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3rd out of 17 books
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Night Fall (John Corey #3)
by
Nelson DeMille (Goodreads Author)
John Corey, former NYPD homicide detective, assigned to the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force in the pre-millennium 90's, makes a return appearance in a thoughtful novel offering an alternative to the government's "official" position on what really happened to TWA Flight 800, which crashed off the Long Island coast in the summer of 1996. Accompanying his wife Kate to a mem...more
Paperback, 692 pages
Published
November 1st 2005
by Vision
(first published January 28th 2001)
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This was one of those novels that the pre-release hype was so great that as a reader, I was not sure what to expect but Night Fall with a few small exceptions lived up to the media hubbub. The novel starts with a flashback scene that takes us to the Atlantic coast on the fateful night of the TWA flight 800 crash. On the beach, two "consenting adults" are enjoying their night out and for posterity sake filmed the evening. On this tape, the "accident" and a strange shooting light is trapped on cel...more
I absolutely loved this book. After a co-worker had been talking about it for weeks she finally brought it to me. As soon as I opened it I was hooked. It took me a Sunday to finish it and I fell in love with John Corey the detective in the book. If you are into a suspense novel then this is for you!
I read this book because I love TWA and doubt that the mystery of the explosion of flight 800 will ever be solved. The story entirely fulfilled all my suspicions and what I know about the case. And he's very readable.
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I love Nelson Demille books. I love conspiracy theories. I absolutely can not stand it when there isn't an ending and nothing gets solved.
I rated this a 3 because it was highly entertaining. But as I was nearing the end I thought that there was a good chance we wouldn't get any answers...and we didn't. Though it isn't like this book is a history book that has all the details. I know it's a piece of fiction but, come on, finish the da*n story. I"m frustrated, but I literally just f...more
I love Nelson Demille books. I love conspiracy theories. I absolutely can not stand it when there isn't an ending and nothing gets solved.
I rated this a 3 because it was highly entertaining. But as I was nearing the end I thought that there was a good chance we wouldn't get any answers...and we didn't. Though it isn't like this book is a history book that has all the details. I know it's a piece of fiction but, come on, finish the da*n story. I"m frustrated, but I literally just f...more
DeMille's wit is in full effect in the suspenseful thriller! Made me laugh over and over and over again. The characters are likeable and believable, the story has the right level of sophistication and many of the theories in the book are based on verifiable facts and eyewitness statements regarding TWA Flight 800. Some readers have been and will continue to be displeased by the last couple pages. I, on the other hand, felt it was a perfect conclusion to a fastastic and wildly entertaining story.
WOW!!!!
This book started out as a good book, but revved up and ended as a whopping jaw-dropper. Excellent! This story may not be suitable for young adult readers due to some graphic sex, but the sex is a critical and necessary part of the plot.
This fictional story based on a true event is fast moving, funny, and at the end, grabs you by the throat and pins you to the wall. I listen to audio books on my commute, and this was the only audio book to date that, in the last chapters, I could not stop...more
This book started out as a good book, but revved up and ended as a whopping jaw-dropper. Excellent! This story may not be suitable for young adult readers due to some graphic sex, but the sex is a critical and necessary part of the plot.
This fictional story based on a true event is fast moving, funny, and at the end, grabs you by the throat and pins you to the wall. I listen to audio books on my commute, and this was the only audio book to date that, in the last chapters, I could not stop...more
“Night Fall” by Nelson DeMille is the fourth, and the best, of the books of his I’ve read to date. In this book DeMille brings back ex-NYPD detective John Corey (from his novel, “Plumb Island”) and a large ensemble of other well-crafted fictional characters that he so masterfully entwines with a very non-fictional event…that being the midair explosion off the coast of Long Island of TWA Flight 800 that occurred on July 17, 1996 – 11 minutes after it took off from JFK bound for Paris, taking the...more
Demille's latest is sure to be a #1 bestseller—but it's also sure to be controversial. The book is centered on an investigation of the July 1996 crash of flight TWA 800, "when... a big Boeing 747 bound for Paris with 230 passengers and crew on board, exploded off the Atlantic coast of Long Island, sending all 230 souls to their deaths." In July 2001, Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force detective John Corey, a brilliant, smart-ass detective last seen in Plum Island and The Lion's Game, accompanies...more
This book was 692 pages. For 690 pages it was one of the best books I've ever read and then DeMille completely ruined it with one of the most piece-of-crap, cop-out endings I've ever seen coming a mile away. He even admits that he had no idea how to finish this book and his son came up with the idea for the ending. I guess that's the problem with writing a story based on a real-life event. You can't really change history or present "facts" that didn't actually happen, so he completely wrote hims...more
Night Fall is everything you expect from a best-seller. Slick, quick, and entertaining. I tried this DeMille, as I do most books, on a recommendation that the author was worth a look. I can’t say I was disappointed. The experience was satisfying for the moment, but, ultimately, unfulfilling. Unfulfilling in the same sense that Like a three or four hour flight to O’Hare, which is the kind of situation for which this book is ideal.
