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The Gate House

Written by Nelson DeMille

Narrated by Christian Rummel

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast.

When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island 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 gatehouse 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 reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, 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. At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces and old passions begin to reignite, and John finds himself pulled deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal. In THE GATE HOUSE, acclaimed author Nelson Demille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore -- a place where past, present, and future collides with often unexpected results.
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Release dateOct 28, 2008
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The Gate House
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Nelson DeMille

Nelson DeMille is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His novels include The Maze, The Deserter (written with Alex DeMille), The Cuban Affair, Word of Honor, Plum Island, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, and The General’s Daughter, which was made into a major motion picture, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. He has written short stories, book reviews, and articles for magazines and newspapers. Nelson DeMille is a combat-decorated US Army veteran, a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild, and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. He lives on Long Island with his family.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great story! Suspense, action, drama, romance all in a great tale of betrayal, punishment and forgiveness.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This is the sequel to Gold Coast. It has been at least 10 years since I read Gold Coast and I only vaguely remembered the characters and some of the plot. Despite the size of it, nearly 700 pages, I rattled through this. DeMille writes with such humour and his familiarity with Long Island and its residents really comes through. If I was going to say one thing it would be that some of the choices the characters make are a little baffling. I don't really understand why a woman would move back to the house she formerly lived in with her ex-husband ten years after the had separated. A house which is also neighbouring that of the son of the man she had murdered ten years ago. Nevertheless it good entertainment.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is the sequel to The Gold Coast, which I read 2 April 2007 and which I deeemd the poorest of the 8 DeMlle novels I had read up to that time. The narrator, John Sutter, is very funny and I admit I often laughed out loud at what he said and did. The Gold Coast ended with both John Sutter and Susan, his wife, in disrepute. This book rehabilitates them and they decide, after ten years, to remarry--to the fierce displeasure of Susan's parents, who have a hundred million dollars but will disinherit Susan (and her kids) if she remarries John, Also the son of the Mafia gangster Susn murdered is intent on revenging his father's death. These two situations provide the buildup to the exciting final chapters of the book. The final chapters do tend to cause one to overlook the fact that many of the events in this 772 -page novel are somewaht wearisome, and when one finsihes the book one has a much better feeling than when one finished its predecessor.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I thought the first half to three quarters were pretty boring. Then maybe I started to get it. I think everything in the book was meant to be over the top funny. That was how I started to read it, and that is when it sort of became enjoyable. This is a sequel to The Gate House. Wish I knew that because then I would have skipped it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A delightful bit of escapist fluff. Don’t look for any deep characters; there are none. Don’t look for overly complicated plots; there are none. Don’t expect life changing insights; there are none. Do expect, and enjoy, an outsider’s look into a modern Gatsby style “lifestyles of the rich” with the threat of murder hanging over the main characters. Rich language saves this from being completely boring.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
     What a disappointment. Whereas "The Gold Coast" was original and an excellent study in character development, this was tedious and boring. Virtually no plot and nothing new.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Excellent sequel to Gold Coast. John Sutter comes back to the Gold Coast to divide up the house and belongings with his ex-wife.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved this book. Recommend reading Gold Coast first, though. John and Susan Sutter --- especially Susan -- are characters with incredible depth and interest. I've read other Nelson Demille books and none of them compare to these two.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Enjoyed the wit and suspense of this novel, however, I really did not like John Sutter's wife Susan. Deep down I really did not trust her, and was wishing she would have vanished, just my opion.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book has to be one of THE funniest thrillers I've ever read! Laughs on every one of the 674 pages, except the ending chapter. Absolutely loved the imaginary letters to Emily Post and her imaginary replies. This could have been a comedy and the remarks made by John simply kept me cracked up until the end. Never knew what he was going to say and had to be on the lookout for hidden meanings. Although it is a long read, kept my interest and attention until the last chapter!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This wasn't a horrible book, but it wasn't up to DeMille's usual standards. I've read everything he's written, and this is the first time I've been seriously disappointed. If I were new to DeMille, however, I would probably give this 3.5 stars. I didn't because I know he's usually so much better. Maybe DeMille should stay away from sequels.Like other reviewers, I found the book to be repetitive. Was his editor on vacation? Also, I just plain didn't care all that much about these characters. Making your main characters unsympathetic isn't a very good strategy for creating a satisfying read. This probably should have been an "abandoned" book, but since it was DeMille, I kept reading. Oh well, every author gets to write a klunker now and then. Nelson, this one is yours!
