Swan Song
The perfect escapist summer read from the #1 bestseller
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3.7 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
There's a new couple in town . . . and nothing will ever be the same.
After thirty-five years as the Chief of Police on Nantucket, Ed Kapenash's heart can no longer take the stress. He is just about to retire when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by strangers to the island - the Richardsons, an extremely wealthy couple whose money is lavishly spent but mysteriously made . . .
Soon, the whole island is swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one, but two, yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet.
But then Ed, with only three days left on the job, receives a phone call: the Richardson mansion has gone up in flames. He has to contend with the chaos this new couple have wreaked across the island, small-town gossip and a possible murder case to save his community. But is it themselves they really need saving from . . .
Bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand's Swan Song is a propulsive medley of glittering gatherings, sun-soaked drama, wisdom and heart.
*#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
*#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER*
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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.
