Beach Road by James Patterson

Three young men are murdered on a beach near a movie star’s mansion in mega-bucks East Hampton. Dante Halleyville is accused of the murders and asks Tom Dunleavy, a year-round resident and attorney, to represent him. Tom seeks help from a long-ago love, Kate Costello. Most of the story revolves around the trial and assorted sub-plots. And, of course, who really killed the three men.

I’m a long-time James Patterson fan; and like all his books, this is a quick, surprising read with a shocking end (although I did figure out one of the bad guys). But I wasn’t nuts about this new writing technique of each chapter from a different character’s viewpoint.

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