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Magic hour

Susan Isaacs

1991412 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1991
first published
  • 1991HarperCollinsPublishers · 412 pages · ENGISBN 9780060165734
  • 1991HarperCollins · 412 pages · ENGISBN 9780002238236
  • 1992Fontana · 480 pages · ENGISBN 9780006470939
  • 2008HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780061712913

Movie producer Sy Spencer -- one of the premier summer residents of the Hamptons, Long Island's oh-so-fashionable beach resort for everyone who is anyone -- has hosted his last power clambake, thanks to whoever shot him dead beside his oceanfront pool.Heading the investigation is Hamptons native Steve Brady. His prime suspect is Sy's ex-wife Bonnie, a strangely appealing and energetic woman both in and out of bed. As the case against Bonnie builds, so does Brady's obsession with her. Before long, he's laying the case and his career on the line for her, ignoring all the rules, all the evidence, and all common sense

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AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice
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