His other new york times bestsellers include the charm school, word of honor. The book starts with a convalescing john corey, formerly of the nypd, who wants nothing more than to drink beer while relaxing at his uncles long island beach house. Plum island is a 1997 novel by long island, new york author nelson demille, who uses the island as one of his settings in the book. Plum island is followed by the 2000 novel, the lions game. The disturbing story of the governments secret plum island germ laboratory in which he asserts, among other things, that plum island created lyme disease, and even caused a 1975 outbreak of it.
Not incidental to all this, tom and judy gordon were biologists who worked on plum island, and you can bet that both sylvester maxwell and john corey were thinking about that. Written in authoritative first person style through the eyes of a new york city detective on special assignment to the suffolk county police departments, this novel is. Beach plum island by holly robinson, paperback barnes. Plum island corey book 1 is a touch predictable in the in july of 2017, i chanced upon john corey, the character in demilles main series, in the collection of short mysteries of that year entitled matchup. The disturbing story of the governments secret plum island germ laboratory michael christopher carroll, author. Plum island a john corey novel by nelson demille reading.
Plum island by nelson demille booksamillion online book store. Lab 257 takes you deep inside plum islands laboratories and presents startling revelations including virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns and the connections between plum island, lyme disease and the west nile virus. Plum island is a 1997 novel by american author nelson demille. Non iho fatto per voi matto answered him i didnt do it for you grazie lo stesso ranger smirked thank you anyway apparently there were a few things for ranger to thank matteo for. Mar 01, 2000 also, john corey fit nicely as a protagonist to the book i was working on when plum island became a bestseller. He john corey makes mistakes dont we all and is not all the time a by the book sort of bloke. This study guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of plum island.
New york detective john corey, recovering from bullet wounds on an island, narrates his investigation into the murder of two scientists researching biological warfare. Scott brick a wounded cop is recovering in a small town in new york when the peaceful area is shocked by the murder of a married couple whose work in germ warfare may have precipitated their demise. Although i found the book slow going it was also very good. Lab 257 takes you deep inside plum island s laboratories and presents startling revelations including virus outbreaks, biological meltdowns and the connections between plum island, lyme disease and the west nile virus. Sep 15, 2016 overlooking orient point and the plum gut channel is a lighthouse built on plum island in 1869. The disturbing story of the governments secret plum island germ laboratory. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island in the shadow of new york city is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us strictly off limits to the public, plum island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds and the deadliest germs that.
We also have a nonfiction book club, which usually meets on the 4th monday of each month. The disturbing story of the governments secret plum island germ laboratory one of the best pieces of investigative reporting youll read this year. The book plum island is fiction, as are many non scientific articles written about the island. Koehler, an earnest army officer who was blindsided by charges of homoerotic behavior in 1914. His other new york times bestsellers include the charm school, word of honor, the gold coast, spencerville, the lions game, up country, wild fire, and. I am thrilled to announce my new book, scandal on plum island.
But i would never write a fulllength book of nonfiction. Tempe launches her own investigation, which is not so much off the books as. Plum island is a fictional novel about a convalescing new york police homicide detective named john corey, who gets involved in a multiple murder investigation while he is supposed to be recovering from serious wounds. The book is quick and lively and the humour is non stop.
In that book, carroll claims he had a source who worked on plum island in the 1950s. I needed to learn italian and spanish very quickly. As told by a wry, wounded new york city detective who is drafted to explore a couple of murders, plum island is a rich pudding of flavorful if. John cory is a nypd homicide detective who is recuperating from gunshot wounds in a small seaside town when he get involved with the murder of two scientists from plum island which is a government lab. Nelson demille, bestselling author of plum island and up country. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island in the shadow of new york city is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us strictly off limits to the public, plum island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. This is the first book i read from this author and i think i will pick up another. Plum island is a fictional novel about a convalescing new york police homicide detective named john corey, who gets. I wanted to get a lot more out of the characters nelson demille was writing about, so i bought the first book which is of course, plum island, where the main character comes to life so to speak. Publication date 1997 topics large type books, plum island n. Plum island by nelson demille murder, pirate treasure, government conspiracy, rich and famous lifestyles of long island s gold coast, wine country, this novel has it all. A new york times bestseller, lab 257 reveals the stunning true nature and checkered history of the plum island laboratory off the coast of long island, new york, and shows how the seemingly bucolic island on the edge of the largest population center in the nation is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore. May 10, 2011 his book points out that accidents, such as those that happened at plum island in 2002, frequently occur at such labs throughout the country and all over the world. In fact, the island has a long and varied history, but the point of origin of lyme disease is not part of it.
