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Wild Fire (John Corey #4)
by
Nelson DeMille (Goodreads Author)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille comes a suspenseful new novel featuring Detective John Corey and an all-too-plausible conspiracy to detonate a nuclear bomb in two major American cities. Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--an informal men's club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business l...more
Hardcover, 519 pages
Published
August 1st 2009
by Warner Books
(first published January 1st 2006)
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"What two cities need to be sacrificed to rid the world of Islamic terrorism?" That's the chilling question some domestic terrorists (they would never described themselves thusly) as they to to decide where to place several suitcase atomic bombs that have been stolen from the Russians. These high-level military and civilian officers, spurred on by wealthy oil men, have determined that no one else sees the light the way they do and it's time to take matters in their own hands by attacking the US...more
Mar 11, 2008
Jeanette
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3 of 5 stars
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suspense-thriller,
all-fiction
Nelson DeMille reminds me a bit of Robert Ludlum in that he takes a really long time to tell the story. It's not that he's boring, he just does a lot of research and includes a lot of information for the sake of authenticity.
The John Corey character is kind of like Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H. He's hilarious as a fictional character, but you'd probably hate him if you had to deal with him in person. He's a smarta$$ extraordinaire. He gets almost all the good lines in this book, which has a lot...more
The John Corey character is kind of like Hawkeye Pierce from M*A*S*H. He's hilarious as a fictional character, but you'd probably hate him if you had to deal with him in person. He's a smarta$$ extraordinaire. He gets almost all the good lines in this book, which has a lot...more
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John Corey is still irreverent and sassy. Like every Nelson DeMille book the pages the suspense is laced with humor. Any DeMille book can be read in any order but if John Corey is involved I recommend starting with his first appearence. It helps to know his background.
Wild Fire is actually a frightening story of what could be an actual occurance. We live in a scary world and DeMille lets us in on just how scary it is.
I highly recommed this book. The only down side for me was the over use of th...more
Wild Fire is actually a frightening story of what could be an actual occurance. We live in a scary world and DeMille lets us in on just how scary it is.
I highly recommed this book. The only down side for me was the over use of th...more
John Corey book 4
The story begins when Detective Harry Miller of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is sent to conduct surveillance at Custer Hill Club, a hunting club owned by a rich oil baron and reserved exclusively for powerful business leaders.
When he is found dead of an apparent hunting accident, a close colleague and friend John Corey together with his wife FBI Agent Kate Mayfield become interested in this surveillance gone wrong. Corey with his renegade style and disregard for normal...more
The story begins when Detective Harry Miller of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is sent to conduct surveillance at Custer Hill Club, a hunting club owned by a rich oil baron and reserved exclusively for powerful business leaders.
When he is found dead of an apparent hunting accident, a close colleague and friend John Corey together with his wife FBI Agent Kate Mayfield become interested in this surveillance gone wrong. Corey with his renegade style and disregard for normal...more
Frustrating Read..The General's Daughter was better.
I have read DeMille's, "The General's Daughter" and I thought that it was a terrific mystery story. However, this book was a real disappointment for me.
The book was entertaining but not a super story. The plot is thin and the main character John Corey, the brazen detective, has no depth and is totally unbelievable. His wife, Kate, an attorney, is almost on the same level as Corey except that I thought she was mixed bag of personalities and ta...more
I have read DeMille's, "The General's Daughter" and I thought that it was a terrific mystery story. However, this book was a real disappointment for me.
The book was entertaining but not a super story. The plot is thin and the main character John Corey, the brazen detective, has no depth and is totally unbelievable. His wife, Kate, an attorney, is almost on the same level as Corey except that I thought she was mixed bag of personalities and ta...more
Well, perhaps I was expecting too much from this book after just reading Night Fall, which I thought was amazing. THe last book with John Corey as the lead character just missed the mark. I would still recommend reading it, assuming you read Plum Island, The Lions Game and Night Fall, but do not expect it to be as good as the others.