John Corey is a hard-bitten (like that cliche word? Let the revie...more
John Corey is a hard-bitten (like that cliche word? Let the revie...more
An excellent book by my new favorite author, Nelson DeMille captures one's attention from the very first chapter until the last sentence. This tale mixes fact and fiction: the real-life crash of TWA 800 in July of 1996 and the World Trade Center tragedy in September 2001.
The main story starts five years after the TWA crash at the memorial site where the victims' survivors have gathered to remember their loved ones. They are joined there by an FBI agent, Kate, and her husband, John, an ex-NYPD c...more
The main story starts five years after the TWA crash at the memorial site where the victims' survivors have gathered to remember their loved ones. They are joined there by an FBI agent, Kate, and her husband, John, an ex-NYPD c...more
Provocative, frightening, and based on True Events.
It is dusk on July 17, 1996. A man and a woman who are married - but not to each other - make love on a Long Island beach as a video camera records their pleasures...and something more. Out over the ocean, TWA flight 800 suddenly explodes with 230 victims on board, the terrible blast illuminating the sky. The government's verdict is mechanical failure. But the videotape may tell another story - if it can be found.
Now, on the 5th anniversary of...more
It is dusk on July 17, 1996. A man and a woman who are married - but not to each other - make love on a Long Island beach as a video camera records their pleasures...and something more. Out over the ocean, TWA flight 800 suddenly explodes with 230 victims on board, the terrible blast illuminating the sky. The government's verdict is mechanical failure. But the videotape may tell another story - if it can be found.
Now, on the 5th anniversary of...more
For the most part, I enjoyed reading this, but it left me with a depressed sort of feeling. It began with the TWA flight 800 crash and ended with the attacks on 9/11. I knew that before I started reading... I guess that should have gave me a clue about the mood of the book, huh?
Anyway, the novel's main character, John Corey, is an interesting and sometimes funny guy. A detective for the ATTF (Anti-Terrorist Task Force), he takes it upon himself to look for clues to the true cause of the demise o...more
Anyway, the novel's main character, John Corey, is an interesting and sometimes funny guy. A detective for the ATTF (Anti-Terrorist Task Force), he takes it upon himself to look for clues to the true cause of the demise o...more
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Suspenseful tale built on TWA-800 crash - but sloppy ending!
We are loyal followers of DeMille's entire bibliography, so looked forward to "Night Fall", especially once we got the drift it was based on fact and embellished with fiction (ala the Da Vinci Code). The author concocts two eyewitnesses to the crash of TWA flight 800 in 1996, who not only claimed to have seen a "missile" streak skyward toward the plane, but may have videotaped it as well, as part of a secret, sex-filled beachside rendez...more
We are loyal followers of DeMille's entire bibliography, so looked forward to "Night Fall", especially once we got the drift it was based on fact and embellished with fiction (ala the Da Vinci Code). The author concocts two eyewitnesses to the crash of TWA flight 800 in 1996, who not only claimed to have seen a "missile" streak skyward toward the plane, but may have videotaped it as well, as part of a secret, sex-filled beachside rendez...more
This is the second DeMille I've read -- "The Gate House" was the other -- and I have enjoyed them both.
This proves the value of scouting the remainder table. The fun part of some of those conspiracy wackos is when, in fact, there is a good conspiracy going on. That is the premise of this "based on true events" novel. TWA Flight 800 explodes just a few minutes after take-off and after years of investigation there is the official explanation of accidental explosion due to faulty electrical wiring...more
This proves the value of scouting the remainder table. The fun part of some of those conspiracy wackos is when, in fact, there is a good conspiracy going on. That is the premise of this "based on true events" novel. TWA Flight 800 explodes just a few minutes after take-off and after years of investigation there is the official explanation of accidental explosion due to faulty electrical wiring...more
I would definitely recommend this book to people who like solve it types of books. The story starts out with a couple having an affaire on a beach in Long Island. They are video taping themselves having sex on the beach when at the same moment a air plane explodes in the sky above them. After reviewing the tape they realize that what looked to be a missile of some sort was shot from the water up to the plane. However, the couple decided not to turn in the evidence and the investigation finds the...more
I look down my nose at those technothriller books written by big-name authors which litter the supermarket bestseller racks. I naturally assume that these books are light on character, heavy on cliché, and steal mightily from action movies just to satisfy a craving. But occasionally I want to read one to find out what sells or to find out what the big deal is about. And this book fit both of those needs as well as having been recommended by a client who seemed to have good taste in books otherwi...more
Male penned mysteries are not my usual go-to. That said, about once a decade (Bonfire of the Vanities also got me some years back) there is one that I just cannot put down. Night Fall was one of them.
The book follows cop/FBI contract agent as he investigates a troubling plane crash on his own dime because the authorities seem to want to leave the unknowns unknown. While I liked the main character immediately because of his own admission that his wife was smarter and perhaps too good for him, he...more
The book follows cop/FBI contract agent as he investigates a troubling plane crash on his own dime because the authorities seem to want to leave the unknowns unknown. While I liked the main character immediately because of his own admission that his wife was smarter and perhaps too good for him, he...more
I really liked this one! Continuing with the character of John Corey, the ATTF, FBI and CIA. I both read this and listend to it on tape with Kev on a long trip(it's great on tape, the narrator is excellent). This book is about an investigation in to TWA flight 800 crashing. Was the flight shot down by a missle fired from the water in an act of terrorism that was covered up by the government? The book is shocking and chilling, and leaves you wondering if it could be true.
