Radiant Angel

May 4, 2015
Bestseller DeMille's exciting seventh John Corey adventure (after 2012's The Panther) finds the former NYPD detective working as a contract agent for the Federal government. Currently a part of the Diplomatic Surveillance Group, Corey is keeping an eye on the comings and goings of Col. Vasily Petrov, ostensibly a diplomat but actually a member of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. Corey and rookie agent Tess Faraday follow Petrov and two other men when they drive out of the Russian mission on Manhattan's East Side. Corey prides himself on never losing someone he's watching, but Petrov gives them the slip in a carefully orchestrated escape by boat, and after Corey and Faraday learn more about the identity of his two companions, the action quickly heats up. Petrov plans an attack as devious as it is devastating, and although Corey calls in help from numerous sources, stopping Petrov will fall to him and Faraday. As Corey demonstrates, sometimes a loose cannon is the only means to win a battle. Ten-city author tour. Agent: Jennifer Joel, International Creative Management Partners.

Nelson DeMille and Scott Brick continue to collaborate in bringing the author's tough, wisecracking former New York City cop, John Corey, to life. In this installment, Corey battles Russians who are intent on destroying Manhattan. DeMille is one of the masters of the contemporary thriller, and Brick is one of the great audiobook narrators. Their collaboration is as professional and riveting as one would expect. Seven hours of listening go by very fast. The plot is predictably formulaic. Brick's Corey can seem an engaging caricature. The violence can be graphic and unsettling. But, as John Corey himself might say, what do you want from a thriller--enlightenment? It's a great ride. F.C. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

December 1, 2014

In the latest John Corey outing (after 2012's The Panther, a No. 1 New York Times best seller), Corey has left the Anti-Terrorist Task Force after his little run-in with the Yemeni terrorist called the Panther and is back in New York City working for the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Now he's worried about the Russians. With a 400,000-copy first printing and a ten-city tour.

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May 1, 2015
DeMille (The Panther, 2012, etc.) follows former NYPD detective John Corey, the bane of Middle Eastern terrorists, after he's contracted to the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Corey's sardonic voice drives this adventure, as he and his team surveil Russian U.N. delegate and SVR Col. Vasily Petrov. There's reason to pay attention: SVR equals Russian CIA. After Corey's bounced around alphabet-soup counterterror groups-and followed too few rules-Corey's bosses think the tamer DSG will keep him out of trouble, but the assignment's causing marital friction. His wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield, remains with the Anti-Terrorism Task Force, and her boss has the hots for her. Tailing a "dip" or not, Corey's got cop instincts. He knows something bad is afoot when Petrov and his SVR companions motor to a Russian oligarch's Long Island mansion and then sneak away on a pleasure boat. Corey doesn't trust Russians, noting that "when I compared them to the Islamist I had spent years following and investigating, I had no doubt who was the most dangerous." Good instincts: Petrov's supposed to "destroy Lower Manhattan and destroy all evidence of who had perpetrated the attack." The Russian is a desperate dude with daddy issues: his SMERSH-veteran father, a recipient of the Order of Lenin, messaged, "Come home in glory. Or do not come home." Complications arise when Buckminster Harris, a double-secret CIA-type, shows up. Harris left Corey to die in Yemen. And Corey's supposed trainee partner, Tess Faraday? She's a Harris-controlled undercover State Department Intelligence agent. In a plot as high-speed as the SAFE-boat Corey uses to chase Petrov, DeMille offers a less-verbose version of Clancy's Sum of All Fears, all while rendering Long Island familiarly and adding sparks between Corey and Tess. Perfect summer beach reading, with or without margaritas, full of Glock-and-boat action.

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