Plum Island

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Some Demille fans apparently have found this novel a disappointment. Having come to expect political intrigue in heavy doses (as in Cathedral, The... (show more)

Some Demille fans apparently have found this novel a disappointment. Having come to expect political intrigue in heavy doses (as in Cathedral, The Charm School, etc), this ends up being an old-school mystery with a wise-cracking first-person protagonist in John Corey. I say that some fans have been disappointed, but not this one. This is a close second to the Charm School thus far in my limited Demille reading, and it has a lot going for it. The Long Island locale is so vividly described that I can imagine I've been there before, even though I haven't. The humor is plentiful thanks to the sarcastic wit through John Corey. Think of a more cynical version of Robert Parker's Spenser or Robert Crais's Elvis Cole. The mystery is riveting with lots of misdirection and turns. Then there is Plum Island itself, an animal disease center controlled by the federal government. Is it really a house of deadly plague warfare? Finding out that this is really exists adds to the suspense. There is also the typical Demille final confrontation in brutal fashion. This is a highly entertaining novel. (show less)

 

 

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No, it's a flop!

Fun way to pass the time, but I had to suspend disbelief a few times too many. It was a little hard to accept some of the things Det. Corey did. ... (show more)

Fun way to pass the time, but I had to suspend disbelief a few times too many. It was a little hard to accept some of the things Det. Corey did. There were some nice twists to the plot, on occasion (and some twists that, while interesting, I did not like at all, but were necessary to motivate some of the following plot). (show less)

 

 

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  Nelson DeMille at his wicked best. The humor is so crackling and John Corey is being the biggest wiseass (or jackass depending on the way you view him) in this book. His misogynist sense of humor takes wicked proportion bordering on almost sexual harassment but thats something that I guess DeMille wants him to be. The story's pace is easy but the crackling dialogues is what makes the novel simply brilliant. While it is a murder story, like all other DeMille's novels its also a romance in a ma... (show more)

  Nelson DeMille at his wicked best. The humor is so crackling and John Corey is being the biggest wiseass (or jackass depending on the way you view him) in this book. His misogynist sense of humor takes wicked proportion bordering on almost sexual harassment but thats something that I guess DeMille wants him to be. The story's pace is easy but the crackling dialogues is what makes the novel simply brilliant. While it is a murder story, like all other DeMille's novels its also a romance in a manner only men can like. DeMille (and yours truly too) or Corey, whichever way you want to see it, wants their women to be charming. It is also perhaps the reason both female elements in the story are portrayed as intelligent and who dare Corey with such class and style that makes any guy wonder if such paragons exist in real life. And if they do, then the biggest question - where are they?
  Classic DeMille. Fun and fantastic. (show less)

   

   

  by Facebook-användare on Feb 02, 2009 at 02:02PM

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  Nelson Demille is slowly becoming one of my favorite writers and Plum Island is a fantastic book. It deals with a convalescing manhattan homicide detective John Corey who works on the fringes of a mysterious double homicide on plum Island near Long Island New York. Plum Island is where the foremost scientific experiments regarding biohazardous diseases like ebola takes place and one must wonder was their murder related to their work on Plum Island. Were they stealing a disease, a vaccine o... (show more)

  Nelson Demille is slowly becoming one of my favorite writers and Plum Island is a fantastic book. It deals with a convalescing manhattan homicide detective John Corey who works on the fringes of a mysterious double homicide on plum Island near Long Island New York. Plum Island is where the foremost scientific experiments regarding biohazardous diseases like ebola takes place and one must wonder was their murder related to their work on Plum Island. Were they stealing a disease, a vaccine or was their murder totally unrelated? Demille handcrafts the characters so well, John Corey is a phenomenal wit and really makes the book crackle. Great stuff from beginning to end, I highly recommend this novel. (show less)

   

   

  by Lou Nemphos on Aug 13, 2009 at 02:38PM

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