Montauk to Manhattan
An American Novel

There are scenes in this Thomas Maier murder mystery that engross the reader and draw them into the story. Overall, though, the story is uneven with underdeveloped story lines. The story caught my eye for a number of reasons: Montauk as a backdrop, the stealing of Native American lands, a contempora......more

Montauk to Manhattan This book was described as a ‘fun, provocative murder mystery’ but I really think that description undersells and possibly even mis-represents this book! In ‘Montauk to Manhattan’, Thomas Maier very cleverly entwines the world of Trump Rallies; New York political journalism and st......more

This sweeping novel, a story within a story, has big ambitions. Evocative of F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY, the story touches on wealth and justice, as well as contemporary issues like the Me Too movement, reparation for the theft of indigenous land, and even the fate of the modern fiction.......more

I hate giving a book a mediocre rating - honestly the audiobook was really closer to 2 stars for me; the narrator felt stilted and I often couldn’t distinguish whether it was the writing or his reading of it that was irking me. The premise and synopsis sounded so good: an intertwining of Hollywood, t......more

In what he hopes will be a career making move, Jack Denton has sold the rights to his novel, a book that went nowhere when it was published, to Max Kirkland, a bigger than life Hollywood producer/director. Now Jack sits on the shores of Montauk, watching his book being made into a three part streami......more