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Nelson Richard DeMille (born August 23, 1943) is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast. DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay and Brad Matthews. Biography DeMille was born in New York City on August 23, 1943. He moved as a child with his family to Long Island. He attended Elmont Memorial High School where he played football and ran track. After spending three years at Hofstra University, he 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 infantry platoon leader with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam. He was decorated with the Air Medal, Bronze Star, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, and was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. DeMille returned to the States and went back to Hofstra University, where he received his degree in political science and history. He has three children, Lauren, Alexander, and James. He resides in Garden City, New York. DeMille’s earlier books were NYPD detective novels. His first major novel was By the Rivers of Babylon, published in 1978 and still in print, as are all his succeeding novels. He is a member of American Mensa, the Authors Guild, and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He is also a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year. DeMille holds three honorary doctorates: Doctor of Humane Letters from Hofstra University, Doctor of Literature from Long Island University, and Doctor of Humane Letters from Dowling College. DeMille is the author of By the Rivers of Babylon, Cathedral, The Talbot Odyssey, Word of Honor, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, The General’s Daughter, Spencerville, Plum Island, The Lion’s Game, Up Country, Night Fall, Wild Fire, The Gate House, The Lion, The Panther, The Quest, Radiant Angel, and The Cuban Affair. He also co-authored Mayday with Thomas Block and The Deserter with his son, Alex DeMille, and has contributed short stories, book reviews, and articles to magazines and newspapers both online and in print. Writing style Many of DeMille's books are written in the first person, and as such his books follow a linear plotline in which the reader moves along with the main character. Although the tone of his writing varies from novel to novel, one consistent tool is DeMille's liberal use of sarcasm and dry humor. Most DeMille novels, especially the more recent, avoid "Hollywood endings," and instead finish either inconclusively or with the hero successfully exposing the secret/solving the mystery while suffering in his career or personal life as a result. There are generally loose ends left for the reader to puzzle over, Night Fall being a perfect example. Works 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. 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's sixth novel). In earlier works, the storylines were completely separate, but there have been hints in the novels that they are part of a larger "DeMille Universe" that references events and characters in earlier novels, such as The Gold Coast and The Charm School. DeMille spends approximately 16 months creating each of his novels due to the extensive research involved, and because he writes them longhand on legal pads with a number one pencil. Bibliography John Sutter series The Gold Coast (1990) The Gate House (2008) Characters John Sutter, Susan Sutter, Felix Mancuso, and several other characters of The Gold Coast reappear in the sequel The Gate House. Paul Brenner series The General's Daughter (1992) Up Country (2002) The Panther (2012), Paul Brenner teams up with John Corey on a case. Characters Paul Brenner, a criminal investigator/ Special Agent for the United States Army's Criminal Investigation Division (CID). He was introduced in The General's Daughter and reappears in Up Country, and The Panther. In the latter novel he has retired from the Army and works as a Special Agent for the US State Department's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). His girlfriend is US Army CID investigator/ Special Agent Cynthia Sunhill. Colonel Karl Hellman is Brenner's superior officer at the CID. He appeared in The General's Daughter and Up Country. John Corey series Plum Island (1997) The Lion's Game (2000) Night Fall (2004) Wild Fire (2006) The Lion (2010), direct sequel to The Lion's Game The Panther (2012), John Corey teams up with Paul Brenner on a case. Radiant Angel (2015) The Maze (2022) Characters John Corey, a former homicide detective, medically retired from the NYPD with 3 gunshot wounds, now working for the FBI’s Anti-Terrorist Task Force. He was introduced in Plum Island and reappears in The Lion's Game, Night Fall, Wild Fire, The Lion, The Panther, Radiant Angel, and The Maze. Kate Mayfield, an F.B.I. special agent. Introduced in The Lion's Game. She marries Corey and reappears in Night Fall, Wild Fire, The Lion, The Panther, and Radiant Angel. Asad Khalil, a Libyan terrorist. His family was wiped out in an American military attack in 1986, for which he swore revenge. Ted Nash, a CIA agent and arch-rival of Corey, who is introduced in Plum Island and reappears in The Lion's Game, Night Fall, and Wild Fire. Joe Ryker series The Sniper (1974) The Hammer of God (1974) The Agent of Death (1975) The Smack Man (1975) The Cannibal (1975) The Night of the Phoenix (1975) Characters NYPD Sergeant Joe Ryker, a tired, no-nonsense detective assigned to the NYPD Detective Bureau, whose natural understanding of his environment gives him an enhanced instinct for tracking down criminals. A loner, he carries two weapons: a standard police snub-nosed .38 Special revolver in an ankle holster, and a .357 Magnum revolver carried in a shoulder-holster. He appeared in the first six novels by DeMille. All were republished in 1989 bearing DeMille's nom-de-plume "Jack Cannon". Stand-alone novels 1. The Quest (1975, re-released 2013 ) 2. By the Rivers of Babylon (1978) 3. Cathedral (1981) 4. The Talbot Odyssey (1984) 5. Word of Honor (1985) 6. The Charm School (1988) 7. Spencerville (1994) 8. Mayday (1998) 9. The Cuban Affair (2017) 10. The Deserter (2019) Characters Colonel Petr Burov/Boris/Boris Korsakov: Though not explicitly stated, DeMille hints that Burov, the antagonist in The Charm School, is the same person as the mysterious "Boris," a character in The Lion's Game and The Lion who trained Asad Khalil. Short fiction The Mystery at Thorn Mansion (1976) Life or Breath (1976) "Revenge and Rebellion", in The Plot Thickens, (1997) The Rich and the Dead (2011) The Book Case (2011) Death Benefits (2012) Rendezvous (2012) .... Discover the Nelson Demille popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Nelson Demille books.
