This was a great book! It was a true edge-of your seat suspense thriller and totally reinforced why I am a fan of Patterson.

Unlike the first book set in this part of the country (The Beach House), this one was more of a legal type thriller and it was more believable. Revisiting some of the quirky characters from The Beach House was nice. I loved how the story was written in first person from many different characters points of view. It really allowed me, as the reader, to completely understand what was going on in everyone's head. I also liked that Tom and Kate had some past history and that they were able to get past it to defend an innocent man.

I can't go into detail about the ending without giving it away, but OH.MY.GOD! I seriously never saw that coming! I was shocked to say the least, and this was one book that kept me in the dark until the very end.

The action through the book is rather slow and sometimes a bit boring, unfortunately. I really liked the plot twist at the end but for that you have to go through the whole book.

Real page-turner with awesome 'surprise.'

Couldn't finish it. My policy is if it doesn't grip me I put it down.
Disappointed because I love Patterson

i would never read the best seller trash on my own but someone had it and I had nothing else to read. Unbelievably bad. might be the worst book I've ever read. who decidedes that this is what people should buy? complete absense of writing style, real characters, or plot. the whole book hinges on a twist that does nothing to explain or payoff anything that happened anywhere else and is completely unsupported by the events of the story. just awful.

When it comes to fast paced suspense novels with completely unbelievable plots, Patterson doesn't disappoint. The perfect book to read on a sunny afternoon in a couple of hours. What a page turner.

This book has one of the biggest twists at the end that you did not in any way see coming. That being said, it's an awful twist which sours the ending, sours your feelings toward the characters, and in addition to the content, makes this a book that I would not recommend to people.

Did not see that coming! You would think Patterson was a baseball player rather than a writer with all the curve balls he throws! An amazing read; regardless of what others right. After all, this story teaches us the old saying "don't hate the player; hate the game."

Another winner for Patterson. An interesting story of a young black teen accused of murdering 4 people one of whom was his best friend. When attorney Tom Dunleavy and Kate Costello team up to represent him. An explosive ending you don't see coming.

I was hooked right from the beginning and I’ve read this book in no time. I would’ve given this book an extra star because it was captivating and intriguing. There is also a huge twist at the end that I didn’t see coming. Even though I was surprised and shocked, I was also kind of disappointed by that twist. I also feel like the book ends too quickly whit many unanswered questions and loose ends. There are a few things that still dosen’t make sense to me and that’s why I gave this book 3 stars instead of 4. However, it is still a good fast-paced and enjoyable book to read!

I love this story!!! It was so much fun! Kate Castillo is a fantastic here heroin. Together she and Tom make a great team.

A lot of people marked this book down but I have to say that I found it completely entertaining. I enjoyed the twists, turns and the mystery along the way. The setting was fabulous and the world building was fun. I never saw the ending coming!

As far as Literature goes this is a little more remedial than other books that I come across however I was completely engaged and entertained the entire time. I love Patterson books especially in the summer. They are always easy reads. They are amusing, interesting, and keep you thinking and wondering till the end.

I loved all the characters in this book. I connected with Kate the most. It's always great to see a strong and intelligent heroin in the story. She stood on her own and I liked that.

Corruption, racism, elitism, murder and more.. This book had it all! Like I said it's not a literary masterpiece, but you will have a great time reading it.

3 1/2 stars

Spoiler alert! Don't bother anyway! It's 3:45 AM and I just finished Beach Road after awaking and needing to get up for a bit to read. I finish Chapter 107 out of 116 and decide that James Patterson is a hack who goes for the cheap crappy shocker just to piss people off. I have slogged through the 106 other chapters, almost giving up during Chapter 1 when three black boys face off to three white boys in a cliche pick up game in a not so cliche place, the Hamptons of all settings, for what I think is an attempt to present a half-baked murder mystery with a feeble cultural sensitivity twist. The plot involves a young African American lad with super, almost Michael Jordan, abilities accused of a quadruple gangland style execution (of the three white players), an bad cop, a white ex-pro ball player with a blown out knee turned loser lawyer who convinces his exgirlfriend of 10 year past to leave her high-powered lawyer job in a firm that caters to rich old guys who sexually harass and rape their female employees. She does this because of her social consciousness of course. Did I say cliche? Anyway, the story progresses and sloppy evidence mounts up that would never really be accepted in a court case, and the young black dude struggles to maintain his innocent persona in a maximum security prison while he awaits trial. His grandma staunchly supports his innocence and the lawyers fight for and get his freedom. I'm sure I said cliche. Well, here's where the clive ends and the ridiculously unplausable shocker ending gets wrapped up in 9 more clumsily slapped together chapters. The white guy loser and his nephew are the bad guys who actually set up the teen b-ball star. Out of nowhere! No hints, nothin'! Then, the cop that actually figures it out, a minor character, by the way, arises from the dead after the lawyer shoots and buries him (cuz he was wearing a vest), and so does the nephew who is also killed and buried (also apparently wearing a vest) by the lawyer for no apparent reason. The cop takes down the lawyer, who ends up getting slashed to death in prison, and girlfriend goes to the beach with her murderous dead lover's dog, Wingo, and thinks about how life goes on...or something. Do I feel like an idiot for finishing this loser? Absolutely! it's the first time I am so angry about reading a book to it's stupid ending that I would submit it for book burning if the circular file wasn't within tossing distance. Clunk! I made the bucket! And not the recyclables.