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Plum Island | 
 enlarge | Author: Nelson Demille
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $7.99
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Rating:  331 reviews
Sales Rank: 6525
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 608
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0446605409
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446605403
ASIN: 0446605409
Publication Date: May 1, 1998
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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.
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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.
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Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide cop John Corey is convalescing in rural eastern Long Island when an attractive young couple he knows is found shot to death on the family patio. The victims were biologists at Plum Island, a research site rumored to be an incubator for germ warfare. Suddenly, a local double murder takes on shattering global implications--and thrusts Corey and two extraordinary women into a dangerous search for the secret of Plum Island.
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 Sand in your hot dog with this beach read July 4, 2008
Diane Bernard (NYC)
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 he have any friends at all, much less the loyal partner in NY who is looking out for his interests?
Oddly enough, this is an engaging book. You may not like the smarmy lead, you may not like the fact that the one charming character is killed, but this is a scenic book. To me, it's all about the tip of Long Island, land of vinyards and potato fields, pirate lore and viral research. As a summer read, it works, but you won't mistake it for literature.
Neat, twisty thriller May 30, 2008
Barbara L. Lemaster (Florida)
This book was recommended to me by a co-worker, who is coincidentally from New York. One of New York's finest, John Corey, is convalescing at his uncle's place on Long Island when his two neighbors (who are research biologists) are shot dead. Corey becomes involved when his friend Max offers him $1 to help with the case. The book is wordy but the dialogue is crisp and the twisty plot chugs along like a train. I would definitely seek out this author's other books.
A Little Silly, but Highly Entertaining February 18, 2008
Thriller Lover (Las Vegas, Nevada)
I really enjoy reading Nelson DeMille, who is tremendously gifted in writing books that are both funny and highly suspenseful. PLUM ISLAND is a nice showcase for DeMille's talents.
PLUM ISLAND is the first book to feature John Corey, a NYPD homicide detective who DeMille has written about in three subsequent novels. Corey is the ultimate wise-acre, a bit like David Addison from the old TV show MOONLIGHTING. If you like your dialogue funny and snappy and filled with sexual innuendo, this book will easily meet your requirements. But if you dislike smart alecks in general, you may find Corey a difficult main character to root for.
The plot of PLUM ISLAND, involving biological warfare and pirate's treasure, is kind of absurd, but was interesting enough to keep me turning the pages. As some other reviewers have commented, this book is written in a long-winded style, especially at the beginning. For example, DeMille spends over a hundred pages describing a lengthy tour of a biological research facility, when maybe thirty would have sufficed. Still, DeMille keeps things entertaining for the most part, although I think this book could have been at least a hundred pages shorter.
Overall, PLUM ISLAND is a fun book, and DeMille is definitely a writer you should try if you like your thrillers with a heavy dose of humor. If you've never read DeMille before, I recommend either this book or THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER.
 The First of Many Outstanding John Corey Novels January 25, 2008
Patrick Bonish (North America)
Nelson DeMille is one of my favorite authors. I know that if I'm going to pick up one of his books, I'm going to be sitting there for awhile. His writing is just that good that it will keep you there no matter what you're supposed to be doing.
Luckily for me, we aren't supposed to be doing anything, so I can sit here for a long time...As I usually am with one of his books.
Plum Island is the first in a series of books with the main character John Corey. You either love him or hate him, sometimes you do both in the same chapter.
How can you go wrong when you have buried treasure, biological warfare, double homicides and steamy romance all on a tiny spit of land off Long Island. Reading Plum Island, I learned so much history without even knowing I was getting a lesson.
The story is told by a cocky, New York City detective who was wounded in the line of duty, and is supposed to be taking the summer off to recover. Instead, John Corey is drafted to explore a couple of murders, and before you know it, he's so wrapped up in the case, there is no way out.
Don't start reading this book unless you have a few days to sit and finish it. You wont be able to put it down!
Pat Bonish [...]
Loved it! January 2, 2008
Tami Wilkowski (Lenox, Michigan)
Great read...I finished it in two days! As always DeMille writes a thriller that is action packed and doesn't leave you disappointed in the end! Wild Fire is my all time favorite of his, then Nightfall this is 3rd. It's a great read and well worth the time.
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