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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)

Sag Harbor: A Novel

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)

Au Pairs: Book 3

Sun-kissed (Au Pairs, The)

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)

Murder Most Frothy: A Coffeehouse Mystery (Coffeehouse Mysteries)

Murder Most Frothy: A Coffeehouse Mystery (Coffeehouse Mysteries)

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)

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)

The Beach House

by James Patterson, Peter De Jonge

The second thatColumbia law student Jack Mullen steps down from the train atEast Hampton, he knows that something is very wrong. As he greets his family, his kid brother Peter lies stretched out on a steel gurney, battered, bruised -- dead. The police are calling the drowning an accident. Jack knows that's wrong. Someone wanted his brother dead. But the establishment says otherwise. Jack tries to uncover what... (more)

Au Pairs: Book 2

Skinny-dipping (Au Pairs)

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)

Philistines at the Hedgerow : Passion and Property in the Hamptons

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)

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)

In the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities

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)

The Water's Edge

by D. 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)

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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The Au Pairs

by Melissa De la Cruz

Sag Harbor: A Novel

by Colson Whitehead

Sun-kissed (Au Pairs, The)

by Melissa De la Cruz

Murder Most Frothy: A Coffeehouse Mystery (Coffeehouse Mysteries)

by Cleo Coyle

The Beach House

by James Patterson, Peter De Jonge

The Beach House

by James Patterson, Peter De Jonge

Skinny-dipping (Au Pairs)

by Melissa De la Cruz

Philistines at the Hedgerow : Passion and Property in the Hamptons

by Steven Gaines

Beach Road

by James Patterson, Peter De Jonge

In the Hamptons: My Fifty Years with Farmers, Fishermen, Artists, Billionaires, and Celebrities

by Dan Rattiner

The Water's Edge

by D. Daniel Judson

By Invitation Only

by Jodi Della Femina

Beach Road [Library Edition]

by James Patterson; And Peter De Jonge