Tom Neely: 4 books

In 1968, the Millwees were not the typical couple next door. Jasper and Lecky had crammed several lives into their time together. During the seventies, they adapted to the “low dishonest” decade—moving and risking everything on development projects and asset-juggling investment jobs. As a backdrop, Jasper still worked anonymous contracts for the U.S. State Department.

In the late 1950s, a horse-savvy southern high schooler gets the job of his dreams–teaching a society girl the latest technique in riding. He lives in her family’s Charleston mansion and enters into a glittery world that would define his future.

Taking in the decade that ends in 1968, Sequelae follows Jasper Millwee and his sweetheart Lecky Greir to college in Chapel Hill and at Duke. The next summer Jas and a friend drive the Pan American Highway to the north coast of Honduras. Before entering the Army Security Agency, Jas trains to join...

A Rhode Island summer paradise rips apart over what the town’s only gym should zero in on. Personal appearance or sports training? Weights versus yoga? Gloss over steroid sales? Welcome seniors or discourage them? Snacks? Coffee bar? Massage or physical therapy? Trendy versus purist? From out of...