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Nov 2004, 496 pages
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Nov 2005, 672 pages
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That rare novel that makes you think and feel in ways you never expected, it delivers superlative suspense and insights that will haunt you long after its final page is turned.
Based on true events, but unlike anything you've ever read before, #1 New
York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille has created what may be his
finest work to date.
NIGHT FALL
At dusk on July 17, 1996, on a deserted Long Island beach, a man and a woman
engage in adulterous sex in front of a video camera. Suddenly a terrible blast
lights up the dark summer sky. TWA Flight 800 has just exploded in midair with
230 souls on board, and the video camera has recorded the last moments of the
doomed airliner.
Five years later, the government has declared the crash a result of
mechanical failure. But John Corey, an ex-NYPD detective who is now a contract
agent with the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is persuaded by Kate Mayfield,
his wife and task force partner, that the case deserves a second look.
Kate, a career FBI agent, plays by the rules. Corey plays by no rules but his
own. Against long odds and warnings from their superiors, they set out to reopen
the case and discover its most crucial piece of evidence. The hunt will lead to
a conspiracy at the highest levels and a race toward an elusive and lethal truth
that could be even more horrifying than the crash of Flight 800, one with
unimaginable consequences for America--and the world.
A stunning achievement, Night Fall raises questions about national
security, questions with more resonance today than at any other time in our
history. That rare novel that makes you think and feel in ways you never
expected, it delivers superlative suspense and insights that will haunt you long
after its final page is turned.
BookBrowse Note: This excerpt contains some explicit sexual content.
CHAPTER ONE
Bud Mitchell drove his Ford Explorer along Dune Road. Up ahead was a sign
that said CUPSOGUE BEACH COUNTY PARK—OPEN DAWN TO DUSK. It was dusk, but Bud
drove through an empty parking field, on the far side of which was a wide nature
trail, partially blocked by a roll-up fence. A sign said NO VEHICLES.
He said to the woman sitting in his passenger seat, "Are you sure you want
to do this?"
Jill Winslow replied, "Yes. It's exciting."
Bud nodded without enthusiasm. He skirted around the fence and continued on
in four-wheel drive along the sandy trail flanked by high, grass-covered dunes.
Having extramarital sex should have been exciting enough for both of them, he
thought, but Jill didn't see it that way. For her, cheating on her husband was
only worth it if the sex, romance, and excitement were better than at home. For
him, the taboo of having sex with another man's wife ...
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For the real-life story behind TWA 800 see http://www.twa800.com, which includes summaries of some of the 755 accounts by eye-witnesses who claim to have seen a missile shoot down the plane.
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