Plum Island
by Nelson DeMille
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Author: Nelson DeMilleEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-05-01
ISBN: 0446605409
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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- english language
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Book Review: "The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong...It has to do with cutting the right deal."
Summary: 4 Stars
Detective John Corey, recovering from serious gunshot wounds, is staying at his uncle's home on Long Island's North Fork when he is asked by the local police chief to help out on a double murder investigation. The murdered couple, Tom and Judy Gordon, had been working at Plum Island, a super-secret government research facility, just off the coast, which had been investigating viruses that might be used in germ warfare. The theory that the couple might have stolen a particularly powerful virus to sell to a terrorist nation quickly leads to a competing theory that the couple might have been involved in selling drugs, and the local murder investigation soon crosses jurisdictional boundaries and draws county, state, and federal investigators.
Demille creates a rip-roaring narrative that fully involves the recovering detective in the investigation, even after he is officially fired. The Gordons had been members of the local historical society, which promotes legends about Captain Kidd, along with the theory that Kidd had hidden his treasure on Plum Island, perhaps near the island's unexplored archaeological ruins. It is only a short leap to yet another theory about the Gordons--that their deaths may be related to the Captain Kidd legend.
With two love stories, trips to a top secret laboratory, several more murders, a hidden cave, stories of pirate treasure, and even a hurricane, there are plot twists galore, and though the characters are not fully developed, they are interesting enough to keep the reader involved. Corey is not "Mr. Clean," but while his reliance on violence and his (somewhat dated) male chauvinism make him a somewhat cynical lead character, he is determined to find the Gordons' killers, and the reader roots for his success. Great escape reading. n Mary Whipple
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