The Village Buyers :

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Summary: The Village Buyers takes place in a small town.
Review: THE VILLAGE BUYERS takes place in a small town on Long Island called Bayville. It is a typical community in that people's lives revolve around their homes. Many are aging empty nesters who dream of selling out and retiring to Florida. But there's a recession in Bayville. No homebuyers are on the radar. The narrator, Sally Edwards, is the town's real estate broker and she's barely making a living. Then a handsome, rich, stranger walks into her office, looking for property with ready cash. She thinks he's odd. He has blue eyes with hooded lids, a foreign accent and a vague background--he says he's from Alaska then changes it to "out West". Needy, greedy, and looking for love, Sally is attracted to him. She is suspicious enough of the stranger, however, to sketch his face and make notes if needed. Then in a moment of self-doubt, she denounces her actions. More and more of these blue-eyed, hooded lidded people arrive-all employees of Millennium 3, a real estate company,geared for takeover of Bayville by buying all the homes-- for sale or not. Murder and mayhem abound upsetting the small town. Who are these newly arrived people? They say they are from Asia, but have uncanny gifts. Are they aliens? Do they have a hidden agenda? The end of the book is a conundrum--one wonders if it was all a dream
A good read for pool side or at the beach.