The upmarket and salubrious area of Long Island is the stamping ground for a dying breed of Americas super-rich. It is also the residence of John Sutter lawyer - very top-drawer old money right clubs - and his sensual wife Susan. Their lives are about to be turned dramatically upside down by their new next-door neighbour - a certain Mr Frank Bellarosa top Mafia don and master manipulator. It is he who will impress upon them a rule much older than the archaic etiquette of the old-money set: a favour accepted is a favour owed. Twenty-five years after it was first published Nelson DeMilles Gold Coast stands as a modern thriller classic a stylish compelling and provocative novel will grip readers from beginning to end.