Review: A Quiet End

A Quiet End by Nelson DeMille
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the first book I read of Nelson DeMille. It works up a good pace and has a strong hero character in John Corey (who I understand figures many other books). The book suffers though from a basic, largely far-fetched and simplistic plot & sequence events.

John Corey is part of the Diplomatic Surveillance Group and watching the Russian UN team. He is accompanied by a young trainee – Tess Faraday. John soon uncovers a Russian plot to set off a nuclear bomb in New York, with a plan to deflect the blame. The Russian Intelligence Service Colonel Vasily Petrov is the main mover with a few of his sidekicks. John takes considerable risks, slipping into a party as part of the catering team and later pursuing Petrov & gang at sea, and Tess supports him.

John Corey is the tough guy – as you would expect in a story such as this. He is extremely confident, and has this excessively independent streak. Quite a bit of the humour he indulges in is not funny though and just comes across as a display of vanity.

Many readers have pointed that a few of the other books featuring John Corey are much more engrossing, and I hope to read some of his other books soon. This book also is a decent read, largely for the pace it whips up.

My rating: 3.25 / 5.

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