It starts with the rape of a young black girl: Nikki Robinson is cleaning the mansion on Beach Road owned by the Merrick family, when the owner's son assaults her. Then three teenage boys are shot dead on the beach - one is Michael Merrick, and one of the black kids accused of the murders is Nikki's half-brother, Eli. Defending them isn't going to be easy. No witness to the murders can be found. The rich local community don't want any murky secrets revealed about life in the Hamptons. And Tom and Kate, the two lawyers working on the case, haven't exactly been on good terms since their affair broke up.
- ISBN10 0316159786
- ISBN13 9780316159784
- Publish Date 1 May 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little Brown and Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 390
- Language English