Secrecy, obsession, and desperation dictate each character’s path. Told through multiple points of view, THE EAST END highlights the socio-economic divide in the Hamptons, but also how the basic human need for connection and trust can transcend class differences. For all of the main players-Leo, Gina, and Corey alike-time is ticking down, and the world they’ve known is set to explode. With his very life on the line, everything will come down to a split-second decision. No one can know there’s a dead man in the woods, and there is no one Leo can turn to.

Hordes of family and guests are coming to the estate the next morning, including Leo’s surly wife, all expecting a lavish vacation weekend of poolside drinks, evening parties, and fireworks filling the sky. But unfortunately for him, Corey saw what happened and there are other eyes in the shadows. After a shocking poolside accident leaves Henry dead, everything depends on Leo burying the truth.

Under the cover of darkness, their boss Leo Sheffield - billionaire CEO, patriarch, and owner of the vast lakeside manor - arrives unexpectedly with his lover, Henry. One night just before Memorial Day weekend, he breaks into the wrong home at the wrong time: the Sheffield estate where he and his mother work. He likes the rush and admittedly, the escapism. THE EAST END opens with Corey Halpern, a Hamptons local from a broken home who breaks into mansions at night for kicks.

The Lily Cafe is thrilled to have the opportunity to participate in the book blog tour for Jason Allen’s debut novel The East End ! Memorial Day weekend is fast approaching, and what better way to sit back and enjoy the long weekend than with this suspenseful novel that takes place over the very same weekend?

The east end by jason allen