

This is the title that knocked John Grisham off the top of the US bestseller lists and held the No.1 spot for five weeks.


PLUM ISLAND is a thrilling novel from an author of consummate page-turning skill. Then Corey falls in with Emma Whitehouse, an expert on Captain Kidd's lost treasure which is thought to be buried nearby. 51,971 Ratings 2,537 Reviews published 1997 105 editions The hair-raising suspense of The General's Daughte Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille 4. He teams up with Beth Penrose, detective, working her first homicide & their visit to Plum Island reveals only that the FBI & CIA have sanitised the place. Had they been running drugs? Corey doesn't think so, although an ice-chest missing from their home points to something forbidden. Were the Gordons murdered because they'd stolen some valuable new vaccine, or even a dreaded virus? They'd obviously outspent their income. NYPD homicide detective John Corey has moved to Long Island, restlessly recuperating from wounds received in the line of duty when he's hired to consult on the murder of Tom and Judy Gordon, biologists who worked on Plum Island, the site of animal disease research for the Department of Agriculture. '.a good old-fashioned murder mystery which keeps you enthralled till the very last page.' - YORKSHIP EVENING PRESS Biography DeMille was born in New York City on August 23, 1943. DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay and Brad Matthews. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast. '.a page turning, high octane novel that's firing on all cylinders ,' - EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels.
