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The second that Columbia law student Jack Mullen steps down from the train at East Hampton, he knows that something is very wrong. As he greets his family, his kid brother Peter lies stretched out on a steel gurney, battered, bruised - dead. The police are calling the drowning an accident. Jack knows that's not right. Someone wanted his brother dead.But the establishment says otherwise. Jack tries to uncover what really happened on the beach that night, only to confront a wall of silence; a barricade of shadowy people who protect the privileges of the multi-billionaire summer residents. And when he discovers that his brother had nearly $200,000 in his bank account, Jack realises Peter wasn't just parking cars to make a living...

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Tom Dunleavy has a one-man law firm in East Hampton, summer home to billionaires and Hollywood celebrities. But his clients are the people he grew up with, the people who make a living serving the rich. When an old friend, Dante Halleyville, is arrested for a triple murder near a movie star's mansion, Tom agrees to represent him, and recruits super lawyer, and ex-girlfriend, Kate Costello to help fight the case. As Tom wonders if he can ever get Kate to forgive him for his past sins, the case takes on astonishing dimensions, revealing a world of illegal pleasures, revenge, and fear amongst the super-rich...

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'James Patterson and Bill Clinton are the dream team' Lee Child'Propulsive, exhilarating, and unnervingly believable' Karin Slaughter'Superb thriller, expertly told... More please' Piers Morgan'Even better than their first ' Daily Mail'I loved this book ' Ross King____________The highly acclaimed #1 Sunday Times bestsellerALL PRESIDENTS HAVE NIGHTMARES. THIS ONE IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE.Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL and a former US President, has always defended his family as fiercely as he has his country.Now these defences are under attack. And it's personal.Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie, has been abducted, turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security.As the world watches, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father.Because Keating knows that in order to save Melanie's life he will have to put his own on the line . . .____________More praise for The President's Daughter'A rollicking ride' Independent'Unimpeachably authentic' Guardian'Deftly interweaves action scenes and family dynamics' Sunday Times'Highly entertaining' New York Times'A really propulsive and exciting story . . . a surefire winner' Irish Independent'Action all the way in a fast and furious tale' Sun'A chilling crime novel' Sunday Express'Clinton and Patterson's novel puts their respective expertise to good use' Time

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