Plum Island
by Nelson DeMille | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0446605409 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0446605409 Global Overview for this book
3 journalers for this copy...
From the Book Nook at my work.
Journal Entry 2 by shaunesay at Shaunesay's Book Nook Fiction Bookbox in Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, October 30, 2004
Released on Saturday, October 30, 2004 at about 11:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Shaunesay's Book Nook Fiction Bookbox in Bookbox, Postal Release Controlled Releases.
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Removed from Shaunesay's Book Nook Fiction Bookbox.
Journal Entry 4 by Pyan at By Mail in per Post, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (7/1/2008 UTC) at By Mail in per Post, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Released to wss4's bookbox won on Bookobsessed site.
Released to wss4's bookbox won on Bookobsessed site.
This arrived in a large box of books from the lovely Pyan. I am not sure yet if I will read this one, so it is going on the 'it looks like it might be good, but I am not sure if I will ever get around to it' shelf for a while. ;-)
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Synopsis
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.
Publishers Weekly
Tom and Judy Gordon were bright, young, attractive scientists whom everyone seemed to like. So who would murder them-and why? Could their deaths have something to do with Plum Island, supposedly an animal research facility but possibly a top-secret site for biological warfare experiments? Could it involve a pirate's treasure buried in the vicinity more than 300 years ago? Returning to the Long Island, N.Y., setting of The Gold Coast (1990), DeMille makes his finest showing since that enormously popular book. Important to his success here is the catchy, ironic voice of narrator John Corey, a freewheeling Manhattan detective who's at his uncle's house on the Island to recover from bullet wounds and who gets tapped by the locals to act as "consultant" on the case. Key to the novel's sway is its boisterous plot, as DeMille expertly melds medical mystery, police procedural and nautical adventure, adding assorted love interests and capping matters with a ferocious storm at sea. Atmospherics are strong and the novel acquires its own storm force as it moves toward a cataclysmic denoument. DeMille's research seems sound as well, rendering the inner workings of a science lab as believable and fascinating as the discovery of treasure maps. It's a smooth job from an old pro who knows what readers are looking for.
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Synopsis
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.
Publishers Weekly
Tom and Judy Gordon were bright, young, attractive scientists whom everyone seemed to like. So who would murder them-and why? Could their deaths have something to do with Plum Island, supposedly an animal research facility but possibly a top-secret site for biological warfare experiments? Could it involve a pirate's treasure buried in the vicinity more than 300 years ago? Returning to the Long Island, N.Y., setting of The Gold Coast (1990), DeMille makes his finest showing since that enormously popular book. Important to his success here is the catchy, ironic voice of narrator John Corey, a freewheeling Manhattan detective who's at his uncle's house on the Island to recover from bullet wounds and who gets tapped by the locals to act as "consultant" on the case. Key to the novel's sway is its boisterous plot, as DeMille expertly melds medical mystery, police procedural and nautical adventure, adding assorted love interests and capping matters with a ferocious storm at sea. Atmospherics are strong and the novel acquires its own storm force as it moves toward a cataclysmic denoument. DeMille's research seems sound as well, rendering the inner workings of a science lab as believable and fascinating as the discovery of treasure maps. It's a smooth job from an old pro who knows what readers are looking for.
