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by: Nelson DeMille
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446605403
ISBN: 0446605409
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: May 01, 1998
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Sales Rank: 16152
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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Product Description:
Convalescing from a bullet wound on Long Island, NYPD homicide detective John Corey helps the local sheriff investigate a shooting. The victims are a married couple, both biologists on Plum Island, a top secret animal disease research site. When the media suggests that they stole a deadly virus, suddenly a local murder becomes a crime with worldwide implications in this masterwork of entrancing characters, a killer plot, and brilliant comic touches.
Amazon.com Review:
Nelson DeMille's narrative engine is one of the best in the business, and it chugs away in grand style in this story of buried treasure and biological warfare on a tiny spit of land off Long Island. As told by a wry, wounded New York City detective who is drafted to explore a couple of murders, Plum Island is a rich pudding of flavorful (if familiar) ingredients, including a ferocious storm at sea. Other DeMille epics in paperback include By the Rivers of Babylon, The General's Daughter, The Gold Coast, Spencerville, and Word of Honor.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Plum Island
I'm half way through this book and I can't put it down! I've read a few other books by DeMille, all also great, but this is the best so far.
Rating:  - A Fun Read With Little to Remember
I quite enjoyed this novel but I think parts of it are going to keep coming back to bug me as I think about it more. John Corey is a riot, I really had fun reading his wisecracks but by the end they were coming a little too hot and fast to make it believable.
I think I was expecting more from it, this is in line with Michael Palmer and other thriller writers. If you enjoy them, I think you will enjoy this.
My only real problem with this book is the character development, ... Read More
Rating: - Part 1 of the LION'S GAME
Unintentionally, I always seem to read novels out of their proper sequence. PLUM ISLAND lays out the character development for NIGHT FALL, WILD FIRE and THE LION'S GAME (my favorite). Unlike other authors, DeMille does a good job of composing a series of novels that can be coherently read out of sequence.
DeMille lays out the chauvinistic but likable character John Corey. In the preface, DeMille notes that feminist readers like the Corey character despite his overt chauvinism. The ... Read More
Rating: - Witty and Fun Mystery
I really enjoyed the character of John Corey. Good old fashioned mystery along with some modern intrigue and pirate tales. Demille is certainly a very talented writer. My favorite Demille book is The Charm School, but this one is very solid.
Rating:  - Sand in your hot dog with this beach read
This is a how-dunnit, rather than a who-dunnit.
How does John Corey, a convalescing NYC homicide detective, get away with assaulting the head of security for Plum Island without getting arrested?
How does he get away with breaking and entering, wholesale destruction of private property, including antiques, and grand theft of a Formula 303 speedboat?
How does John Corey, whose sexist wisecracks fill every page, get the two female characters to fall for him?
How does ... Read More
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