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  The Au Pairs: Book 1

  The Au Pairs

  by Melissa de la Cruz

  Three girls with three agendas and the ultimate destination: the Hamptons. Summer in the city? Way overrated. Everybody who's anybody in New York City summers in the Hamptons. Mara, Eliza, and Jacqui all want a piece of the action, all for different reasons. So the girls answer a classified ad to become au pairs. How bad can it be, watching a couple of kids on the beach all day? They've got the swank address,... (more)
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  The Beach House

  by James Patterson, Peter De Jonge

  Jack Mullen is in law school in New York City when the shocking news comes that his brother Peter has drowned in the ocean off East Hampton. Jack knows his brother and knows this couldnt be an accident. Someone must have wanted his brother dead. But the powers that be say otherwise. As Jack tries to uncover details of his brothers last night, he confronts a barricade of lawyers, police, and paid protectors who... (more)
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  Sag Harbor

  by Colson Whitehead

  The warm, funny and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in America. The year is 1985. Benji Cooper is one of the only black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs, playing too much Dungeons and Dragons and trying to catch glimpses of nudity on late-night cable TV. After a tragic mishap on his first day of... (more)
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  The Au Pairs: Book 3

  Sun-Kissed

  by Melissa de la Cruz

  Be careful or you'll get burned. The three hottest au pairs in history are back, and this time they're ready to rule the Hamptons. Mara has all the VIPs in the hottest clubs hanging on her every word. Eliza's family is back from financial ruin; and she's got the platinum charge cards to prove it. Jacqui is newly single and ready for some steamy summer hook-ups. The girls seem to have it all this summer...but... (more)
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  The Au Pairs: Book 2

  Skinny-Dipping

  by Melissa de la Cruz

  And you thought last summer was hot? Your favorite bikini-clad au pairs -- good-girl- turned-It-Girl Mara, spoiled Eliza, and Brazilian bombshell Jacqui -- are back for another season of skinny-dipping in Georgica Pond, tanning on Main Beach, and oh, yeah, babysitting for the Perry kids too. The au pairs think they're ready for another summer of outrageous fun, but a lot of things have changed since last... (more)
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  Beach Road

  by James Patterson, Peter De Jonge

  By the #1 bestselling author of Lifeguard, a gleaming new summer thriller set in the luxurious Hamptons. Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy's client list is woefully small--occasional real estate closings barely keep him in paper clips. When he is hired to defend a local man accused in a triple murder that has the East Hampton world in an uproar, he knows that he has found the case of his lifetime. The crime... (more)
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  Coffeehouse: Book 4

  Murder Most Frothy

  by Cleo Coyle

  "A bright new light in the mystery horizon,"(The Best Reviews) Cleo Coyle returns with a mystery full of fraud, fun, and froth. New Yorker Clare Cosi manages a coffee shop, but this summer she'll leave it behind as she heads for the Hamptons-and perhaps the biggest jolt of her life... Clare Cosi's new friend, millionaire David Mintzer, has an offer no New York barista could turn down: an all-expenses-paid summer... (more)
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  Philistines at the Hedgerow : Passion and Property in the Hamptons

  by Steven Gaines

  Destined to be a coast-to-coast major trade paperback bestseller in the summer of 1999. Steven Gaines is a bestselling storyteller with a special gift for capturing social nuance, colourful detail, and quirks of character. Here are a few examples: A well-to-do former ballet dancer arrested for stealing his neighbors furniture, and showered with thank-you notes from his victims, who admired his skills at... (more)
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  The Summer We Read Gatsby

  by Danielle Ganek

  A delightful comedy of manners about two sisters who must set aside their differences when they inherit a house in the Hamptons Half-sisters Cassie and Peck could not be more different. Cassie is a newly divorced journalist with her feet firmly planted on the ground; Peck is a vintage-obsessed actress with her head in the clouds. In fact, the only thing they seem to have in common is their inheritance of... (more)
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  The Summer We Read Gatsby

  by Danielle Ganek

  A delightful comedy of manners about two sisters who must set aside their differences when they inherit a house in the Hamptons Half-sisters Cassie and Peck could not be more different. Cassie is a newly divorced journalist with her feet firmly planted on the ground; Peck is a vintage-obsessed actress with her head in the clouds. In fact, the only thing they seem to have in common is their inheritance of... (more)
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  Something Borrowed: Book 1