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Written as a sequel to the Goldcoast, this book was flat, spending over 2/3 of the pages trying to recover from the ending of the prequel. Some of the provocative acts of John Sutter, the protagonist, seemed far from credible given the antagonist was a known mob boss. The ending was quite predictable.I enjoyed the Goldcoast and was looking forward to this sequel, but was quite disappointed.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I found it entertaining and well-written; author has a really good feel for writing dialogue. Story involves the super-rich, a smart-mouthed lawyer; his spoiled and unfaithful wife and the Mafia. Although I enjoyed book, it was way too long and repetitious, had an iffy ending and author seemed obsessed with smutty sex that precludes me from recommending it to anyone. By the end I was rooting for the Mafia
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    This is the most repetitive book I've ever read. Not only does it repeat the entire plot of The Gold Coast, but every single point is made over and over again. And over and over and over. To top it all off, the writing is beyond trite. I'm sure it's very difficult to edit a book by such a prominent author, but if ever a book needed a rigorous editing, this book is it. And unfortunately, no matter how interested I might have been in finding out what happened to the characters of The Gold Coast (admittedly, not very much), the lack of editing, not to mention the ridiculously convenient ending, made me care even less.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    John Sutter returns from London where he went after his former wife, Susan, killed her Mafia don lover, Frank Bellarosa.Sutter has returned to the Gold Coast of Long Island for the death and imminent funeral of a family servant.One day, Anthony Bellarosa shows up at Sutter's door. He offers Sutter a job but is uncouth and Sutter attempts to avoid him. Then he begins asking Sutter about how could his father have lost his home to taxes with Sutter as his attorney. From some of Bellarosa's comments about Susan, Sutter believes she may be in danger and he warns her but Susan disregards his concern. With seeing one another again, Susan and Sutter take up their romance and decide to remarry. This enrages Bellarosa and he tells Sutter that he might not be immune from fallout.Many of DeMille's novels have been first rate. I'm particularly fond of "The Charm School," "Plum Island," and "Lion's Gate." However this novel is below my expectations. Pages upon pages with nothing happening. Sutter has wit and his dialogue is clever but the story is a bore. It was a struggle to finish this massive novel and I would not recommend it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A continuation of the story which began in GOLD COAST. John Sutter comes back to NY after a ten year hiatus after his wife shot her Mafia don lover. He and his wife re-unite but end up playing cat and mouse with the dead Mafioso's son and also with his ex-wife's parents. A very good almost 700 page read!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Vintage Nelson DeMille. Entertaining, page turning and surprisingly funny.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Nelson DeMille waited at least a decade to write a sequel to The Gold Coast, so fans such as myself eagerly plucked it off the shelves. After being pulled in to the trenches of the underworld by his Mafia neighbor and cuckolded by his wife who has an affair with the Don and then kills him, a successful attorney chucks it all and sails off for Europe alone. In The Gate House, the reader must suspend some serious disbelief as he returns to the scene of his devastated life and quickly embraces (make that becomes engaged on sight) his former wife, while actively taunting the son of the deceased Mafia don. DeMille's humor is subtle, yet sharp, and anyone who has a secret wish to do in their inlaws will get a chuckle out of the under-the-breath remarks in this book. For the amount of action within it, the book is a tad too long, but it's not a hard read and DeMille's fans will be glad they breezed through it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Although you CAN read this without reading "The Gold Coast", I would strongly recommend against it. First, the prequel is crucial to the sequel. I have read reviews with questions about why Sutter does this or that or why is Susan this way or that. If you have read the Gold Coast, the character attitudes, decisions and actions are all understandable. Obviously (from other reviews) they are not so apparent if you have not read the 1st book. Second, the Gold Coast goes into much more depth on the area of the story setting which (again) is crucial to the story line. Finally, the Gold Coast is a simply much better book overall. I liked the Gate House quite a bit, but the Gold Coast is a modern classic.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    loved his dry always witty sense of humor...who knows if anyone can be as witty and quick as the Sutters.....always a good read
