Wild Fire (number 4 In Series)

By (author) DeMille Nelson
Short description/annotation:
A John Corey adventure, which many are saying is his best book yet. * Fast-paced and gripping, it is also one of the wittiest thrillers you''ll ever read. Corey''s deadplan humour marks him out as a true original.
Description:
Welcome to the Custer Hill Club - an informal men''s club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America''s most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to gather with old friends, hunt, eat, drink, and talk off-the-record about war, life, death, sex and politics. But one Fall weekend, the Executive Board of the Custer Hill Club gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11 and what America must do to retaliate. Their plan is finalized and set into motion. That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is reported missing. His body is soon discovered in the woods near the Custer Hill Club''s game reserve. The death appears to be a hunting accident, and that''s how the local police first report it, but Detective John Corey has his doubts. As he digs deeper, he begins to unravel a plot involving the Custer Hill Club, a top-secret plan known only by its code name: Wild Fire. Racing against the clock, Detective Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, find they are the only people in a position to stop the button from being pushed and chaos from being unleashed.
Review quote:
Nelson DeMille writes big, fat thrillers that actually do thrill ... Wild Fire is yet another ... A book you can''t put down until the sheer weight of the thing forces a rest. But don''t worry, the pace of the story will soon have you speeding through it again INDEPENDENT on Sunday
Biographical note:
Nelson DeMille was born in New York City in 1943. He grew up on Long Island and graduated from Hofstra University with a degree of Political Science and History. After serving as an infantry officer in Vietnam, where he was decorated three times, DeMille worked as a journalist and short story writer. He wrote his first major novel, By the Rivers of Babylon, in 1978 and has gone on to write many other international bestsellers, with sales of over 55 million copies in 24 languages. He lives on Long Island.
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Review quote: previous work:
Nelson DeMille writes big, fat thrillers that actually do thrill . . . Wild Fire is yet another . . . A book you can''t put down until the sheer weight of the thing forces a rest. But don''t worry, the pace of the story will soon have you speeding through it again - INDEPENDENT on Sunday