The Jekyl Island Club: A John Le Brun Novel, Book 1

The idyllic Georgia coast is home to Jekyl Island, a playground for the wealthy at the turn of the last century. Members of elite society, including the Vanderbilts, Goulds, and Rockefellers, vacationed there, enjoying the finest aspects of Southern hospitality that money could buy, while importing the rest from New York. Indeed, the club's one hundred members controlled one sixth of the nation's wealth.

When one of the club's members is shot to death on the island, his fellow captains of industry anxiously conclude it was a hunting accident. However, the impending visit to the Jekyl Island Club by President McKinley raises suspicions. Could J. P. Morgan himself have been the one who pulled the trigger? Whose side is member and millionaire newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer on?

The answer lies in the hands of local sheriff John Le Brun, a wily Civil War veteran who has his own agenda with the Yankees who bought Jekyl Island. This ingenious novel by Brent Monahan raises him to the first rank of contemporary entertainers, as the real Jekyl Island Club, its members, and many real events from American history of the era are interwoven within a plot that could easily have happened.

Cleverly plotted and delightfully told, The Jekyl Island Club is suspenseful storytelling at its finest. The reader is transported to the idyllic Georgia coast, where the richest of the rich have gathered to enjoy the finest aspects of Southern hospitality. However, when one of their own is shot to death, a web of intrigue and suspicion unfolds, with the impending visit of President McKinley adding to the tension.

Sheriff Le Brun, a wily Civil War veteran, is tasked with unraveling the mystery, but he has his own agenda with the Yankees who have bought Jekyl Island. As the investigation progresses, the reader is drawn into a world where the lines between fact and fiction blur, and the question of whether the richest of the rich can literally get away with murder hangs in the balance.

Brent Monahan's novel is a masterful blend of historical fiction and suspense, weaving together real events and characters from the era with a compelling and intricate plot. The result is a page-turning read that not only entertains but also offers insights into the world of the wealthy elite at the turn of the century. Cleverly plotted and delightfully told, The Jekyl Island Club is a must-read for lovers of suspenseful storytelling.

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