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Wild Fire

Written by Nelson DeMille

Narrated by Scott Brick

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--an informal men's club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to gather with old friends, hunt, eat, drink, and talk off-the-record about war, life, death, sex and politics. But one Fall weekend, the Executive Board of the Custer Hill Club gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11 and what America must do to retaliate. Their plan is finalized and set into motion.

That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is reported missing. His body is soon discovered in the woods near the Custer Hill Club's game reserve. The death appears to be a hunting accident, and that's how the local police first report it, but Detective John Corey has his doubts. As he digs deeper, he begins to unravel a plot involving the Custer Hill Club, a top-secret plan known only by its code name: Wild Fire. Racing against the clock, Detective Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, find they are the only people in a position to stop the button from being pushed and chaos from being unleashed.
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Release dateNov 6, 2006
ISBN9781594836077
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Wild Fire
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Nelson DeMille

Nelson DeMille is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, seven of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. His novels include The Maze, The Deserter (written with Alex DeMille), The Cuban Affair, Word of Honor, Plum Island, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, and The General’s Daughter, which was made into a major motion picture, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe. He has written short stories, book reviews, and articles for magazines and newspapers. Nelson DeMille is a combat-decorated US Army veteran, a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and 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. He lives on Long Island with his family.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great book. Keeps you guessing. I will revisit this book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Meh! It was just okay for the first book i read from this author i wasn't able to become increasingly interested in the ending
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another great book with imaginative, possible goods and bads for thought.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another exciting political thriller from Nelson DeMille. I grew up reading books about spies and the Cold War. This series fulfills my desire for such books as those are mostly not available on Scribd. My favorite author was Helen McInnes.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    John Corey and his wife Kate have a friend who was murdered when investigating a right wing club in the Adirondecks. They investigate and uncover a nuclear conspiracy to blow up San Francisco and LA. Excellent John Corey
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This one rests in my top 10 books of all time. The pacing was perfect, and the plot kept me intrigued the whole time. John Corey is one of my favorite characters in literature. His humor and sometimes mindless banter never cease to catch me off guard and at some moments laugh out loud. Take all of the perverseness of the world, a kick ass police officer-turned retired cop-turned ATTF detective agent, throw in a little talk radio quick wit, and loads of sarcasm and that would be the recipe Nelson Demille cooked up for Mr. Corey! In this novel John finally goes against someone who is able to go toe to toe with him in dialogue. I nearly want to slap Nelson Demille and hug him at the same time. For he not only gives you an incredibly believable story that brings you in and cranks everything up to 11, but he also takes away that false sense of security that everyone has and gives you the realization that somewhere in the world some crazy crap is going down and we could all pretty much die! I'm already waiting for another John Corey Novel and perhaps a movie take on the whole franchise.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Frustrating Read..The General's Daughter was better. I have read DeMille's, "The General's Daughter" and I thought that it was a terrific mystery story. However, this book was a real disappointment for me. The book was entertaining but not a super story. The plot is thin and the main character John Corey, the brazen detective, has no depth and is totally unbelievable. His wife, Kate, an attorney, is almost on the same level as Corey except that I thought she was mixed bag of personalities and talents. I had wished that both characters were developed better by the author at least I could root for one or the other or both. By half way through the book I really didn't care if they both took a wrong turn and never returned to the story. There are lots of subplots with fast-paced activities that kept my interest, but overall I found it frustrating to finish reading the story. It's not a terrible book, and if you enjoy DeMille's works I'd say that it's a good chance that you will enjoy "Wild Fire". And since I had enjoyed one of DeMille novel's I'll probably try his next release, (via the library and not my cash) because I just know he can do better.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    An incredible novel involving right-wing kooks who decide to nuke some liberal cities in the USA to induce the USA to nuke Muslim territory in retaliation. . Actually, the book is annoying because while the time is ticking John Corey and his wife Kate Mayfield are ploddingly seeking answers to the death of a colleague. If it were not for what the reader knows the book would drag. One laughs often at the wisecracks Corey makes even though he is in mortal danger. I think the book is a sort of sequel to Night Fall, which I have not read and which should have been read before I read this. DeMille has better books.