I love the John Corey books. His other New York Times bestsellers include The Charm School, Word of Honor, The Gold Coast, Spencerville, The Lion's Game, Up Country, Wild Fire, … I first read Plum Island a little over a decade and a half ago yet the story is as vivid today as it was then.
I slipped into my flip-flops, and Max and I walked around the porch to the circular driveway in the front of the house. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I was tempted to snap, "Just the facts, Max!" $49.88 +$7.95 shipping. The victims were biologists at Plum Island, a research site rumored to be an incubator for germ warfare. A cracking good read, - almost too good to put down The victims are two scientists who worked at a US government research station on Plum Island. Even a female crime scene investigator makes a sexist joke toward Beth. Fast-paced and atmospheric, marked by entrancing characters, incandescent storytelling, and brilliant comic touches, Plum Island is Nelson DeMille at his thrill-inducing best. My bare feet were propped on the rail, and between my left and right big toes was framed the aforementioned cabin cruiser.About this time of day you can start to hear crickets, locusts, and who knows what, but I'm not a big fan of nature noises so I had a portable tape player beside me on the end table withSomewhere in the two seconds of silence between "When a Man Loves a Woman" and "Dancing in the Street," I could hear or feel on the creaky old floorboards that someone was walking around the porch. The main characters of this fiction, suspense story are John Corey, . About Nelson DeMille: Early Life and Education. Then I bought this one..the first in the series. "Oh . There are other books in the series this being no. The Lion (A John Corey Novel (5)) Nelson DeMille — Plum Island Genre: The hair-raising suspense of The General’s Daughter… the wry wit of The Gold Coast…this is vintage Nelson DeMille at the peak of his originality and the height of his powers…Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide cop John Corey is convalescing in rural eastern Long Island when an attractive young couple he knows is found shot to death on the family patio. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. My philosophy is, if it flies, floats, or fucks, rent it. The first edition of the novel was published in April 1st 1997, and was written by Nelson DeMille. this isn't the best of them but any John Corey is worth the read. hey, John. I've read a number of DeMille's more recent books and expected (and received) Corey's typical excessive smartass comments -- well, I knew what I was getting into, so that's not even a critique. I thought DeMille explored what it might be like to a female cop with her tenacious character very well. He graduated from Elmont Memorial High School, where he played football and ran track. i actually did some fact checking on things I hadn't known before and found that he took real facts, local lore, geography and procedures, mixing them into a carefully crafted story that rings true and holds my interest. Some of the techniques listed in Plum Island may require a sound knowledge of Hypnosis, users are advised to either leave those sections or must have a basic understanding of the subject before practicing them.Loved each and every part of this book. Wont bother with this author again. Ans as the author would say, otherwise don't waste your time. "He turned his head toward me. A hundred bucks a day.""Wow. At least it was a freebie I had read a review saying this was the 'best thriller' the review writer had ever read, so I was eagerly looking forward to reading this book. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I said, "Help you? Plum Island is a 1997 novel by American author Nelson DeMille. The rest, as they say, is history.Interestingly, Nassau Point is still home to a number of scientists; some work at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a secret nuclear something or other about thirty-five miles west of here, and some scientists work on Plum Island, a very top secret biological research site which is so scary it has to be housed on an island. Women seem to find him good-looking, which works for Chief Maxwell, who is single and hetero.I didn't reply. What a great country. Wild Fire (A John Corey Novel (4)) Never heard a shot.""No.
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