullen is in law school in New York City when the news comes that his brother, Peter, has drowned in the ocean off East Hampton. Jack knows his brother practically grew up in the water, and that this couldn't be an accident. Someone must have wanted his brother dead.But the police say otherwise. As Jack tries to uncover details of his brother's last night, he confronts a maddening barricade of lawyers, police, and paid protectors who separate the wealthy summer residents from local workers like Peter. Motivated by a hundred forms of grief, Jack rallies his hometown friends to help him find the truth of Peter's death - no matter how rich or corrupt the people who stand in their way.Jack's relentless crusade puts him into a head-on collision with one of the most powerful and ruthless men in New York, a man who wipes out resistance with a snap of his fingers. As it unfolds that his brother was involved with some of the richest women and men in America - in ways Jack never imagined - his dream of justice fades. Only if he can somehow beat the rich at their own game will he be able to avenge his brother.
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James Patterson
James Patterson is the CEO of J. Walter Thompson, an advertising agency in New York. He has written several successful fiction and nonfiction books, including The New York Times best seller The Day America Told the Truth.
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Reviews for The Beach House
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Let me preface this by saying that as exalted an author James Patterson is, his books just are not for me. My husband- yes, and he is the one who suggested i give this one a whirl. Fast paced and full of hold -your-breath moments BEACH HOUSE is an attention grabber! The loyalty of brothers.....the adoration and acceptance of one another and one hell of a bizarre murder. Proof that the acquisition of money doesn't make any single person better than another. This book is full of suspicions , friendships, loyalties and manipulations! How far would YOU go to delve into the actual truth of a loved ones death?????
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I have to say that this book is not all that memorable since it took me about 270 pages to realize that I had already read this book. I enjoyed it more than "The Quickie" that I just finished because Patterson spent a little bit of time developing the main characters. I did like the last part of the story where the central characters kidnap the rich and famous in order to hold a "public" trial. It is a clever idea although I doubt we would ever see anything like it in real life.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I don't know if it was the writing style or the person chosen to read the audio, but I felt like I was listening to a bored rich person relate a tale of what happened to someone they knew. I never felt like I connected with a character in the novel enough to care what happened or why it happened.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a twist!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Decent beach reading....how appropriate!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jack Mullins and his grandfother Macklin tries to prove that his brother Peter "rabbit" Mullins was murdered and not an accident that the millionaire Barry Neubauer. The night of Neubauer party that Peter was parking the cars. I was shocked when I found out why Peter was killed. It was a good book.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Per Petruchio - not one of Patterson's better efforts. Only finished reading it because was most of the way through. At one point the author refers to a character buying a car with $1000 bills - we haven't had those in this country for quite some time, certainly not within the timeframe of this story. What a pointless error to make!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I enjoyed reading this book, as I have with all of Patterson's books that I've read. No complaints here! A law student takes on his sleepy Hampton hometown in solving his brother's murder.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Peter Mullins is murdered and his brother Jack tries to prove it wasn't an accident.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A good legal read. Jack Mullen, a recent law grad., and his grandfather Mack are beleivable characters. Well written, well paced.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I enjoyed the book. It was not as believable as other Patterson books, but I'd still give it 5 stars. His writing overcomes any plot weakness.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This was a very fast read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Reading a non-Alex Cross book was interesting. I admit, I kept waiting for he and Sampson to pop up during the inquest into Peter's death. I definitely got sucked into Jack's quest for the truth and couldn't help but thinking if this were a movie and he weren't dead, Jack Lemmon would make a wonderul Mack.The evil lawfirm and Neubauer's $10 million dollar deal offer just made me laugh--the number of people who think everyone can be bought just because they can frighten me. One thing I really wish that Patterson had resolved was the question of who the Fixer was. We were left with no idea other than that he was an ally of Volpi due to the attack on Sammy, but I really wonder who he was.