This series follows the life and career of John Sutter, a fictional tax attorney. Delve into the intricate world of the American tax system, where each case becomes a thrilling battle for justice and survival. The narratives explore not only legal showdowns but also the personal sacrifices and moral quandaries faced by those navigating the labyrinth of the law.
By the author of By the Rivers of Babylon, Word of Honour and The Charm School, this novel deals with the seductiveness of evil. It features a top lawyer and his wife, whose lives are changed forever by their new next-door neighbour Frank Bellarosa, a top Mafia don.
After John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her Mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his boat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London.Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, the stretch of Long Island's North Shore that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gate house of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan, who has also returned to Long Island.But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has re-emerged. Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and intent on two missions: drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer - Susan Sutter.An epic masterpiece of storytelling, The Gate House is Nelson DeMille's most compelling novel yet.