Beach Road Patterson And Peter De Jonge, James; Patterson, James and De Jonge, Peter

Tom Dunleavy had it all — a pro basketball career, money, respect. Then he lost everything and washed up back home in the Hamptons, scraping by as a local lawyer. When four of his former high school teammates are accused of gang-raping a young woman at a beach party, the case becomes a media circus. The evidence is damning. The town wants blood. But Tom doesn't believe they did it. What follows is a courtroom thriller that pivots on loyalty, class warfare, and how far you'll go to defend the people you grew up with — even when the whole world has already decided they're guilty. Patterson and de Jonge keep the tension cranked tight, flipping between legal drama and something darker lurking beneath the Hamptons' gilded surface. If you like your thrillers fast, morally messy, and impossible to put down on a long weekend, this delivers.