This novel is strangely written in the first person by different characters each short chapter. It is horrendously confusing. Surely if you are going to write in the first person then that should be the person writing throughout the book. It took me a few chapters to realise that it was different characters commentating so I was doubly confused.
The novel was set in the Hamptons and dealt with a black kid being framed for four murders. It dealt quite well with the race angle and the difference in money between those from one side of the track and those from the other. However, I did not engage with the characters at all and with the confusing first person writing I did not enjoy reading this much.
The other Patterson/de Jonge novel Beach House is much better and you would be better hunting that one down for a more satisfying read set in the Hamptons.
5/10 for me.
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