(Nelson Richard DeMille)
(1943 - )
aka
Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Brad Matthews
Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author. DeMille was born in New York City and resides in Garden City, New York, a village on Long Island. He is a graduate of Hofstra University and served in Vietnam.
DeMille has also written under the names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, and Brad Matthews.
DeMille often uses Long Island as a setting in his novels, for example in The Gold Coast, Plum Island, Word of Honor, and Night Fall. His most recent novels have followed two main characters, John Corey and Paul Brenner. At first, the story lines were completely separate, but there have been hints in the novels that they are part of a larger "DeMille Universe" that references events and characters in earlier novels, such as "The Gold Coast" and "The Charm School."
Most DeMille novels, especially the more recent, avoid "Hollywood endings" and instead finish either inconclusively or with the hero successfully exposing the secret/solving the mystery while suffering in their career or personal life as a result. There are generally loose ends left for the reader to puzzle over, Night Fall being a perfect example.
Series
Joe Ryker (writing as Jack Cannon)
1. The Sniper (1989)
2. The Hammer of God (1989)
3. The Smack Man (1989)
4. The Cannibal (1989)
5. Night of the Phoenix (1989)
6. The Death Squad (1989)John Sutter
1. The Gold Coast (1990)
2. The Gate House (2008)Paul Brenner
1. The General's Daughter (1992)
2. Up Country (2002)
John Corey
1. Plum Island (1997)
2. The Lion's Game (2000)
3. Night Fall (2004)
4. Wild Fire (2006)Novels
Hitler's Children (1976) (writing as Kurt Ladner)
Killer Sharks: The Real Story (1977) (writing as Brad Matthews)
By the Rivers of Babylon (1978)
Mayday (1979) (with Thomas H Block)
Cathedral (1981)
The Talbot Odyssey (1984)
A Word of Honor (1985)
The Charm School (1988)
Spencerville (1994)Wild Fire (2006)
Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--a 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 relax with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club's executive board gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11--and finalize a retaliation plan, known only by its codename: Wildfire. That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is found dead. Soon it's up to Detective John Corey and his wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield to unravel a terrifying plot that starts with the Custer Hill Club and ends with American cities locked in the crosshairs of a nuclear device. Corey and Mayfield are the only ones who can stop the button from being pushed, and global chaos from being unleashed….download (html)
Published: November 1, 2005
Впервые прочел этот роман пару лет назад и до сих пор не читал ничего лучше и потому с удовольствием пришлось перечитать его еще дважды. Рекомендую. Следствие ведет некий Джон Кори (John Corey), по американским меркам "расист" и "сексист", который любит проехаться по неграм и арабам, и рассказывать анекдоты про блондинок. Короче, наш человек.
This is simply the best! Read and re-read again.
Date: May 1, 1998
My favourite novel!
Благодаря этой книге я открыл для себя такого блестящего писателя, как Нельсон Демиль. Она вышла в 1998 году со стартовым тиражом в 500.000 экземпляров! Она продолжает переиздаваться и поныне, и точное количество проданных книг знает, наверно, только сам Нельсон.
Роман вроде бы типичный боевик, но герой - Джон Кори, который перекочевал затем в Lion's Game (есть на сайте) и Night Fall (уже нашел и форматирую), уж больно человечный.Amazon.com
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.
From Library JournalWhile investigating the murder of a young Long Island couple, an NYPD detective is stunned to find that they may have been involved in dealing genetically altered viruses. A 500,000-copy first printing.
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