by Nelson DeMille
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God! - Ralph Waldo EmersonOh, sorry. That's the quotation that editor John Campbell gave a young Issac Asimov, and which became the basis for th...
As of this writing, it has been 17 years since TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and fell into the ocean off the coast of New York, killing all 230 passengers and crew aboard. A large-scale government investigation determined a stray spark in an empty mid-section fuel tank ignited fumes, resulting ...
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Reread this one after hearing about the upcoming TWA 800 documentary, as I wanted to see if shared any of the same theories about the crash. Conspiracy theories aside, this book reads like a good ol' fashioned detective novel and I love it. Of course, having listened to the audio version, it's imp...
Wow, I'll tell you what, wow.
I liked this book much more than The Lion's Game. I suspect it has a lot to do with the fact that this story had more of the hands-on approach than the rest. Whereas the 'mystery' in the previous Corey book was solved in the last pages of the book, "Night Fall" was shrouded in mystery to the end and...
Overall an engrossing tale, with a few spots that felt a little plodding, and oftentimes hilarious. 600+ pages felt short and I burned through them in three or so sittings. The writing is electric-quick, tight, and to-the-point. If not for the cop-out ending that resolved near nothing, it would've b...
Excellent thriller with an infuriating ending.
This is the first book I've read by this author. I was all ready to give it 3 stars til I got to the very end! Normally I don't complain about so-so endings if the story is good, but this ending was disappointing enough to sort of ruin the whole story!However, I very much like the John Corey chara...
I just love his wiseass John Corey character. This one involves his investigation into the crash of TWA flight 800. Lots of fun.
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