I liked this book much more than The Lion's Game. I suspect it has a lot to do with the fact that this story had more of the hands-on approach than the rest. Whereas the 'mystery' in the previous Corey book was solved in the last pages of the book, "Night Fall" was shrouded in mystery to the end and only slowly revealed its secrets.
John Corey seemed to be more in his element in this book. Or perhaps, all that chasing around masked some of the cynicism and bravado. Don't get me wrong, I like his...more
John Corey seemed to be more in his element in this book. Or perhaps, all that chasing around masked some of the cynicism and bravado. Don't get me wrong, I like his...more
As I'd mentioned in my updates on this book, I found Night Fall a thoroughly enjoyable book which was both believable and paced in just the right way. Even the ending of the book was believable - but it was this ending that I found most disappointing.
Knowing the TWA flight 800 disaster took place in 1996, DeMille's clear title of Book II - "FIVE YEARS LATER" - puts us squarely in the summer of 2001, two months before the disaster in NYC called 9/11, and the beginning of the worldwide turmoil bo...more
Knowing the TWA flight 800 disaster took place in 1996, DeMille's clear title of Book II - "FIVE YEARS LATER" - puts us squarely in the summer of 2001, two months before the disaster in NYC called 9/11, and the beginning of the worldwide turmoil bo...more
Five years after flight TWA 800 disappeared over the ocean John Corey and his wife Kate Mayfield both of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force attend the reunion of the victim's families. Kate who worked the investigation has never believed the finding of 'mechanical failure'. Of course Corey, the smart-ass former NYC detective takes the bait and starts to investigate again. He is warned off and this makes it more enticing to find out just what happened.
Corey finds out that a crucial video of an...more
Corey finds out that a crucial video of an...more
The BEST book I have ever read. It was similar to Plum Island as part of it took place in an area I am familiar with, so I could easily picture the story in my mind. I also recall the night of TWA Flight 800 and all of the conspiracy talk that followed, and this book did a great job of captuaing all of that throughout the story.
From beginning to end, the story was riviting and I never wanted to put this book down, causing a few nihts with little sleep. The Lions game was similar up until the en...more
From beginning to end, the story was riviting and I never wanted to put this book down, causing a few nihts with little sleep. The Lions game was similar up until the en...more
Welcome back John Corey and Kate Mayfield! I have liked every DeMille book I’ve read thus far, however I must say this ranks as one of my favorites. I am enamored of the Corey/Mayfield team with their many flaws, but Night Fall goes beyond fun characters and a good story. I give this book four stars as opposed to the usual three I have given most of DeMille’s past books because this book has value beyond the normal entertainment value, though make no mistake … it is a good, exciting read from st...more
John Corey is back once again in his own smart aleck, doesn't play well with other ways. His wife Kate Mayfield (FBI) 5 years prior worked on the investigation of TWA Flight 800, but was never fully satisfied with the "official story" and asks her new husband (as of the end of The Lion's Game) to sort of investigate it as a "hobby."
John sort of starts out half-hearted in this endevour, not wanting to do this, but agreeing to for the sake of his wife, but the more he digs, the more he needs to fi...more
John sort of starts out half-hearted in this endevour, not wanting to do this, but agreeing to for the sake of his wife, but the more he digs, the more he needs to fi...more
I have always wondered what happened to TWA Flight 800 and this book definitely fueled my questions.
If i were an author, I think I would have written a book exploring the mystery. I'm sad to say I'm not an author, but fortunately Nelson DeMille made up for my shortcoming and did it for me. I don't believe there was a malicious government sponsored conspiracy, but I do think there are unanswered questions. Nelson DeMille takes the facts of the case and fills in the missing pieces with a plausibl...more
If i were an author, I think I would have written a book exploring the mystery. I'm sad to say I'm not an author, but fortunately Nelson DeMille made up for my shortcoming and did it for me. I don't believe there was a malicious government sponsored conspiracy, but I do think there are unanswered questions. Nelson DeMille takes the facts of the case and fills in the missing pieces with a plausibl...more
Huge fan of the smart cracking John Corey. He is a retired NYPD detective that has started a new career as a contractor for a federal task force. He has real issues with authority and always has a way of sticking his nose in trouble. In this book, his wife (FBI agent Kate Mayfield), asks him to look into the closed case dealing with TWA flight 800. Corey is warned off the case by his bosses but he continues. The bosses finally have enough and send him to Yemen for 6 weeks to get him off the cas...more
This book made me want to read other books by Nelson DeMille, even though I found this book unsatisfying on the whole. The end didn't bother me as much it bothered others I know, but I think it's fair to say that the book is longer than it needs to be. While working within the confines of a true story, DeMille still demonstrated a good deal of creativity and an ability to write more believable dialogue than many authors in the same genre. Prior to reading this book, I was unaware that "Night Fal...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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