JACK Mullen's kid brother is dead. The police are calling it a drowning accident, but Jack knows that Pete is a strong swimmer and suicide makes no sense.

Someone must have wanted Jack's brother dead, but the establishment says otherwise as Jack tries to uncover what really happened on the beach that night. The reality involves the lives of the multi-billionaire summer residents, revealing thier secrets and sexual intrigue in a quickfire plot that never lets up.

Patterson is a storyteller par excellence, and you don't even need to be going on holiday to find an excuse to buy this one.

Published by Headline at £10.99.