Night Fall

In July 1996, TWA Flight 800 was climbing over the Long Island Sound on its way to Paris. Suddenly, an immense burst of light was seen by hundreds, who watched in horror as the 747 exploded and fell to earth. Many of those same people swore under oath that they also saw a stream of light leaving from the horizon and arcing up to intersect the massive aircraft. Scott Brick lends his superb voice to Nelson DeMille's fictional account of what happened on that July night. As narrator, Brick does not resort to artifice. He differentiates gender with just the slightest change in tone, delivering a skilled recitation of dialogue. This abridged version of DeMille's latest thriller should be popular. J.L.C. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

September 20, 2004
Demille's latest is sure to be a #1 bestseller—but it's also sure to be controversial. The book is centered on an investigation of the July 1996 crash of flight TWA 800, "when... a big Boeing 747 bound for Paris with 230 passengers and crew on board, exploded off the Atlantic coast of Long Island, sending all 230 souls to their deaths." In July 2001, Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force detective John Corey, a brilliant, smart-ass detective last seen in Plum Island
and The Lion's Game
, accompanies his FBI agent wife, Kate Mayfield, to the fifth anniversary of the disaster. John, whose wife worked the crash in 1996, understands that Kate has brought him along because she doesn't buy the official finding of "mechanical failure" and wants him to mount his own investigation. There are 200 eyewitnesses who swear they saw a missile lift into the clear night sky and bring down the airplane, a charge dismissed by the CIA as an optical illusion. Though Corey is warned away from the investigation, like any good fictional detective, this only serves to spur him on. He uncovers evidence that a man and a woman, on the beach that fateful night videotaping their adulterous affair, inadvertently caught on tape the missile hitting the plane. The book is primarily about John tracking down the couple, but as the end nears, readers will begin to understand the perilous direction in which Demille is leading them. The pages will turn in a blur as a feeling of dread grows, until the end comes and one's worst fears are confirmed. Readers will think about this one for a long time. Agent, Nicholas Ellison
.