Slotpleidooi gaat in eerste instantie over gerechtigheid en hoe sommige rijken gerechtigheid kopen. Ik denk dat dit boek van alle tijden is omdat alles wat er in voorkomt altijd al bestaan heeft! Weeral een pareltje van de hand van James Patterson!

I can't believe it took me so long to read this book, I started loving to read late in life only about 2 years ago so I am very behind! Anyway I was going to the beach so I thought it appropriate to take this book Beach House with me and I absolutely love James P and murder mystery books. The Mullen family has had a very bad week by the beginning of the book, the mother passed away years ago, and by the first half of the book 2 more family members are gone. Didn't want to give away spoilers! But it is very descriptive, great plot, characters, everything is in its place basically and makes for a great fast read as I read it in 3 days on vacation! I absolutely loved the ending lets just say what goes around comes around. if you have not read it, read it!!! 5* all the way, another great one by one of the best!!!!!

The author’s two page chapters and breathless descriptions careen through the parallel worlds of the super-rich and the often unimpressed townies at breakneck speed and I was caught up in the whirling dervish early. I was predictably offended by the overt inequality of the justice system for those that can afford to buy their way out of anything; that is until the “kangaroo court” sequence. There must have been some other way to provide equal justice for all. I felt cheated at the end but never the less this was a fast and fun summer read.

4.0 this wasn’t really my style of book. But once I started it, I didn’t have anything else to read so I kept going.

When New York law student Jack Mullen learns that his brother has drowned, he knows it can't be an accident . . . Jack Mullen is in law school in New York City when the shocking news comes that his brother Peter has drowned in the ocean off East Hampton. Jack knows his brother and knows this couldn't be an accident; someone must have wanted his brother dead. But the powers that be say otherwise. As Jack tries to uncover details of his brothers last night, he confronts a barricade of lawyers, police, and paid protectors who separate the multibillionaire summer residents from local workers like Peter.Soon he discovers that Peter wasn't just parking cars at the summer parties of the rich. He was making serious money satisfying the sexual needs of the richest women and men in town. The Beach House reveals the secret lives of celebrities in a breathtaking drama of revenge-with a finale so shocking that only James Patterson could have written it. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Picked this book up out of a James Patterson-lovers dream pile of books at a bookstore close to Ames, and F L E W through it!! I love a good, fast thriller- and that’s exactly what this was. The ending was a tad bit unrealistic in my opinion, but it’s fiction anyways so maybe that’s the whole point? Either way, I’ve enjoyed each and every James Patterson novel I’ve read due to its attention to detail throughout and the fast-paced nature, and this one is no different.

Excellent story line, plot well driven. Would have been 5 stars but for the improbable but highly entertaining end.

Patterson thriller from over 10 years ago… and it's of his notable page turning variety, a law graduate's brother is killed on a beach and then there's a massive cover up by the social elite and the cops. When the graduate and his friends try to fight back the conspirators really up the ante. Some solid Patterson fare, hard to put down, despite stretching the realms of reality. 5 out of 12.

The Beach House was the first book I have read, written by the author James Patterson. When this book was first suggested to me by my teacher I was not sure what to expect, and it did not seem to be anything I would have been interested in. I decided to give it a shot anyways. At the beginning of this book one of the main characters named Peter Mullen was found laying out on a beach in the Hampton's dead. That evening Peter was working as a valet at a Memorial Day party for a wealthy and man named Barry Neubauer and his family and friends.

When the police were notified they insisted that this death was a suicide. Peters brother Jack who is a law student and also the one narrating this book, believed that peter did not commit suicide but he was with out a doubt murdered. Jack noticed many bruises all over Peters body and if it was suicide they would not have been there. At the beginning of this book Peter had spend 19,000 dollars on a motor cycle, that he had waited six months to get the exact shade of blue he wanted. Jack believed that someone who was happy with there life would not just go and commit suicide and at the beginning of this book Jack stated “You don't wash it twice a day contemplating suicide.” No matter what Jack had to say about it they ruled out that it was murder so Jack got together with his girlfriend and grandfather and they began to look into the situation them and also came to the conclusion that yes Peter was murdered.

As this book continues some interesting evidence is found almost confirming that Peter was murdered. Sadly soon after Peters death his grandfather also passes away and Jack believes it was so much stress and he was sad for the loss of Peter.

This book starts out as a quick read but as you continue it stays interesting but is not as attention grabbing. I enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in a good murder mystery, with many twists and turning points to read this book as well. Some people could be disappointed by the ending to this book and expect to have a better ending by the end, but it is not too bad.

Another Patterson crime mystery that didn't disappoint. When I want to just be totally engaged and need to escape, I choose a James Patterson book. Short chapters combined with the ability to start off with a bang and keep the action coming make for a great read.

Great characters-- lots to keep track of but great twist of events pulls it all together!

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This is my first book that I've read of Patterson's. I saw his list of books and found it interesting that he co-writes with other authors. However, it doesn't seem to be a bad idea. With *The Beach House*, I found it to be interesting how fast you can read through a book with small chapters. It turned out not to be such a bad idea.

Peter Mullen is found dead at the beach in the Hamptons. The officials in the town are calling it a suicide. However, Jack, the older brother who is studying law, believes it was murder. One, Peter was an expert swimmer and knew the "laws" of the ocean. Two, when Jack saw Peter's body, he was covered in bruises. Three, a competent coroner who did the autopsy confirmed that Peter did not drown.

However, none of the officials agree with Jack and still claim that Peter had committed suicide. Meanwhile, Jack gradually builds up a team of people who agree with the fact that Peter was murdered. Of course, the tide turns and everyone starts to say that Peter suicided. Just who or what has made these people changed their minds?

Jack and a few people (his grandfather, his new girlfriend...) seem to be losing the battle. All seems lost when the court rules Peter's death as suicide. That is when Jack and his people become desperate. They hold their own televised court when they come across some incriminating evidence.

Do the rich really buy their way out of crime? Can they buy "facts" or have them altered and get away with it? Do the rich really control the courts? Jack and his people are rich but they aren't poor. Can they be bought out?

The question is which ruling will the general public and the courts uphold? The original court's ruling or the "kangaroo" court's ruling?

*The Beach House* is an interesting story about how the court and the rich cornering a man when he'll have no choice but to fight back like a feral animal. And when he does, all hell breaks loose.

Good & interesting but not his best work

One thing about a James Patterson book is that it is always an easy read. I’m accustomed to the plots of his books being more intricate and manipulative but this was a decent book to get into before bed