From Library Journal
After five years abroad, news correspondent Beecher Stowe returns to the family home in tony East Hampton to finish a book on terrorism. However, when wealthy Hannah Cutting, a controversial and much-hated neighbor, is found murdered on the beach, Stowe's new boss at Parade wants a juicy story. Just as Stowe catches wind of Hannah's "lost" tell-it-all autobiography, her publisher dispatches delectable competition in the form of a beautiful and aristocratic editor. Dry humor, literate tone, acid observation, and lots of name-dropping help characterize the village and its people. From a weekly columnist for Parade and Ad Age and the author of several successful novels (e.g., Paris One, LJ 5/1/77); for most collections.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Full of old money and new celebrities, Brady's East Hampton is the setting for the murder of a rich and famous woman whom no one liked very much. His hero, Beecher Stowe (yes, as in Harriet), is hanging out at the family manse nursing his injuries after some recent unpleasantness in Algiers. His life is considerably brightened first by the murder, then by the arrival of a lovely, overeducated Sloane Ranger with the improbable name of Alix Dunraven, whose task is to retrieve the tell-all memoirs of the deceased for the greater glory of Random House. Lots of really neat publishing foofaraw and local obsessions with class, architecture, beachfront, and the sea will appeal both to actual locals and to those who wish they were. Lightweight and as hard to resist as
People magazine.
GraceAnne A. DeCandido
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