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Getaway
Nelson DeMille & Lisa ScottolineIn this short story from the International Thriller Writers’ anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Lisa Scottolinealong with their popular series characters Joh...
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The 34th Degree
Thomas GreaniasNew York Times bestselling author Thomas Greanias continues the thrilling realityaltering epic adventure that began with The Promised War, as counterterrorism agent Sam Deker embar...
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Red Sparrow Trilogy eBook Boxed Set
Jason MatthewsRed Sparrow is now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton!Now available in a single collection, the complete electrifying New York Times bestselling tr...
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Pale Horse Coming
Stephen HunterPale Horse Coming, featuring Stephen Hunter’s beloved sniper heroes Earl and Bob Lee Swagger, the first Swagger thriller from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author.The time is 1951. A ...
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Flash Point
Matt Croucher GCDan Coldrain is a former elite Royal Marine Commando haunted by the death of his best mate Reese, killed in action by enemy forces. Coldrain used to believe in honour, service, and...
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Palace of Treason
Jason MatthewsRed Sparrow is now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton!The thrilling sequel to Red SparrowCIA insider Jason Matthews’s compulsively readable New Yor...
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Hawke
Ted BellThis “swashbuckling, spine tingling, bloody good masterpiece of an adventure novel” (James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about a man who follows in the footsteps...
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Japantown
Barry LancetNamed Best of Debut of the Year by Suspense Magazine and the winner of the Barry Award for Best Debut Novel.In this “sophisticated international thriller” (The New York Times Book...
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Mayday
Nelson DeMille & Thomas Block"Fascinating and furiously paced...unrelenting suspense." New York Times Book Review"[Demille is] a true master." Dan Brown, #1 bestselling author of The Da Vinci CodeTwelve mile...
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The Peacock and the Sparrow
I.S. BerryEDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVELA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker NPR The Diplomatic Courier Deadly Pleasures mystery magazine The Cipher Brief SpybraryDuring th...
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The Deserter
Nelson DeMille & Alex DemilleNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn “outstanding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) blistering thriller featuring a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigator, his enigmatic female partn...
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Secret Sanction
Brian HaigWord of Honor meets A Few Good Men in a stunning thriller that pits the Green Berets, C.I.A., and White House against a top Army lawyer in an Investigation that could put the U.S. ...
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The Gold Coast
Nelson DeMilleThe Great Gatsby meets The Godfather in this #1 New York Times bestselling story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal."[Demille is] a true master." Dan Brown, #1 bestsel...
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The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook
Kate White, Harlan Coben, Gillian Flynn, Mary Higgins Clark & Brad MeltzerEnjoy over 100 recipes and murderously fun facts from legendary mystery authors like Sue Grafton, Louise Penny, Harlan Coben, and James Patterson! With art deco embellishments and...
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The Fall of the FBI
Thomas J BakerAn FBI veteran explains how the Mueller–Comey cabal turned the FBI from a “swear to tell the truth” lawenforcement agency to a politicized intelligence organization.Americans have ...
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Forever and a Death
Donald E. WestlakeThe Bond That Never WasTwo decades ago, the producers of the James Bond movies hired legendary crime novelist Donald E. Westlake to come up with a story for the next Bond film. The...
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Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn & Kyle MillsNamed the Best Thriller of 2022 by The Real Book SpyMitch Rapp confronts a very different kind of killer in this explosive “and entertaining from the first page to the last” (The P...
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The Charm School
Nelson DeMille"True master" and #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille presents a chilling, relentlessly suspenseful story of Cold War espionage perfect for fans of the hit FX show ...
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Tony and Susan
Austin WrightFifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband, Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she's enduring middle class suburbia as a doctor's wife, when out of the blue ...
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Kill Me Once
Jon OsborneNathan Stiedowe is seeking perfection and he has been learning from the best. Recreating some of the most sickening murders in history, his objective appears chillingly simple, bu...
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Der Magische Chip
Andrea CelikDie Diplomatenkinder Fabi, Jessy und Conny sind auf der Spur von dem geheimnisvollen magischen Chip. Eigentlich ist dieser Chip nur dazu da, sich in bestimmte Internet Seiten reinh...
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Red Sparrow
Jason MatthewsNow a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton! From the New York Times bestselling author and veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews comes the electrifying mo...
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MatchUp
Lee ChildThis “highly recommended” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collection edited by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child pairs the beloved characters of twentytwo internation...
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The Lost Boys of Montauk
Amanda M. FairbanksAn immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, lauded by New York Times bestselling author Ron Suskind as “an honest and touching boo...
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The Hunted
Brian HaigNew York Times bestselling author Brian Haig delivers his a thriller inspired by a true story about one man running between two countries, trying desperately to escape his past. In...
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Java Spider
Geoffrey ArcherA British minister is a pawn in a deadly game played out in one of the world's most explosive countries Indonesia. His kidnapping does not fall under British jurisdiction and ...
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Executive Action
Richard DoyleJack Meade wakes in a hospital bed. The doctors tell him he has been in the sea for two days that he is lucky to be alive. His face is so salt ravaged he barely recognises himself...
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The Means
Douglas BruntPart Primary Colors, part House of Cards, The Means is a “compelling psychic drama” (Forbes.com) and a “tale of political intrigue” (The Free LanceStar) that takes you deep into hi...
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Who Pays The Piper
Mackenzie SmithIt's 1999. The SAS have been sent to the jungle of Sierra Leone to rescue a group of British soldiers taken hostage by the notorious West Side Boys. Captain Christian McKie leads a...
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In My Wildest Dreams
Leslie ThomasFrom Barnardo boy to original virgin soldier; from apprentice journalist in London's Fleet Street to famous novelist...At times funny, at times sad, but always honest and utterly c...