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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Talk about a gut-wrencher. Another one of those books that makes writing look easy (it ain't trust me). Great characters and a great story. THe type of book where you start screaming at the characters because the reader knows what's coming...which in many cases makes for a dull mystery. Here, it simply ratchets the suspense level. (  ) jwcooper3 | Nov 15, 2009 |  A great summer read. This story is a conspiracy-lover's dream. It's based on the crash of TWA 800 off Long Island. Was information suppressed that would have shown it was a missile strike rather than a a mechanical problem? The timing of the story makes the reader want to find out how he is going to resolve the book. Pretty well, considering real life events. I enjoyed it. (  ) PermaSwooned | Aug 8, 2009 | Too bored to continue after page 196. Hard to make it that far. Great idea. Great topic. But was too boring. Would like to see it made into a movie though. (  ) ague | Aug 6, 2009 | This is the second John Corey novel I've read and I've enjoyed it as much as "The Lion's Game", it has good dialogues, a lot of suspense and this time there's even a more than usually authentic background with the TWA-800 story. But I'll admit I was - again - a little disappointed with the resolution. It all seems a little too easy and convenient. Nevertheless I'm looking forward to another one in this series... (  ) DieterBoehm | Jul 13, 2009 | Good book. Had me up until the wee hours to finish it. There is a lot of fluff, I was able to skip many paragraphs to get to what I wanted and not miss anything. ( ) DGrivetto | Apr 6, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0446616621, Mass Market Paperback)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 memorial marking the five-year anniversary of the crash, Corey's curiosity is aroused by what appears to be a concerted effort by Kate's fellow federal agents to keep him--and her--from investigating a case that appears to be closed. Corey's detecting skills lead him to two witnesses to the crash, who were enjoying an adulterous interlude on the beach at the time the plane went down--and videotaping their sexual escapades while what appears to be a terrorist missile attack takes place in the background. What ratchets up the tension in this capably written thriller is what the reader knows but Corey doesn't as he heads for a showdown with those responsible for the official cover-up as the clock ticks down to the morning of September 11, 2001. DeMille's deft touch with a riddle wrapped in an enigma--what really happened to Flight 800--makes his "what if" scenario a more than plausible theory; you don't have to believe in conspiracies or government cover-ups to find his latest engrossing, entertaining, and enlightening. --Jane Adams
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It was a true story, the explosion of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island in 1996, that inspired Nelson DeMille to write the fictional Night Fall. Read this Amazon.com 