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--an informal men's club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to gather with old friends, hunt, eat, drink, and talk off-the-record about war, life, death, and politics. But one Fall weekend, the Executive Board of the Custer Hill Club gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11 and what America must do to retaliate. Their plan is finalized and set into motion.That same weekend, a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is reported missing. His body is soon discovered in the woods near the Custer Hill Club's game reserve. The death appears to be a hunting accident, and that's how the local police first report it, but Detective John Corey has his doubts. As he digs deeper, he begins to unravel a plot involving the Custer Hill Club, a top-secret plan known only by its code name: Wild Fire. Racing against the clock, Detective Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, find they are the only people in a position to stop the button from being pushed and chaos from being unleashed.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is a international mystery set in New State at the Custer Club in the Adirondackss. The villain plans to destroy Islam by setting four nuclear bombs. John Corey and wife are sent to find out what happened to a fellow comrade form their unit who disappeared at the this site.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A good, quick read, Wild Fire has an imaginative plot that is both ridiculously far-fetched and chillingly too real, a great deal of humor, and the ability to be a light summer read or a piece to make you think about the world.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another DeMille book that I couldn't put down. This one was very far fetched, it wouldn't be DeMille if it wasn't, but the characters were so engaging you just had to find out what they were doing next.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Not quite as good as his last novel (Night Fall), Wild Fire is still a thrilling page-turner with protagonist John Corey trying to prevent nuclear Armageddon.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good One. It was funny , entertaining. Ficiton, Thriller. May be little slow intially but kept his pace throught the novel.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Not as good as "Lion's Game" but better than "Nightfall". I love the John Corey character, and didn't mind that it was more of the same: if it ain't broke don't fix it. I didn't like how the plot was laid out early in the story, but there were enough unknowns to keep me interested. Ultimately it is John's sarcasm, impatience, and unlying deductive abilities that kept me on the edge of my seat.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The latest entry into the life and times of John Corey. Somewhat wild plot theme - that the US has an official policy (though not publicized) that in the event of a nuclear bomb explosion in a US city the Govt will automatically retaliate, with no discussion whatsoever, hundreds of nuclear warheads at every major city in the Middle East. A wild theory until you read up about the whispers that it could indeed be true. A group of incredibly rich and powerful men gather together to come up with the slight of hand to set off this policy, and the ATTF's John Corey is the only person who can stop it. It's certainly not a bad book by any stretch of the imagination, but it doesn't quite measure up to the standard of his previous three Corey novels. It's almost not fair to compare this book to prior Corey novels - Wild Fire is funny, fast paced & full of surprises. So I don't want to come across as if to say it wasn't a good novel, it is. In the end, it's simply an enjoyable thriller about a terrifying concept.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    "Wild Fire" picks up on John Corey's renegade exploits as a member of the Joint Anti-terrorism Task Force. Following his close brush with death in the World Trade Center attack (as depicted in "Night Fall") an increasingly cynical Corey finds yet another reason to defy his superiors and launch his own rogue investigation.This time we're on the eve of the Iraq invasion and it's the disappearance of his coworker and close friend, Harry Muller, that sets the plot in motion. Harry vanishes while carrying out a mysterious surveillance assignment of The Custer Hill Club, a private fortress owned by oil baron Bain Maddox and secluded deep in New York's Adirondack Mountains. Working side-by-side with his wife and supervisor, Kay Mayfield, Corey once again entertains with his unique mixture of bold detective work, irreverent wise cracks, and almost pathological need to flout of all forms of authority. All of Corey's unorthodox skills, along with Mayfield's discipline, are required to give our husband-wife team a chance of deciphering the mystery of Harry's demise and its connection to Madox's outrageous scheme for advancing the War on Terror. While Corey's condescending attitude toward the Adirondack locals and relentless jokes about black bears become slightly irritating towards the end of this somewhat-padded five-hundred-plus page novel, "Wild Fire" improves upon "Night Fall" and thrills with a fascinating scenario that seems frighteningly plausible in our unstable geo-political climate. It will be interesting to see where DeMille ventures next in his revisionist take on the post-9/11 world.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Can the threat of mutual assured destruction keep terrorists from nuking America? In this book a local megalomaniac tries to influence the complete annhilation of the middle east terrorists by setting off a nuke in the US and causing the "wild fire" response. Wildfire=unstoppable response by the US if a nuke is exploded in this country.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This was a slow start with the "set up" taking a bit too long. Corey amuses and is smarter than your average cop character. However, there is a line between amusing and obnoxious which Corey lives behind. Perhaps this more irritating in this book because I see him from a wife's perspective. If the author explored her a bit I might "get it". this man's life partner would require her own special peculiarities for this match to light my fire.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    good read, fun and a thriller.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    An improbable plot based on one dimensional characters. This author has some written some good books but is way past his prime. I hated this book so much that I've been tempted to anonymously leave it in the library book deposit. If you want to read a great Demille book try Gold Coast.