Although John Corey came through with his usual wise ass attitude, some of his action were not what I came to expect from him. Mostly, though, I thought the story li...more
Although John Corey came through with his usual wise ass attitude, some of his action were not what I came to expect from him. Mostly, though, I thought the story li...more
In our modern world it is sometimes difficult to distinguish exactly who are the "good guys" and who are wearing the "black hats". The line between the two seems to have become more and more blurred over the years. In WILDFIRE, Nelson DeMille's latest addition to his domestic terrorism saga, some of the government agents playing their political games are pretty slimy and, sad to say, I sometimes found myself nodding in agreement with the often plausible arguments of Bain Madox, the villain of th...more
Seriously, DeMille's John Corey series of novels (this being the 4th) remind me that if you are going to write a first-person narrative, the narrator either better be damned interesting, or have something interesting enough for us to be stuck inside his head. And John Corey is awesomeness. He's a jack-ass and a loudmouth, and he needs to shut up once in a while, but he is awesomeness personified. And, I 'read' this one by listening to it on my iPod, as read by Scott Brick. Very professional, wel...more
Okay, long story short--this book was painful to read. Obnoxious protagonist who, if you met him in real life, you would want to beat senseless with a brick wrapped in a nylon. Sidekick "wife" who is supposedly the protagonist's boss but might as well be his faithful dog. Ridiculously over-the-top villainous scheme explained over the course of roughly a hundred pages to some nobody whose only purpose in the book is to be forced to listen to said scheme for the benefit of us, the readers. Pointle...more
Jonathon Washburn
Book review
Ms. Hufnagel
Wildfire
Wildfire was written by Nelson DeMille and is an action thriller. John Corey and his wife Kate Mayfield work for a special anti-terrorist group. At the Custer Hill Club a group of people who want the war in the middle-east to end come up with a plot called wild fire. In this plan nuclear weapons will be but in major US cities. They will then be detonated. This will causes people to believe it was terrorist causing us to launch nuclear weapons at t...more
Book review
Ms. Hufnagel
Wildfire
Wildfire was written by Nelson DeMille and is an action thriller. John Corey and his wife Kate Mayfield work for a special anti-terrorist group. At the Custer Hill Club a group of people who want the war in the middle-east to end come up with a plot called wild fire. In this plan nuclear weapons will be but in major US cities. They will then be detonated. This will causes people to believe it was terrorist causing us to launch nuclear weapons at t...more
While I continue to enjoy the John Corey saga, this was the toughest read of them so far in that the beginning of the story was drawn out a bit too much and it seemed that this overproduction of the start of the story made the rest of book seem a bit rushed and thin.
In Plum Island Cory was much like an old school detective just brought to modern times, but each book has seemingly brought Corey further from that sort of character, and closer to something that would seem more in line with the unbe...more
In Plum Island Cory was much like an old school detective just brought to modern times, but each book has seemingly brought Corey further from that sort of character, and closer to something that would seem more in line with the unbe...more
Another good book by Nelson DeMille. Not as good as the other 2 books, but still a good read.
Publisher's Summary
Welcome to the Custer Hill Club, a men's club, set in a luxurious hunting lodge, whose members include America's powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. The club is a place to relax with old friends, but one fall weekend, the club's Executive Board gathers to talk about 9/11 and finalize a retaliation plan, known by a code name: Wild Fire.
That weekend, a memb...more
Publisher's Summary
Welcome to the Custer Hill Club, a men's club, set in a luxurious hunting lodge, whose members include America's powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. The club is a place to relax with old friends, but one fall weekend, the club's Executive Board gathers to talk about 9/11 and finalize a retaliation plan, known by a code name: Wild Fire.
That weekend, a memb...more
Detective John Corey is one of my favorite Nelson DeMille characters and as always, his wise-ass dialogue and wry interior thoughts, especially in combination with his FBI Agent wife, Kate Mayfield, are dead on. The story opens in 2002, and Corey still has nightmares about what might have happened to his wife (and himself) had they arrived at the Twin Towers a bit earlier the day the terrorist planes brought them down.
Soon he's investigating a shadowy outfit (Wild Fire) after a member of the An...more
Soon he's investigating a shadowy outfit (Wild Fire) after a member of the An...more
This is the third book I have read by this author and was disappointed again. This is another "save the world" type would be thriller and I have given the book 2 stars since I did actually finish the book. I would really give it 1 1/2 stars if I could. The story line goes beyond very highly implausible into the impossible realm. The author doesn't think his readers know that radio waves travel at the speed of light, or perhaps the author himself doesn't know it.
