Name: Night Fall
ISBN: 9780739449073

Nelson DeMille

A fictionalized account of the investigation and theories surrounding the crash of TWA Flight 800 over Long Island in 1996.

A Novel

Night Fall

It is dusk on July 17, 1996. A man and a woman who are married--but not to each other--make love on a Long Island beach as a video camera records their pleasure...and something more. Out over the ocean, TWA Flight 800 suddenly explodes with 230 viceims on board, the terrible blast illuminating the sky. The government's verdict is mechanical failure. But the videotape may tell another story--if it can be found.

Now on the fifth anniversary of the crash, two members of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force set out to reopen the case; John Corey, an ex-NYPD detective, and his wife, Kate Mayfield, a career FBI agent. Together, they hunt for the crucial video...and race towed an elusive truthe ven more horrifying than the crash itself.
--back cover

Peggy Walker

A great summer read. This story is a conspiracy-lover's dream. It's based on the crash of TWA 800 off Long Island. Was information suppressed that would have shown it was a missile strike rather than a a mechanical problem? The timing of the story makes the reader want to find out how he is going to resolve the book. Pretty well, considering real life events. I enjoyed it.

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.

It is dusk on July 17, 1996. A man and a woman who are married--but not to each other--make love on a Long Island beach as a video camera records their pleasure...and something more. Out over the ocean, TWA Flight 800 suddenly explodes with 230 victims on board, the terrible blast illuminating the sky. The government's verdict is mechanical failure. But the videotape may tell another story--if it can be found.

Now on the fifth anniversary of the crash, two members of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force set out to reopen the case; John Corey, an ex-NYPD detective, and his wife, Kate Mayfield, a career FBI agent. Together, they hunt for the crucial video...and race towed an elusive truth even more horrifying than the crash itself.
--back cover

Sarah Escorsa

Unfortunately, this wasn't the thrilling read I expected. I thought the first half of the book was a bit slow but then the pace picked up and I started enjoying the book. Still, I was extremely disapointed by the ending and didn't like the characters at all.

Melody Izard

I really like DeMille's writing. I mean this is NOT great literature - but my god! It is so entertaining! The main character, John Corey, ex-NYPD detective and current member of the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force is just like every character Humphrey Bogart ever played. You should hate him - but he is so cool and smart and witty you have to love him.

I had planned to write that you can count on DeMille to tie up EVERY SINGLE loose end ---- but that (spoiler alert) was before I got to the ding dang ending of this %$*@$ book. 

Despite my screaming of NO NO!!!! at the end - I still say I love his books!

Jackie Cunningham

Based on true events, but unlike anything you've ever heard before, number-one New York Times best-selling author Nelson DeMille has created what may be his finest work to date.

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 onboard, 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.
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Night Fall A Novel

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