Nelson demille new york detective john corey, recovering from bullet wounds on an island, narrates his investigation into the murder of two scientists researching biological warfare. The us house ordered an investigation to determine whether the dod department of defense experimented with ticks and other insects between 1950 and 1975. Their visit to the plum island research facility and the gordons labs reveals only. It is part of the dhs directorate for science and technology since 1954, the center has had the goal of protecting americas livestock from animal diseases.
Plum island is quietly nestled a mere two miles off of long island, 85 miles from new york city, and carroll argues convincingly that the island is dangerously insecure. In july 2001, federal antiterrorist task force detective john corey, a brilliant, smartass detective last seen in plum island and the lions game, accompanies his fbi agent wife, kate mayfield. Recovering from wounds sustained in the line of duty, corey is relaxing at his uncles house on the rural outskirts of long island, nys north fork when two of his neighbors are found murdered. Plum island is about two miles off the tip of orient point, which is the last piece of land on the north forknext stop europe. Her non fiction books have focused primarily on the history of jekyll island, georgia, and medieval literature. I originally thought this book was going to be about plum island and a mystery having to do with biological scientific fact.
Demille has also written under the pen names jack cannon, kurt ladner, ellen kay and brad matthews. Usually when travelling to a new country i try and seek out a couple of fiction books set in that country. Tom and judy gordon, a young, attractive couple corey knows, have been found on their patio. Our plum lake library book club meets on the 2nd monday of the month at 11. We also have a non fiction book club, which usually meets on the 4th monday of each month. The website maintained by michael christopher carroll.
Would anyone have any recommendations for fiction books set in japan. Traub is mentioned in this truthstream media video and also in michael carrolls book lab 257. Wounded in the line of duty, nypd homicide detective john corey convalesces in the long island township of southold, home to farmers, fishermen and at least one killer. Plum island a john corey novel mass market paperback august 1, 2011. Apr 01, 1997 so, i read the first book of the series, plum island. The local police chief, sylvester maxwell, wants coreys. Plum islands early history told in new book newsday. His other new york times bestsellers include the charm school, word of honor, the gold coast, spencerville, the lions game, up country, wild fire. Scott brick new york detective john corey, recovering from bullet wounds on an island, narrates his investigation into the murder of two scientists researching biological warfare. As a new yorker i learned so much about the history and culture of the far eastern end of long island, and of course, the history of plum island. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
The two, a man and his wife, also appear to have been involved in a search for a pirate treasure. Nelson demille audio books, best sellers, author bio. Plum island john corey, book 1 by nelson demille fantastic fiction. Strictly off limits to the public, plum island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs. So, i read the first book of the series, plum island.
Not only is the content of this book quite unsettling enough, but the quite extraordinary. Suddenly, a local double murder takes on shattering global implications and thrusts corey and two extraordinary women into a dangerous search for the secret of plum island. This time, demille limns not the fitzgeraldian wealth of oyster bay but rather the north forks comfortably welloffbut lessfancy citizens. In a work of fiction, the lack of safety measures taken on plum island would be laughable. Matteo told ranger make that ring real dobbiamo andare. By the rivers of babylon, cathedral, the talbot odyssey, word of honor, the charm school, the gold coast, the generals daughter, spencerville, plum island, the lions game, up country, night fall, wild fire, the gate house, the lion, the panther, the quest, radiant angel, the cuban affair and the deserter.
Plum island john corey book 1 kindle edition by demille, nelson. Plum island by nelson demille 1997, hardcover for sale. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading plum island john corey book 1. If i was a new reader of the corey series, i am not sure i would have. They do not see him and he gets on the ferry to plum island with the rest of the group from the previous night with paul stevens. Demille often uses long island, where he currently lives, as a setting in his novels, as in the gold coast, the gate house, plum island, word of honor, night fall, and radiant angel. Nelson demille, author of plum island an amazing and important story which will surprise many people. His most recent novels have followed two main characters, john corey starring in seven novels and paul brenner starring in two novels, with also a part in corey.
I have to say that i absolutely adored this book and its characters. A commander becomes the accused, to be released june 2 by east end press. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. She has just completed her second book of historical fiction entitled plum orchard and set on cumberland island. That was the armys intention when it squelched the 1914 scandal involving his alleged gropings of subordinates while commander of fort terrya remote coast defense post in eastern long island sound.
Beach plum island is told from the viewpoint of three sisters. Tom and judy gordon, a young, attractive couple corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. Beach plum island, by holly robinson, is a wonderful novel revolving around family, friendship, love, and loss. Everywhere ive looked, this book has been classified as nonfiction that is. This is the first novel to feature recurring character, detective john corey. One author, michael carroll, wrote a 2004 book called lab 257. Plum islands early history myths and all told in new book environmentalists want the wildlife on plus island protected.
