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(More customer reviews)Michael Hogan's new novel is a police thriller of a different sort. The main character, Gary Regan, starts his journey from Guadalajara to Newport, RI, his hometown, in order to attend the funeral of his father, Michael Regan, a well known left-wing intellectual and activist in town for an international conference, who has died of a fall from the cliffs of Rough Point. Along the way, Gary also looks into his own past and takes stock of prior problems with alcohol and drugs, his lack of success beyond his present job as tennis instructor in Guadalajara, and his poor relationship with his father the past ten years. Once he arrives in Newport, he soon finds himself entangled in an increasingly complex web of mysteries regarding his father's death and his own family history. He also meets and befriends a homeless alcoholic, Tommy Sullivan, who starts his own quest to stop drinking and along the way becomes a integral part of the plot. Readers will enjoy seeing beneath the surface of Newport into the shadow world of politics, power, money, drugs, and international intrigue that links Newport with Latin America. They will learn about some of the problems in Bolivia with deforestation, worker abuse, violent gangs, and will be surprised to see how these ultimately connect with people and business practices in Newport. The novel is a real page turner, and once they start, readers will want to keep going until they see the pieces of the puzzle fall into place in surprising and interesting ways. As the characters develop and learn more about themselves and the way things work in a complex world, readers will feel privileged to share the journey.
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When Michael Regan falls off the rocks to his death on the Ocean Drive, it is first seen as an accident. Regan's son Gary, a washed-up tennis pro living in Mexico, returns home to Newport, RI, for the funeral. He connects with an old friend who suspects Gary's father was murdered and that evidence is being suppressed. The death of a Latino teenager at Fort Adams State Park also seems to be related. Soon the underside of Newport is exposed as Gary discovers other deaths unresolved going all the way back to the 1960s with Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress a prime suspect. Full of the richness of an island paradise with the colorful vistas of Cliff Walk, Rough Point, and the Breakers' Mansion, this detective novel also explores the dark side of a resort town with its undesirables and socially marginal, as well as the super-rich, and powerfullandowner-politicians. Meanwhile, for tennis fans, it also contains a compelling and action-filled match with sizzling serves and volleys.
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