This is my audience and what they wanted to read. In fact, a book club of sixteen ladies, read the book and had no problem with John Corey. I am not going to go through this again, a lot of nonsense. Even though I moved publishers and had another editor who seems to be better with the John Corey character, there was still push back. They wanted me to make changes, which I would not make except for a few. There was some pushback on the John Corey character. Nelson DeMille: The Maze is my last John Corey book because of the politically correct crowd at the publishing house. When not laughing at John’s jokes readers will be spell-bound with all the twists and turns.Įlise Cooper: Did you get any push back on writing John’s humor and statements? But they also get the bonus of great banter between the characters that is not politically correct. With Beth’s help John goes undercover to unravel the maze of crimes from corruptness to bribery to murder.Īs with all Nelson DeMille books readers get a fantastic murder plot filled with action. They are suspicious that corruptness at the highest levels has been covering up the murders of nine prostitutes, a reporter, and a former police detective. Corey is restless and looking for action, so when his former girlfriend, Detective Beth Penrose, appears with a job offer, Corey decides to become a confidential informant for her, by investigating a private investigation firm, Security Solutions. Now once again, Corey is in Long Island, since his forced retirement from his last job as a Federal Agent with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group.

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It also has John hooking up with Detective Beth Penrose both figuratively and literally as a partner. But the good news is that this story is typical John Corey with plenty of action and non-political correctness. It’s been too long between DeMille books. The Maze by Nelson DeMille brings back the wonderful hero John Corey.

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