A very good book
Plenty of twists and turns
It will have you hooked from the first page to the last
Thanks NetGalley

Beach Murder is an addictive thriller set at a wedding in the luxurious Hamptons of the United States. What happens when Terry can't let sleeping dogs lie and leave the past in the past? The mystery at the center of the story is complex and twisty. Highly recommended!

A very fast paced, action packed story with lots of craziness and suspense to keep you reading straight to the very end! Highly recommend

I was hooked from the first page of this brilliant murder mystery. Sumptuous setting in The Hamptons, playground of the rich and famous, when the O'Rourke family gather for a wedding, they are thrown back into their past and revisit their family tragedy. .New murders meet with old and nothing is as it first seems. Really well crafted book, brilliantly believable characters and enough red herrings to keep us on our toes to the last chapter.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this gripping novel

an engaging read that at the beginning brings you through everything that has happened and also as terry starts to investigate himself what he discovers is mindblowing

but money talks and who you can buy for their silence, corrruption is everywhere...

and it all begins when terrys brother tom send an invitation to his wedding and the venue is slap bang right in the middle of all the millionaires and right next door to the person who the whole family hate with a vengeance

wow never expected that ride of my life whilst reading this book, loved how the author set the scenes throughout the book and how near the end how fast paced it all became

will be keeping an eye out for more of this authors books

Complex mystery spanning a good few years and featuring the haves and the have nots. Lots of twists and turns and a few surprises.

Written in the first person and set in the Hampton this book read very factually. The plot was well constructed with all the usual red herrings/and obvious suspects. I found it a little clinical.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Headline for an advance copy of Beach Murder, a stand-alone thriller set in The Hamptons.

Terry Rourke is in The Hamptons for his brother’s wedding, not the yearlong residents’ neighbourhood where he grew up, but the expensive neighbourhood where the millionaires holiday. Proximity to wealth drives him to re-investigate a cold case from twenty years earlier that almost destroyed his family.

I enjoyed Beach Murder, which is a highly competent thriller with all the necessary ingredients. It is told entirely from Terry’s first person point of view and that’s a good thing as he is personally invested in the solution, giving the novel intimacy.

The novel is a slow burner with the first few chapters setting the current scene and flashing back to the events of twenty years ago. I’m not so sure about the credibility of the aftermath of these events, but it gives reason to Terry’s desire for justice. He plods through his investigation with some legally questionable moves, keeping it tight and restricted to a few people because there is a suggestion of corruption. It’s interesting but not pulse pounding, until the final chapters when there’s danger, action and some big twists. Talk about a magnificent finale.

Terry is a fairly normal guy, a police officer in Philadelphia with a close, loving family and that makes his quest for justice more credible. Who wouldn’t want to avenge the wrongs done to his family? I would gladly spend more time with him.

Beach Murder is a good read that I can recommend.

I really enjoyed this book it was well written with a dual timeline, well developed characters and a good storyline. I found it gripping and engaging the whole way through, full of suspense and unpredictability. I really enjoyed it.

Tip Of A Sharp Iceberg…
Compelling, hugely entertaining thriller where the sumptuous luxury and glamour of the Hamptons setting provides a stark contrasting backdrop for the very dark deeds within. Family secrets, scandal and gossip are merely the tip of a very sharp iceberg. Writing is fluid and fast paced, characters credible and well drawn, as the narrative propels at a gallop to a thrilling denouement with twists and turns aplenty along the way.

I’ve read this author before when he teamed with James Patterson. He’s a really a good tense plot writer. It’s what I call a beach read. It almost reads itself it’s such a easy thrilling read. Would recommend

Having found Michael Ledwidge through reading James Patterson, it’s pleasing to see him writing alone. Beach Murder has a split plot with the underlying family wedding, alongside an ‘off the books’ police investigation. As it reaches its climactic end there is a twist you don’t expect. Beach Murder keeps you guessing throughout the story, drawing readers in from the start.

This fast paced and entertaining thriller by Michael Ledwidge goes under the title Beach Murder in the UK. Set in the Hamptons, it has Philly PD cop, Terry Roarke, with his pregnant wife, Vivian, and 3 year old daughter, Angelina, attending the glittering wedding of his hedge fund manager brother, Tom, who has rented an exorbitantly expensive exclusive beach hut for the summer. The entire Irish Roarke family, including brothers Finn and Mikey, sister Erin, with their families and their mother, are treated to every luxury, with events organised for them right up to the wedding. The location is no accident, Southampton is the place the Roarke family used to live and where it lost its hopes and dreams, when back in 1999, the wealthy Noah Sutton was murdered. Terry's late father, Sean, was the ADA who prosecuted Hailey, Noah's wife for murder, in a trial that attracted huge global media scrutiny.

It is not a place the Roarkes have happy memories of, and when Terry comes across a cache of information on the crime put together by the well known writer, the deceased Xavier Kelsey, he is determined to investigate and re-open the cold case murder mystery in memory of his father, knowing it will attract the wrath of the powerful Sutton family who will do anything to stop him. They are not the only obstacles, there are rumours that the current DA Nathan Wheaton is corrupt and will have to be forced to open the case, and the local police are thought to be in the pocket of the Suttons, including the Chief Dennis Tapley. Terry brings on board his father's old friend and partner, Mervyn Heller, and his co-worker as a life guard when he was a teenager, now a FBI agent Courtney Frazier, on his painfully haunting and dangerous inquiries.

Ledwidge writes a compelling thriller, packed with suspense and tension, and with numerous surprising twists and turns, not to mention a particularly traumatic revelation for Terry and his family. The beautiful and sunny Hamptons location provides the background for the darkest of deeds, and Tom's no expensed spared wedding celebrations give a glimpse into the lively Roarke family members and illustrate just how close they are. This is a compelling crime thriller that kept me engaged throughout and I think many crime, mystery and thriller readers will enjoy this too. Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.