Strictly off limits to the public, plum island is home to virginal beaches. In the shadow of new york city lies an unimposing 840acre island unidentified on most maps. A couple of officers whom ben has had occasion to correct have gotten a dozen or more soldiers to swear to a lot of lies, wrote koehlers educated sister, who lived with him on plum island, ny, where ben served as. Home to highsecurity lab and source of rumors, plum island. The book plum island is fiction, as are many nonscientific articles written about the island. The disturbing story of the governments secret plum island germ laboratory hardcover february 17, 2004.
What i later discovered was there was more to this book than just that. Carroll also suggested that other outbreaks on the mainland were caused by plum island. During the cold war a secret biological weapons program targeting livestock was conducted at. Army combine to make this a fascinating and unique tale that reads like a legal thriller. His novels include plum island, the charm school, and the gold coast. Plum island by nelson demille murder, pirate treasure, government conspiracy, rich and famous lifestyles of long islands gold coast, wine country, this novel has it all. But i would never write a fulllength book of non fiction.
Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of plum island. The book also probes whats in store for plum island s new owner, the department of homeland security, in this age of bioterrorism. A welfare state, equality of the sexes, no private property, religious freedom. Plum island 1 by nelson demille 2011, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Stephanie plum fta chapter 27on the run, a janet evanovich.
This is the first book i have read by nelson demille. Bob 412011 this was the first demillle book featuring john corey, and he became infectious. That sold me and i then read straight through all of the books in the series. Amy sue nathan, author of the glass wives holly robinson is a naturalborn storyteller and her tale of three mismatched sisters and the lost brother they search for will keep you turning those pages as she quietly but deftly breaks your heart. Her nonfiction books have focused primarily on the history of jekyll island, georgia, and medieval literature. This is the title that knocked john grisham off the top of the us bestseller lists and held the no. Of course this is true, but this is an entirely different question than whether plum island is secretly and illegally developing clandestine bioweapons. A great murder mystery, lovable and hatable characters, non. The disturbing story of the governments secret plum. Bioweapons, specifically lyme disease and bioweaponized ticks, were in the news recently when us congressman chris smith rnj introduced amendment 11619 which was subsequently passed by the us house of congress on july 11th, 2019.
E472 p57 1997 subjects corey, john fictitious characterfiction. Nelson richard demille born august 23, 1943 is an american author of action adventure and suspense novels. In 1997, nypd detective john corey is on the back porch of his uncles waterfront home on the north fork of long island recovering from three. Jul 22, 2019 the victims were biologists at plum island, a research site rumored to be an incubator for germ warfare. Nelson demilles narrative engine is one of the best in the business, and it chugs away in grand style in this story of buried treasure and biological warfare on a tiny spit of land off long island. Scandal on plum island tells the story of an earlier secret on the island, the persecution of the island s top human. The disturbing story of the governments secret plum island germ laboratory by michael carroll, ph. The insular setting of plum island and the insular world of the u. Scandal on plum island tells the neglected and compelling story of major benjamin m. Since the charm school 1988, demilles pageturning skills have only improved, peaking with the gold coast 1990, faltering on spencerville 1994, and returning to form with this trip back to the long island venue of the gold coast. Browse thousands of bestsellers, new releases, and classic novels from a wide range of genres, including literary fiction, mystery, thrillers, historical fiction, and romance. The book which brought a new word to the english language, utopia begins with a sharp critique of europe in the early sixteenth century, then describes a fictional island in the new world, where many of the old ills have been overcome. Plum island animal disease center of new york piadcny is a united states federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases. Carroll draws compelling causal links between plum island and the introduction of lyme disease, west nile virus, and duck enteritis, all nonnative germs that wreaked sudden havoc in north america, and all germs that plum island scientists were allegedly working with.
Carroll returned to the practice of law after writing the book, and is now senior vice president and general counsel of medallion financial corp. The disturbing story of the governments secret plum island germ laboratory carroll, michael c. I honestly have no idea whether or not people are interested in nelson. Also, john corey fit nicely as a protagonist to the book i was working on when plum island became a bestseller. While reading lab 257 i had to keep reminding myself that what is contained in this book is real, it is not a work of fiction. Michael christopher carroll was a wall street corporate attorney before he went on a sabbatical to complete lab 257, a book that took seven years to research and write.
Plum island is our first introdution to tough, cocky, wisecracking, but very likeable nypd homicide cop, john corey. Beach plum island is a triumphant family saga filled with heart and hope. Lab 257 is a call to action for those concerned with protecting present and future generations from preventable biological catastrophes. She has appeared in three film documentaries and on abcs good morning america. A great murder mystery, lovable and hatable characters, non stop action, and a nearly perfect beginning, middle, and end. Just to get a feel of the country without trawling through a non fiction book of facts.
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