  Something Borrowed

  by Emily Giffin

  Rachel has always been the good girl-until her thirtieth birthday, when her longtime friend Darcy throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's fiance. Rachel is completely horrified. She pretends it didn't happen, maybe it will all go away-and so will her feelings for this guy. She prays for fate to intervene, but when she makes a choice she discovers that the lines... (more)
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  In the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities

  by Dan Rattiner

  Long before the Hamptons became famous for its posh parties, paparazzi, and glitterati, it was a sleepy backwater of fishing villages and potato farms, literary luminaries and local eccentrics. As the editor and publisher of the area’s popular free newspaper, Dan’s Papers , Dan Rattiner, has been covering the daily triumphs, community intrigues, and larger-than-life personalities for nearly fifty years. A... (more)
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  The Water's Edge

  by Daniel Judson

  When Jake "Payday" Bechet hears that two men have been murdered a few miles from where he lives in the Hamptons---hanged from the Shinnecock Bridge, their hands severed---he knows that trouble is coming. Trouble for him, for everyone, because it means that someone has betrayed the Castello crime family. Whether it’s someone trying to move in on their drug operation or the cops making their own statement, he... (more)
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  Dan's Greatest Hits!

  by Dan Rattiner

  Award-winning writer, publisher, cartoonist, cartographer, and raconteur Dan Rattiner is the founder and editor of Dan’s Papers where he has chronicled the fables and foibles of the Hamptons for over forty years. This CD is a new volume of selected stories and essays from recent years chosen and read by Dan himself. Most document the local lore of Long Island’s famous Hamptons, but some cover topics as... (more)
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  Dan's Shorts

  by Dan Rattiner

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  By Invitation Only

  by Jodi Della Femina

  Nobody knows the Hamptons like Jodi Della Femina, who captures the inside world of love, society, and scandal in this delicious summer page-turner. Toni Fratelli has a busy summer ahead.  After several setbacks in Manhattan force her to move home to East Hampton, her To Do list is full. She has to help her father run his popular Italian restaurant.  Start up her own catering company.  And plan, cater, and be... (more)
• Beach Road [Library Edition]James Patterson; And Peter De Jonge

  

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  Beach Road [Library Edition]

  by James Patterson; And Peter De Jonge

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  Short Squeeze: A Mystery

  by Chris Knopf

  The outside world thinks living in the Hamptons requires a Bentley, a face-lift, and a shingle-style home the size of Buckingham Palace. The truth is a lot more complicated than that. Dig a little deeper and you're as likely to find a saint--or a Mensa genius--as you are a deviant or certified nut job lurking right below the surface.   I know this because these are my beloved clients.   Meet Jackie... (more)
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  The Summer of Skinny Dipping

  by Amanda Howells

  After getting dumped by her boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Mia Gordon is looking forward to spending a relaxing summer in the Hamptons with her glamorous cousins. But when she arrives, her cousins are distant, moody, and caught up with a fast crowd. Mia finds herself lonelier than ever. That's when she meets her next-door-neighbor, Simon Ross. Simon isn't like the snobby party boys her cousins seem obsessed with;... (more)
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  Dan Rattiner's Hamptons Fables

  by Dan Rattiner

  Award-winning writer, publisher, cartoonist, cartographer, and raconteur Dan Rattiner is the proprietor of Dan’s Papers where he has chronicled the fables and foibles of the Hamptons for more than forty years. On this CD Dan reads some of his favorite stories from issues of the past few years. Most document the local lore of Long Island’s famous Hamptons, some range as far as New Zealand and Mars. All will... (more)