A Death in the Hamptons

It’s getting hot in New York and the chic, elite, and well-to-do are headed out to their favorite summer stomping ground. On the surface the Hamptons are a paradise of mansions, parties, and chauffeured Mercedes. In reality, they hide secrets that are neither glamorous nor civilized.

But this year it’s not a tycoon or starlet who starts the scandal papers rolling. It’s a local fisherman, Andrew Kane, who unexpectedly reels in the headless body of a second-rate actor along with his morning catch.

Andrew, for one, doesn’t care. He’s got other things on his mind: a recent divorce, mounting debts, and now, with the influx of summer people, bumper-to-bumper traffic and crowds of beautiful, rich women who wouldn’t give him the time of day if he asked for it.

But when Andrew meets Jack Hawker–Hollywood’s hottest star and notorious Hamptons bad boy–everything changes. Hawker lures naïve bayman Andrew away from the daily grind and into a world of drugs and booze, actors and actresses, and plenty of money.

Soon Andrew finds himself leading the kind of life he’s only dreamed about. Yet as the summer days get hotter and Andrew gets drawn further into an inferno of gossip, intrigue, and financial philandering, he begins to wonder just how dark the hidden truth about the Hamptons can be.