Murder House

Author/Guide: James Patterson

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2000s: Murder doesn’t happen in Paradise…..right?

ISBN: 978-0099594888
Genre: Crime

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What you need to know before your trail

No. 7 Ocean Drive is a multimillion-dollar beachfront house in the Hamptons, but its beautiful exterior hides a horrific past. This house was the setting for a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty and rumoured to be cursed, it’s known as the Murder House, and locals keep their distance.

Detective Jenna Murphy has moved to the area to escape her troubled past and rehabilitate a career on the rocks. But when a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead in the abandoned Murder House, Jenna becomes involved in a case that at first seems open and shut, but reveals more secrets than she could possibly imagine.

As more bodies surface and Jenna is drawn deeper into the dark history of No. 7, she must risk her own life to expose the truth – before the Murder House claims another victim.

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The Hamptons

The Hamptons, on eastern Long Island’s South Fork, is a string of seaside communities known as a summer destination for affluent New Yorkers. The beaches, the ocean are quite a draw as is the sense of peace and tranquility. Shattered in this novel with murder and a house noted for its gothic and chilling presence.

No. 7 Ocean Drive is a multimillion-dollar beachfront house in the Hamptons, but its beautiful exterior hides a horrific past.

Bridgehampton

Bridgehampton is in the town of Southampton, on Long Island. Settlers named this place Bullhead, which was later renamed Bridgehampton—after the bridge built across the pond.

The town does have a criminal connection to its past in real life – the notorious criminal and memoirist Stephen Burroughs lived there during the 18th century and helped found the town’s first library in 1790s