Steven Axelrod (Get this book) A ruthless entrepreneur cheats everyone but death. Preston Lomax is proud of the number of people who'd like him dead. He's been unfaithful to his wife with all three of her sisters and many of her friends, bugged his sons' apartments, forced his daughter Kathleen to play "Guess My Mood" all her life, used his money to barge into Nantucket society, and conspired with a local developer to break ground for a shopping mall on former conservation land. Although shifts in chronology and point of view further complicate an already dense plot, Axelrod has a gift for characterization and a strong lead in Kennis. Nantucketers might bristle at the cynical portrait of their home, but his mystery debut gives the island as much personality as its varied inhabitants.--Kirkus
