Wild Fire: Number 4 in series (John Corey)

DeMille, Nelson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751538272 ISBN 13: 9780751538274

Publisher: Sphere, 2007

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 leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to gather with old friends, hunt, eat, drink, and talk off-the-record about war, life, death, sex and politics. But one Fall weekend, the Executive Board of the Custer Hill Club gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11 and what America must do to retaliate. Their plan is finalized and set into motion.

That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is reported missing. His body is soon discovered in the woods near the Custer Hill Club's game reserve. The death appears to be a hunting accident, and that's how the local police first report it, but Detective John Corey has his doubts. As he digs deeper, he begins to unravel a plot involving the Custer Hill Club, a top-secret plan known only by its code name: Wild Fire. Racing against the clock, Detective Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, find they are the only people in a position to stop the button from being pushed and chaos from being unleashed.

Review:

Nelson DeMille writes big, fat thrillers that actually do thrill . . . Wild Fire is yet another . . . A book you can't put down until the sheer weight of the thing forces a rest. But don't worry, the pace of the story will soon have you speeding through it again (INDEPENDENT on Sunday)

Book Description:

A John Corey adventure, which many are saying is his best book yet.
* Fast-paced and gripping, it is also one of the wittiest thrillers you'll ever read. Corey's deadplan humour marks him out as a true original.