The Beach House by Patterson, James/ De Jonge, Peter

London: Headline Book Publishing. New. 2010. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Fourth printing of Headline reissue paperback edition, 2010. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, brand new unopened book. Cover design uncredited with photos courtesy of CGIBackgrounds/Getty Images. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 400 pages; The second that Columbia law student Jack Mullen steps down from the train at East Hampton, he knows that something is very wrong. As Jack greets his family, his kid brother, Peter, lies stretched out on a steel gurney. The police are calling the drowning an accident. Jack knows that someone wanted his brother dead. Jack tries to uncover what really happened on the beach that night, only to come up against the shadowy people who protect the privileges of the multi-billionaire summer residents. And when he discovers that his brother had nearly $200,000 in his bank account, Jack realises Peter wasn't just parking cars for a living... .