Beach Road

Tom Dunleavy has a one-man (and one-dog) law firm in the richest resort town in America -- legendary East Hampton, summer home to billionaires and megacelebrities. But his job barely keeps him in paper clips. His clients come from the year-rounders he grew up with, the people who make a living serving the rich. The movie moguls, models, and corporate honchos who swarm the beaches every summer already have lawyers on their payroll. James Patterson is the international bestselling author of the two top-selling new detective series of the past decade: the Alex Cross novels and the Women's Murder Club series. He has written many other #1 bestsellers, including Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas. He lives in Florida. Peter de Jonge is a longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine whose work has appeared in The Best American Sports Writing and numerous other anthologies. He is coauthor with Patterson of The Beach House. He lives in New York.