“Beach
Road” is a thriller by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge. It tells the story of Dante Halleyville, a
promising basketball player who has been implicatedin a triple murder case. Tom Dunleavy believes in his innocence. He
solicits the services of her former lover Kate Costello, an astute lawyer to help
him prevent Dante from going to jail.
Most
people believe that Dante is guilty. Acorrupt policeman is also bent on implicating
Dante at all cost. He is bent on planting evidence in order to implicate him.
The case against Dante is very strong and it will be a herculean task for
Dunleavy and Costello to get him off the hook. The prosecutorial team is also
determined to nail Dante Halleyville. They will leave no stone unturned.
However,
there is someone high at the top manipulating all others. The denouement will
leave the reader shocked. The reader would not have expected such a climax.
The
plot is thrilling in simple prose. Every character is made to tell his or her
side of the story which is beautifully put together to develop the plot. This
is certainly an uncommon form of plot development and storytelling style.
Patterson
writes in an uncomplicated style and language. The movement from the
perspective of one character to the other stalls the thrill a bit. There are
parts of the novel that massacre reality for plot development expediency. To
give concrete examples will be giving the story away.
In
spite of my mild criticisms “Beach Road” is certainly a great novel worth
reading. It is entertaining, thrilling. Thumbs up to Pattterson and de jonge for a such great
novel.
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