Swan Song
The perfect escapist summer read from the #1 bestseller and author of THE PERFECT COUPLE, now a major Netflix series
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4.0 • 13 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
*#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
*#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER*
*FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT COUPLE, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES*
There's a new couple in town . . . and they're shaking things up.
After thirty-five years as the Chief of Police on Nantucket, Ed Kapenash's heart can no longer take the stress.
But his plans to retire are thwarted when, with only three days left on the job, he receives a phone call. The Richardsons' 22-million-dollar summer home has been burned to the ground. The couple are far from hurt - they were out on the water at one of their lavish yacht parties. But their dependable personal assistant has vanished.
To solve the case, the Chief will have to contend with small town gossip for one final act of service to the community he knows and loves.
A propulsive sun-soaked drama featuring some of Elin Hilderbrand's most beloved characters - and of course, the beautiful and timeless island of Nantucket itself.
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Hilderbrand closes out her long run of Nantucket novels (after The Five-Star Weekend) with an engrossing story of three mysterious newcomers. Leslee and Bull Richardson arrive at the multimillion-dollar house they've just purchased on Nantucket with Coco, their live-in concierge. Coco, an aspiring writer, hopes to show her screenplay to Bull, a businessman who's produced a couple of movies, and she landed the gig by lying about how well she knows the island. Larger-than-life Leslee throws lavish parties at the couple's oceanfront house, but she increasingly rubs people the wrong way—women, especially—by flirting with men who are taken. By the end, as readers will know from a flash-forward opening, the Richardsons will be largely shunned, Coco will go missing, and their house will go up in flames. In chapters exploring Bull's shady business dealings and Coco's duplicity, Hilderbrand gradually teases out exactly what happens and why. Strong characterizations and delicious moments of tension make this a worthy note to end on. Readers will be riveted. Agents: David Forrer and Michael Carlisle, InkWell Management.