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    In some ways, I enjoyed this book more than the original (The Gold Coast). The character of John Sutter is in rare sarcastic form, and his first-person comments are often laugh out loud funny, if you appreciate an acerbic wit. However, this book is way too long and could have benefited from some more judicious editing.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I have just had a heck of a time trying to write a review of The Gate House. First, I love DeMille; Wildfire and NightFall are a couple of my all time favorite novels. I loved The Generals Daughter, Plum Island and so many of them. I didn't remember reading The Gold Coast, but when the characters in The Gate House would refer to past events, they always seemed very familiar so I must have read it as well. I really enjoyed the sarcastic snarky main character, John Sutter. I liked the premise of the novel, enjoyed most of the other characters, Amir, the Bellarosa clan, etc. So I can't figure out why the book just didn't do much for me. I think it might be a flaw in my personality. I don't seem to really enjoy many books or movies that have the mob tie-in going on. The book started really strong, but seemed to sort of sit there through the middle. I also don't find myself terribly fond of John's love of his life, Susan. She strikes me as one those "pretty" women, who ultimately are "pretty useless", I couldn't for the life of me figure out her appeal to John. I couldn't seem to find any redeeming quality in her, especially that could cause an ex-husband to go to such great lengths to ensure her safety. (Ok, I'll give a nod to the "protecting the mom of my kids bit" but I still didn't much like her.)Overall, I thought the book was sort of..meh...love the author, love the way he writes, loved his main character, just didn't like the story much.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is a sequel to The Gold Coast; I always enjoy Nelson DeMille because his books are big, and take awhile to read - not terribly challenging but certainly very entertaining.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Slow moving at times, but worth readingDemille's wit makes this fun to read and is so real at to reactions to ocassions such as wakes and funerals
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    If only the first 400 or so pages were half as interesting as the final 200! But still, The Gate House is a classic DeMille: highly entertaining with a great sense of humor, and as I finished the final page, I still wanted more.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book did not let me down. It exceeded my expectations for entertainment in every way. I haven't read any of Demille's other books, so I didn't know what to expect. This is a sequel book, but there is no need to read the first one to really enjoy this one. (But I can say I am eager to read it now!)The book takes place post 911 and there is a feeling for everyone in the story that the world will never be the same again, or safe. (Who can't relate to that?) John Sutter has returned home after being abroad for 10 years to find the old wealthy estates and neighborhoods sold and sub-divided. The Golden Age seems to be dwindling. The story gets going when Anthony Bellarosa, the son of the deceased Mafia Don Frank Bellarosa, appears at the Gate House where John is staying. He is there to draw and lure John back into the violent world of the Mafia Bellarosa family. From there, Demille weaves a very entertaining story of love, regret, family protection and redemption.I can't say how many times I grinned or laughed out loud while reading this book. The writing is witty and down right funny and then it draws the reader into a very captivating story. It is a modern day mob story, and yet it has a lot of down to earth situations. Overall it is much less violent that I had imagined.Sarcastic much? Oh yes, John Sutter is dripping with sarcasm, page after page of hilarious insights of "tell me how you really feel John Sutter."Location, Location, Location, that's what I am talking about!! The setting of the story is very interesting and the author really provides a lot of detail and history for the reader. I really felt I wanted to be walking along one of these 200 acre estates smelling the cool, salty air of Long Island Sound. Fancy mansions, servants, and the lifestyles of the rich and famous, oh who can resist?I recommend the book!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The Gate House by Nelson DeMilleUpon his return to the Gold Coast, John Sutter is headed for a happy ending. After a scandalous affair that destroyed his marriage and way of life ten years ago, it seems he has reconnected with his ex-wife, Susan, the love of his life. He’s able to forgive her affair with a Mafia Don even though it led to her murdering her lover and plunging John into misery and humiliation. But he’s not the only person to resurface…his wife’s ex lover’s son is bent on revenge. And his ex-wife’s horrible parents want to thwart any chance of a reconciliation. As John battles for his life back, he learns there are still many secrets left to be revealed. What’s Good:Be forewarned—this novel is instantly consuming. DeMille’s conversational style of narration captivates the reader. The novel is a cross genre success: part social commentary, part suspense novel, and with a fair amount of romance; this book is simply fun to read. You also won’t need to pick up the prequel The Gold Coast (though you may want to), as DeMille quickly sucks you into John Sutter’s world. I hope I’m not alone in the hopes of another sequel.What’s Bad:Almost nothing, but the book does stretch on for 670+ pages. So be prepared to devote a good block of time and possible late nights to this worthy treasure.