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| Original Title: | The Gate House |
| ISBN: | 0446533424 (ISBN13: 9780446533423) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | John Sutter #2 |
| Characters: | Susan Sutter, Mr. Frank Bellarosa, John Whitman Sutter, William Stanhope, Mrs. Ethel Hope Allard, Mr. Felix Mancuso, Carolyn Sutter, Elizabeth Allard Corbet, Edward Sutter, Mr. Amir Nasim, Mr. Anthony Bellarosa, Anna Bellarosa, Harriet Sutter |
Nelson DeMille
Hardcover | Pages: 677 pages Rating: 3.75 | 16031 Users | 1329 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Gate House (John Sutter #2) |
| Author | : | Nelson DeMille |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 677 pages |
| Published | : | October 28th 2008 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Crime. Audiobook |
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When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan who has also returned to Long Island. But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions: Drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer--Susan Sutter. At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces and old passions begin to reignite, and John finds himself pulled deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal. In THE GATE HOUSE, acclaimed author Nelson Demille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore -- a place where past, present, and future collides with often unexpected results.Rating Regarding Books The Gate House (John Sutter #2)
Ratings: 3.75 From 16031 Users | 1329 ReviewsWrite Up Regarding Books The Gate House (John Sutter #2)
Painfully boring and I wish I had the time back that I wasted on this thing. If this is classic DeMille then this is my last time I will read anything of his.I read the Goodreads review, fortunately even the ones marked "spoilers"didn't contain any real spoilers, having just finished Gold Coast tonight."Suspension of disbelief is a key element to enjoy some really interesting fiction". I very much enjoyed Gold Coast, and found that The Gate House did not let me down. DeMille's style uses a narration provided by the main character John Whitman Sutter, who returns to New York from London as he has promised to look after the estate of Ethel Allard,
Maybe it's me, but I don't think I will finish this book. I was so excited to have a new DeMille to read, but the first 150 pages are almost painful. The writing is flat and repetitious. His John Whitman Sutter tries too hard to be funny. And every other thought in his head is "my wife killed her lover, a Mafia don". I'm bored and disappointed.
I finished 'The Gate House' by Nelson DeMille yesterday, I'm going in a few minutes to get another novel to read, I'll let you know what it is. I want to say this about this book: DeMille captures the good, the bad and the ugly as well as the beauty and joy of a real kind of love that compels the characters to be willing to sacrifice ALL unselfishly for one another. It takes awhile to grasp the scope of what DeMille has created here because it's hard to get past the snobbery and the perspective
First of all, I am not author-bashing. I have read a couple of other Nelson DeMille novels that I thoroughly enjoyed. When The Gate House first came out, I had not yet read The Gold Coast, prequel to this book, so I read the earlier book first. Although I didn't really like The Gold Coast, I read this novel anyway, and in retrospect, that was a mistake. Without giving too much away (there is very little to give away and I don't want to spoil what few surprises there are), both books are about a
Yes, I realize this is not great literature, but it was sure entertaining. I read The Gold Coast years ago, but DeMille offers plenty of reminders in the beginning to get me up to speed. The main character, John Sutter has mastered the art of sarcasm, and his lines about his in-laws had me laughing out loud after major surgery (not good for me, but I just couldn't help it). I have to quibble with the speed at which he and Susan reconciled after her horrible betrayal. I never liked her and
I enjoyed this story of John Sutter taking place 10 years after The Gold Coast.I see a lot of my GR FRIENDS didn't like this book, but I found it very entertaining! I would recommend you read The Gold Coast first.
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