In addition the crude wise guy dia...more
In addition the crude wise guy dia...more
John Corey everyones favorite narcisstic and wise cracking detective is back. With his wife Kate the FBI agent and his boss are lead into a bizzare plot to destroy the Middle East. After Johns friend and fellow ATTF agent and ex-NYPD detective Hary Muller goes on a surveilance expedition in upstate NY he winds up murdered. This on a holiday weekend also. When John finds out that he was supposed to go originally nothing will stop him from looking into what happened to his friend. As John and Kate...more
Cast of Characters
John Corey-Narrater-former NYPD homicide detective. Now a special contract agent for the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force
Kate-John's wife-FBI agent
Harry Muller-works with John. Staking out Custer Club Hill
Bain Madox-President and owner of Custer Club Hill. Owner of Global Oil Corp
Custer Club members
Paul Dunn-national security advisor to the president
General James Hawkins-United States Air Force and Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Edward Wolffer-Deputy secretary of defense.
S...more
John Corey-Narrater-former NYPD homicide detective. Now a special contract agent for the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force
Kate-John's wife-FBI agent
Harry Muller-works with John. Staking out Custer Club Hill
Bain Madox-President and owner of Custer Club Hill. Owner of Global Oil Corp
Custer Club members
Paul Dunn-national security advisor to the president
General James Hawkins-United States Air Force and Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Edward Wolffer-Deputy secretary of defense.
S...more
This will definitely go down as one of my favorites. This is only my 2nd experience with an audiobook. The 1st I couldn't even finish. It was The Beach House by James Patterson and I did not like it at all. The narrator must make all the difference. I would rather read, but I have a long drive to work & Wild Fire by Demille has been entertaining me to no end the past few days. I absolutely LOVE John Corey! He is a total hoot & Scott Brick brings his character to life. What a fantastic na...more
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An over-the-top thriller with an obnoxious, uber-macho protagonist and a diabolical scheme by a wealthy, politically-connected, delusional villain to make the world "safer" by provoking the U.S. to nuke most of the Islamic world. It's tough to read a book when the characters are so implausible and flat. Detective Corey's wisecracking schtick got old from the start. I did like learning about ELF and the Bearbangers, and the plot itself seems somewhat plausible from a paranoid perspective. I think...more
This is a paranoid beach book, for not relaxing on the sand -- a little cautionary failsafe thriller that was as fun to cast as it was to read: William Petersen as John Corey, Laura Linney as Kate Mayfield and ...hmmm, how about Paul Newman as the steely-eyed, iron haired wingnut?
No. Bruce. Willis.
No. Bruce. Willis.
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Not the best story, but it was intriguing enough to keep me involved. Listening to an unabridged audio often has it's benefits, and sometimes makes me wish the book was shorter. Do I think this story could have been shorter? Yes. Do I think that makes most books better? No!!!
Overall, I gave this 3 stars for having a sarcastic and snarky main character. It could be done with a little less cursing, but I feel like John Corey stays true to his NYC roots. The story is about a 2 star, but I've alread...more
Overall, I gave this 3 stars for having a sarcastic and snarky main character. It could be done with a little less cursing, but I feel like John Corey stays true to his NYC roots. The story is about a 2 star, but I've alread...more
Nov 25, 2008
Pete Grondin
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes DeMille, Ludlum, other global conspiracy thrillers
Recommended to Pete by:
Self
Nelson DeMille is one of my top five authors. With Wild Fire, he didn't disappoint me again.
Detective John Corey and his FBI Agent-wife, Kate, were thrust into an investigation that started out as a not so simple murder investigation. It turned into a conspiracy investigation involving powerful men in government and business with potentially devastating impact on the planet.
While Corey's smart mouth and quick one liners keep the story interesting, the story line tended to be a bit linear, expos...more
Detective John Corey and his FBI Agent-wife, Kate, were thrust into an investigation that started out as a not so simple murder investigation. It turned into a conspiracy investigation involving powerful men in government and business with potentially devastating impact on the planet.
While Corey's smart mouth and quick one liners keep the story interesting, the story line tended to be a bit linear, expos...more
The plot is not extraordinary. A former New York City police detective John Corey becomes aware of an American right-wing plot to nuke two U.S. cities. The idea is to provoke an existing government plan called Wild Fire that automatically responds to nuclear terrorism in the homeland with a nuclear attack that will wipe out most of the Middle East. Corey and his FBI agent wife, Kate Mayfield, set off to find antiterrorist agent Harry Muller, who has disappeared after being assigned surveillance...more
I LOVED this book!
