- Paperback: 800 pages
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (Nov 3 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0446564230
- ISBN-13: 978-0446564236
- Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 4.4 x 20.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #246,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Readers buy DeMille for a roller-coaster ride that is both fast-paced and fun. With The Gate House, once again, he absolutely delivers." (The Denver Post )
"DeMille perfectly captures the tone that made The Gold Coast a best-seller...a sequel that doesn't dissapoint." (Booklist )
"DeMille perfectly captures the tone that made The Gold Coast a best-seller...a sequel that doesn't dissapoint." (Booklist )
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast.
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.
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.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't finish- slow paced, can't keep your interest,
By Pedal Bob "Pedal Bob" (Revelstoke BC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Gate House (Hardcover)
Usually love Demille, couldn't finish this book, that says everything. I don't usually finish a book once in a decade. This one was in that category.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Gate House,
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This review is from: The Gate House (Hardcover)
Being a fan of Nelson DeMille's previous books;this new book is the WORSTbook I have ever read! It was extremely BORING ,the attempt at humour (every page) was even more BORING. This book had not one redeeming feature If this is what Nelson DeMille is going to put out for the future; count me out!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
what can you Forgive,
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This review is from: The Gate House (Paperback)
John Sutter spent 3 years sailing the oceans and then 7 more in self imposed exile in London, England. Now he has returned to Long Island, New York to settle the affairs of his client and friend Ethel Allard. His ex-wife Susan Stanhope Sutter has also returned and is living in the old family home, metres from Ethel's cottage where John is staying. This wouldn't be too bad, unless you consider that the last day they lived together as husband and wife, Susan had murdered her lover Frank Bellarosa, mafia don. If that doesn't sound complicated, factor in that Frank's son Anthony, amother of his new neighbours, has paid a visit to John, and asked if he'll work for him.This is the longest book I have read in some time, 770 pages. I will admit to being ambivalent for the first 100 pages, not sure that I wanted to continue. I questioned whether I wanted to read a story about the mafia. I kept at it, and somewhere around page 120 I was totally hooked. I realized that the story was about John and Susan. What had happened in their marriage and did they want to do anything to 'fix it'. John also had to consider the other women in his life, Samantha and Elizabeth. Were they important to him or rather a means of marking time. At the same time John had to deal effectiving with Anthony. How to tell a mafia don that you don't want to work for him, but also keep breathing. I enjoyed how this story played out. My favourite quote from the story: "you're not supposed to invite a vampire to cross your threshold, and I think the same rule applies for sons of dead Mafia don's." I am glad that I continued reading as I found myself enjoying the characters more and more as the story went along. I can't fathom being as wealthy as Susan's family, but can visualize the challenges John faced in dealing with her parents and the threat of her being cut off from her inheritence.
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