Rock Hall
, by Szymanski, Joseph JohnNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781450230032 | 1450230032
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/28/2010
Frustrated over his failure to sell antiques in Betterton, a small town on the Chesapeake Bay, Mark Hopkins, a handsome, rich and bright 27-year old former SEAL, decides to become a private art dealer and buys a farmoutside Rock Hall, near the Eastern Neck Island Wildlife Refuge. Two weeks later he discovers an important impressionist painting in an antiques store in Baltimore, which he buys for $10,000 and sells for $329,000.His joy, however is short-lived when his father dies unexpectedly, forcing him to take over operation of his family's steel mill in Baltimore. After the funeral, his death is ruled "by suspicious means." A subsequent murderresolves everything, with at least two gorgeous women always competing for his love. The characters are strong, with a storyline that reads like a movie script.