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    In The Gate House (Nelson DeMille’s sequel to The Gold Coast -- note: upcoming spoilers about that novel), it’s the summer of 2002 and tax attorney John Sutter is back on the grounds of Stanhope Hall, one of the few remaining Gatsby-esque estates on the uber-wealthy Gold Coast of Long Island, New York.He has returned after ten years away, sailing around the world and living in London and generally avoiding the betrayal and notoriety after his old-monied wife, Susan Stanhope Sutter, murdered their next-door neighbor -- her Mafia-don lover -- Frank Bellarosa. Now John is living in the servants’ gate house -- close to the guest house where Susan, his estranged ex-wife, lives -- while he maintains a death watch for his client, a former Stanhope-family servant. And when he crosses paths with the current neighbor on the estate next door -- Frank Bellarosa’s son and mob successor, Anthony -- he begins to worry that it might be a death watch for Susan, too, as the time ripens for Anthony to exact revenge for his father's death.DeMille is easily in my top-10 favorite writers, and his signature intelligence, wit, and tender core are at the forefront of this story. But it’s at most a 300-page story in a nearly 700-page novel; the bulk is a summary of The Gold Coast, where key plot points are mentioned ten or twenty or one hundred times. It's possible that the narrative redundancy is intentionally symbolic of John Sutter’s mental rehashing (it seems to ease when he comes to terms with past events), but it feels more like the writer/editor didn’t trust readers' abilities, and it grows tedious.It also feels like DeMille holds back a bit on effort. Scenes from the previous novel are summarized here, jokes are repeated, and despite terrific opportunities, there is little fresh material. At one point, for example, it seems that DeMille is going to orchestrate a dinner among WASPish John and Susan; her staid, old-money parents; his eco-activist mother; macho-Italian Anthony Bellarosa; and new-money Iranian Amir Nasim. I couldn’t wait for DeMille’s hilarious and satirical clash of cultures -- in a novel built upon old and emerging American cultures. Instead, he simply drops it, poof; I could almost see an apologetic footnote: “Maybe another time.”The thing is: with DeMille, I'll look forward to it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    John Sutter has returned back home to the Gold Coast, after being away for three years. It seems already though news of his arrival has made its way to the Bellarosa family. It’s like John is seeing an old ghost in Frank Bellarosa’s son, Anthony. Anthony has a plan to try and convince John to head back into the dark, gritty world and work for the Bellarosa family again. As if that wasn’t enough, John runs into his wife Susan. Susan and John are willing to give their relationship second change but will John be able to forgive Susan for her infidelity?Three years ago, Susan took a lover. Her lover was none other than Frank Bellarosa. Something terrible happened and Susan ended up killing Frank. Now Anthony would like nothing better then to exact revenge for his father’s killer. John was just this normal guy who is trying to piece things back together in his life. I think because I felt sorry for John I felt a better connection to him then to any other characters in this book. I really thought John deserved someone better than Susan after what she did to him. Some of the comments that would come out of Anthony’s mouth were so cheesy they made you just want to roll your eyes but at the same time you couldn’t help but find them funny. Don’t let the fact that this book sits at six hundred and eighty-eight pages scare you as it is a good read. The Gate House is the long awaited sequel to The Gold Coast. Though I had not read The Gold Coast I do believe that The Gate House will make fans happy as well as being worth the wait. Mr. DeMille really knows his stuff!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I had never read any other books by Nelson DeMille so I had no warning about what was to come. Certainly his style of writing breathes life into and embodies all that is sarcastic in a protagonist and that fitted John Sutter to a T. I found John's sarcasm to be very difficult to relate to and his snideness made me feel less than sympathetic about the past events in his life. Frankly, in many ways, I am surprised that John ever had a family or friends to come back to. This book wraps up the story of the characters begun in the novel "The Gold Coast".The book takes place on the Gold Coast on the eastern seaboard of America in the aftermath of 9/11. I only mention this because it is spoken about frequently in the book as it pertains to the changes in people's consciousness about their invincibility or lack thereof.John has returned from London, where he has been practising law since he returned from his 3 year adventure sailing around the world. He left his home and family originally when his wife shot her lover Frank Bellarosa, a mafia don, who was testifying for the FBI. The subsequent fallout of notoriety and tabloid fame created a monster that John needed to escape from.John returns because an old family retainer of his exwife's family, the Stanhopes, is on her deathbed and as her executor he is needed. He takes up residence in the gate house of the old family estate and is disconcerted to find that the son of the old mafia don has moved into the new housing complex that was built on the grounds of Bellarosa's estate. John knows that the son bears his exwife Susan ill will and he is worried about her despite himself. John has had very little contact with his exwife but he needs to impress upon her the seriousness of this situation but also protect himself from further reprisal.None of the characters were very likable people throughout the entire story but I still became invested in their eventual success and the conclusion was satisfying. Despite myself, I enjoyed this novel as it appealed to the inner secret tabloid reader in me but I found the book to be too long. Reminded me of reading Harold Robbins' books in my teens.