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Plum Island | 
 enlarge | Author: Nelson Demille
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 499297
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 044651506X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446515061
ASIN: 044651506X
Publication Date: May 1997
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Homicide detective John Corey's convalescence on Long Island from a bullet wound is cut rudely short when his new neighbours are found shot dead on their patio. It doesn't take long for Corey to get involved, not least because the detective in charge of the case is single, blonde and female. The dead couple were leading research scientists at the top secret biological research site on nearby Plum Island, so the fear that their murders are bound up in a biological warfare plot adds an extra frisson to the case. But Corey doesn't buy this theory as readily as everybody else and within two days he has fallen out with his colleagues and fallen in love with someone else. His natural cop instincts lead him to investigate his own theories, and, well, the rest is history. It's a wisecracking American detective classic well told through the words of tough guy Corey. The plot ducks and dives in the most exhilarating of ways, and dialogue exchanges such as "I'm a credit to my gender"..."Only your gender would think so" typify the banter. Not a book to mull over, but then this type of fiction is always at its best when consumed in the same quick-fire way it is delivered. --Claire Allfree
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ONCE I HAD PICKED IT UP I JUST KEPT GOING August 30, 2008
B. McCanna (Normandy, France)
Having been extremely critical of "The Talbot Dynasty" I felt I had to praise this book by way of recompense. In fact, it's hard to believe they're both by the same author. The plot is convincing, as are the characters, and the book did what a suspense thriller should, although the action began to be laid on with a trowel towards the end, to the detriment of credibility. One thing stuck out like a sore thumb, though. The archaic expression used to address members of a ship's crew was not "hardies", but "hearties". One general comment, having read several of his novels, is that more is less, and my personal opinion is that they would gain from being condensed.
 DeMille doesn't disappoint ... June 6, 2007
Lil Miss Klassy (London)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After reading both Night Fall and Lion's Game, I had to read Plum Island. I found this one more refreshing in the sense that it doesn't focus on international terrorism; also, it was timely as I read it while the Pirates of the Carribean hoopla was on and so it kinda tied in! (Hope I didn't give anything away there)
A brilliant book, Corey's character one-liners never fail to make me laugh out loud. DeMille wrote a classic here; another must-read.
Meet the irresistible John Corey and you won't be disappointed!!!! May 24, 2006
Clarence T. Henry
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Convalescing in the North Fork of Long Island, NYPD cop John Corey is asked by the local police chief to look into the murder of a young couple. The Gordons worked as scientists at Plum Island, a Government research site, on biological diseases such as Ebola and Anthrax. Could the Gordons' have tried to sell samples of the disease to the wrong people? Or could the answer be routed in the past, since Plum Island has a notorious history going back to the pirates who frequented it. Corey is definitely one of the wittiest characters I've ever come across. I love his flippant attitude. The pirate lore was fascinating, and I was totally surprised by the plot twist toward the end of the book. This will not be the last John Corey book I read.
Brilliant - best I've read for a while May 17, 2006
Colin Ellis (Pulborough)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Picked this up at the airport on the way back from the US and read it cover to cover before landing back in the UK. Superb charactisations, well written, gripping, enjoyable. The first of his I've read but certainly will not be the last!!
Laugh out loud April 21, 2006
Mr. Ma Halliday (London)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found the central character utterly hilarious and I was gripped by this book from the start. Plum Island and its follow up 'The Lions Game' are by far and away DeMille's best novels.
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