Nelson DeMille is a great story teller -- taking him time to develop each character and weave in just the right amount of details with a little bit of literary license. His brand of humor that is used through main character, John Corey, is outstandling funny -- and right on target.
I couldn't put this book down, and once I did...I couldn't sleep.
The whole idea of a conspiracy being plotted by our own govnernment against it's own people just to start a nuclear war with our enemie...more
Nelson DeMille is a great story teller -- taking him time to develop each character and weave in just the right amount of details with a little bit of literary license. His brand of humor that is used through main character, John Corey, is outstandling funny -- and right on target.
I couldn't put this book down, and once I did...I couldn't sleep.
The whole idea of a conspiracy being plotted by our own govnernment against it's own people just to start a nuclear war with our enemie...more
Another great thriller by Nelson Demille. I can't believe it's been around since 2006 and I'm just now getting around to reading it. Nelson Demille never disappoints me. I love his style of writing. His sense of humor and the way he weaves it into his books is perfect! It was really difficult for me to read this since I believe the scenario is absolutely possible. I don't know if I want 'Wild Fire' or some variation of it to be real. Scares me. Because if 'Wild Fire' exists then 'Project Green'...more
John Corey #3
John Corey and his wife Kate Mayfield spend a romantic weekend. When they return to New York John finds out that a co-worker from the Anti Terrorism Task Force has disappeared after a weekend assignment in upstate New York. When John first learned of Harry Mueller's assignment, he tried to look it up on the FBI Automated Case System, and the reference returned completely X'ed out.
Then he learns from Kate that he had been first choice for the assignment, until Kate requested that he...more
John Corey and his wife Kate Mayfield spend a romantic weekend. When they return to New York John finds out that a co-worker from the Anti Terrorism Task Force has disappeared after a weekend assignment in upstate New York. When John first learned of Harry Mueller's assignment, he tried to look it up on the FBI Automated Case System, and the reference returned completely X'ed out.
Then he learns from Kate that he had been first choice for the assignment, until Kate requested that he...more
not knowing what this book was about, I started reading it November 9, 2011. What an impact this story was of the ending and what could have happened if the two main characters didn't find and finish their job to find the person responsible for the dealth of a close friend and colliege, and the reason behind it. On November 12, 2011 - I finished this story, and what an impact it made on me and all the what if's ...... if someone to really do as the one character Bain Madox has planned. Yes, mone...more
If you are in the mood for an action movie in book form, you will probably enjoy Nelson DeMille's novels. His books require no thought, but neither do most action films. His books do not develop character, play with language, or explore important themes, but neither do action films. His books look long but can usually be read within a short time period.
If you approach this type of book for midless entertainment, you will probably enjoy it. As a work of "literature" I find DeMille's work low on t...more
If you approach this type of book for midless entertainment, you will probably enjoy it. As a work of "literature" I find DeMille's work low on t...more
I'm new to Nelson DeMille. In fact, my wife suggested this book which was on the bargain shelf at the book store. It's fantastic! The story involves a wealthy oil man who's determined to wipe the entire Middle East off the map.
The hero, John Corey, a retired NY City cop who's working with the Anti Terrorist Task Force, hates rules almost as much as he hates criminals. Corey has to catch the bad buy while avoiding his own superiors. Accompanied by his wife, FBI agent and fellow Task Force member,...more
The hero, John Corey, a retired NY City cop who's working with the Anti Terrorist Task Force, hates rules almost as much as he hates criminals. Corey has to catch the bad buy while avoiding his own superiors. Accompanied by his wife, FBI agent and fellow Task Force member,...more
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Nelson Richard DeMille was born in New York City on August 23, 1943 to Huron and Antonia (Panzera) DeMille. He moved as a child with his family to Long Island. In high school, he played football and ran track.
DeMille spent three years at Hofstra University, then joined the Army and attended Officer Candidate School. He was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army (1966-69) and saw action as an...more
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DeMille spent three years at Hofstra University, then joined the Army and attended Officer Candidate School. He was a First Lieutenant in the United States Army (1966-69) and saw action as an...more
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