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The death of Montauks own Peter Mullen at Barry Neubauers Hampton beach house party sparks a year of mystery, and the search for justice. The death had been ruled a suicide/accident, but brother Jack, a law student and grandpa Macklin, a paralegal, headed a search with a group of Montauk friends to find the truth. The search takes them through corrupt lawyers, police, medical examiners, and judges, all bought and paid for. After many of the friends have had death threats, a few of them 'accidents' and almost all of them had unemployment, can this group of friends find the truth, can there be justice, or will they go to far. This is a fast paced intense thriller with lots of twists and turns, many surprises. Enjoyed the characters and the excellent descriptions. Very interesting ending however. The answers are there, the whys and whos, I did enjoy the ending, I recommend this book, the mystery is solved, the suspense is there, and it is a thrilling adventure.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Peter Mullen is liked by everyone in the Hamptons town of Montauk, but Peter has a secret life. Peter's body is found on the beach outside the house of Barry Neubauer the morning after the Neubauer's annual Memorial Day party. Peter was working the party as a valet, parking cars of the rich and famous. Peter's family consists of Jack, a law student; his father, who soon dies of a heart attack; and Macklin, an 87 year-old grandfather who still works as a paralegal. The family soon learns that Peter's death is being treated as an accident or suicide by the police, although they are sure he was murdered. The plot develops as Jack, Macklin and friends try to prove Peter was murdered while contending with police corruption and the power wielded by the rich Neubauer family. The Beach House has a lot of Patterson's usual qualities; great character development, a host of players, and short attention-getting chapters. The plot, however, is degraded when Jack and Macklin resort to kidnapping the bad guys and holding a vigilante trial to force a confession from the murderer - reminiscent of an old western movie. If you want to read an entertaining mystery with an easy-to-follow story, give The Beach House a try.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5While Patterson's are almost always an easy read, I found this one to just be too graphic, both with sex and violence. I don't think the plot would have suffered if the shock and awe had been toned down a bit.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not in the same league as Patterson's Alex Cross series, but not a bad read for a lazy summer afternoon.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5didn't care for this
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5fast easy read, good mystery
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5How does Patterson do it? How does he never let me down?
I needed to read a book set on a beach for my summer reading challenge, and I happened to have this one on the shelf. I started it in the morning and didn't put it down until I had read the last word at almost midnight. I did very little the rest of the day. I even shooed my husband away when he came to sit next to me on the sofa.
The tale of rich vs working-class hits right on the nose, with feelings of the hit TV series "Revenge" throughout. You can see the smug, self-satisfied looks on the rich faces as they know their sins will not catch up with them; you can feel the defeat and frustration of the blue-collar population who realize the law is NOT on their side.
And when justice finally DOES prevail, it is sweet, indeed. This is a page-turner, very fast-paced and intriguing. Recommended. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not Patterson's finest, but still quite interesting story about a law student who returns home to the Hamptons to bury his younger brother killed by ... accident?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was truly Awesome!!! I picked this book and knocked it out in just a few short days. Great murder mystery with some very likeable characters. Extremely fast paced. The final 200 pages were go go go. Worth the read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5“The Beach House” is a fast paced trip from murder to investigation and finally, trial.
When Jack’s brother, Peter is found dead on a beach in the Hamptons the police claim that it is a suicide by drowning, however, Jack believes that it is murder. When the police force refuses to investigate the death in the depth that Jack would like, he takes it into his own hands.
With short, brief chapters this novel is a quick read. Thorough in its details and research it is a well written legal, murder mystery thriller that will keep you wondering what will happen next. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Beach House, by James Patterson, is one of his stand-alone novels that are not a part of any series. I expected it to be a quick read, like many of his books are, and I was right. It was quick and somewhat pointless.Honestly? I didn’t love the book at all. I thought the premise was good but the end was pretty ridiculous. Essentially the story is about a young lawyer trying to find out who killed his younger brother. He goes to some pretty extreme measures to accomplish this task. I complain a good deal about Patterson’s books and yet I do continue to read them. They are rarely satisfying and yet they keep me occupied when I need something quick to read. If you are a fan, you might as well read it. If you haven’t read his books, I wouldn’t start with this one.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beach House has James Patterson's usual strong ensemble of characters; the reader instantly gets a picture of what each looks like and what he/she really is about. A legal thriller set in Montauk, East Hampton, and NYC, the story takes various twists and turns until its climatic conclusion. One of Patterson's best.