The Gold Coast

By Nelson DeMille

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Gold Coast is a 1990 novel by Nelson DeMille, set among the old-money estates of the North Shore of Long Island. It introduced John Sutter, who returned in the sequel The Gate House. Sutter, a bored Wall Street tax attorney, lives a quiet life with his wife Susan until Frank Bellarosa, a powerful Mafia boss, moves in next door. Drawn into a friendship with the mobster and his legal troubles, Sutter watches his marriage and his comfortable world unravel.

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