The Lion's Game
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780446402262 (0446402265)
Publish date: May 1st 2007
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Mystery,
Detective,
War,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Action,
Suspense,
Terrorism
Series: John Corey (#2)
No one is more shocked at my rating of The Lion's Gamethan I am. I've had plenty of time to think about John Corey's second outing, and my final judgment is: I enjoyed the fuck outta this book. While the issues I had with the previous book in this series,Plum Island, popped up this go around as well...
Obnoxiousness is not or should not be a whole personality. The lead character sails through life, being an asshole, but thinking that he's incredibly funny and amusing. We get frequent boner updates, as well as assessments of every attractive woman around. Unattractive women either don't exist,...
Love Nelson DeMilles' writings! Great terrorism read! Corey is the greatest detective!
One of the fastest reads I've gone through in ages. I'm a sucker for a taut killer hunt. This one reminded me of "The Poet" by Michael Connelly, though I enjoyed this story more - better ending, better characters. John Corey is a lovable protagonist, though I think we might want to strangle him if w...
This book starts where the mediocre Plum Island left off and gives John Corey a wonderful villain in Asad Khalil, super-confident and competent Libyan terrorist, who leads the FBI, CIA and Corey in a chase across America on a mission of revenge. Lots of suspenseful fun, mostly from Corey's deadpan, ...