Since The Charm School (1988), DeMiile's page-turning 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. This time, DeMille limns
not the Fitzgeraldian wealth of Oyster Bay but rather the North
Fork's comfortably well-off - but less-fancy citizens. An NYPD
homicide detective, John Corey, has moved into his uncle's fine
digs overlooking Great Peconic Bay. Restlessly recuperating from
wounds received in the line of duty, he's happy to answer the
summons of the Chief of the Southold Town PD, an old friend, who
hires him to consult on the double murder of Tom and Judy Gordon,
biologists who worked on (nonfictional) Plum Island, the site of
animal disease research for the Department of Agriculture. Were the
Gordons murdered because they'd stolen some valuable new vaccine,
or even a dreaded virus? They'd obviously far outspent their
income, living high on the hog and buying a very expensive and
speedy powerboat as well as an acre of bluff overlooking the bay.
Had they been running drugs? Corey doesn't think so, although an
ice chest missing from their boat points to something forbidden
being hauled from Plum Island. He teams up with Beth Penrose, a
Southold detective working her first homicide. Their visit to the
Plum Island research facility and the Gordons' labs reveals only
that the FBI and CIA have sanitized the place and have run up false
information for public consumption. Corey also falls in with the
star-crossed Emma Whitestone, a researcher of historic artifacts
and an expert on Captain Kidd's lost treasure, which is thought to
be buried somewhere nearby. Among the murder suspects is nasty
viniculturalist Fredric Tobin, a smoothie who lures the ladies with
champagne and Concorde jets. Heavy wisecracking keeps the fun
flowing as DeMille cranks up a thrilling, entertaining plot.
(Kirkus Reviews)
NYPD homicide detective John Corey has moved to Long Island, restlessly recuperating from wounds received in the line of duty when he's hired to consult on the murder of Tom and Judy Gordon, biologists who worked on Plum Island, the site of animal disease research for the Department of Agriculture. Were the Gordons murdered because they'd stolen some valuable new vaccine, or even a dreaded virus? They'd obviously outspent their income. Had they been running drugs? Corey doesn't think so, although an ice-chest missing from their home points to something forbidden. He teams up with Beth Penrose, detective, working her first homicide & their visit to Plum Island reveals only that the FBI & CIA have sanitised the place. Then Corey falls in with Emma Whitehouse, an expert on Captain Kidd's lost treasure which is thought to be buried nearby… PLUM ISLAND is a thrilling novel from an author of consummate page-turning skill.
This is the title that knocked John Grisham off the top of the US bestseller lists and held the no.1 spot for five weeks.
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