I'm stopping this book at page 100. 4 chapters are a wealthy gasbag doing what villains in B movies do, namely drone on ad nauseam about their motivation for committing horrible crimes. This villain in real life would feel no need to justify his actions. After which Chapter 11 (of 52!) is about nothing more than the hero going out to the tip of Long Island and having sex with his wife.

It's hard to imagine that the remaining 416 pages won't be similarly filled with additional blather and gratuitous, boring sex scenes no one needs to read about.

I now am beginning to understand why I have avoided his books. Thank god I got it at a thrift store.

John Corey's character still hasn't lost his touch. Wild Fire takes place about a year after the conclusion of Night Fall, after 9/11. This is another classic DeMille tale where Detective Corey is pulled into a murder investigation that also turns out to be something more. A real page turner, with an intense climax, but don't worry, I won't spoil it for anyone.

Oh goodness. Well, first of all, when you start a 519 page book and quickly realize the majority of the book is going to occur in just a 24 hour period, you know you're in for some long, boring drawn out dialogue/narrative. Second of all, I have read all the John Corey books up to this one and John and Kate are increasingly annoying. I actually don't mind John's smart mouth like a lot of people seem to; I think it's funny. But he and Kate together? Dreadful. Banal. She is a caricature of a typical woman (jealous, sensitive, easy to anger) but throw in some male fantasy (brave, carries a gun, happens to be incredibly sexy). Their dialogue makes me want to poke myself in the eye with a pencil. Take Kate away or make her just a partner (not a wife, thus taking away some of her annoying tendencies) and I think it'd all be more enjoyable.

This was much more slow and boring than the prior 3 John Corey books. On a whole, though, it is a typical DeMille book, which means it is highly readable and mostly enjoyable.

Both a thriller and Cory is a total crack-up. Thoroughly enjoyed this book!

I’ll first say that I do enjoy the action and the premises of the John Corey series. I loved Plum Island and the The Lion (as well as the the Lion’s Game), but this one was a little harder to read. Maybe it was how casual and “okay” genocide and Islamaphobia was portrayed in the books, not just through the bad guys. The only real anger from the characters was about the death of potential death of Americans. Based on the time frame being set after 9/11 and the fact that it’s centered around Corey’s work on the JTTF, I get the tone. It was just kind of an uncomfortable read, I guess. And obviously, that tone is a trend throughout the the John Corey series so I’m not sure if I will continue on with them. I do enjoy the character and sarcasm of John Corey though and I think Mr. Demille is a talented writer. I think I’m just a bit over the series at this point.

Also Bain Maddox is not a sympathetic character that you almost root for. I have no idea how that’s even a take...

Main character is a big wise-ass and I don't know how his wife puts up with him. I could only take him in small doses. I wonder if the author is like John Corey if he can think up so many wisecracks for his character.

A second read , from a long time ago. This contains DeMille’s strong points—the characters and plot—snd his weak points—the over the top description of all types of weapons, and his absolute refusal to let John Corey (one of my favorite literary characters) be anything but a wisecracker for even a scene. He’s funny, but it gets wearing.

The series went downhill badly after this book, and that’s sad. But perhaps DeMille got bored with Corey’s sarcasm too.

Great action, sarcasm, inappropriate comments, violence, guns and psychos.

John Corey is still irreverent and sassy. Like every Nelson DeMille book the pages the suspense is laced with humor. Any DeMille book can be read in any order but if John Corey is involved I recommend starting with his first appearence. It helps to know his background.

Wild Fire is actually a frightening story of what could be an actual occurance. We live in a scary world and DeMille lets us in on just how scary it is.

I highly recommed this book. The only down side for me was the over use of the F-word. It just becomes redundent when uttered as a response to every and anything. Looking passed that. . . the story is good.

A deadly dull conspiracy thriller without any thrill.

It's the usual false flag deal, with a plot of bombing US cities so the US will nuke The Middle East in reprisal.

The only part of any interest was reading about how they decided which cities to bomb. They were trying to bomb the city terrorists would bomb, but their own politics and self interest got in the way. I'm pretty sure, with a little thought, you could get Frisco AND Oakland with one bomb.

One conclusion I've come to reading Wild Fire, is that John Corey, the hero of these adventures, plays his game like a chess grandmaster. That is, he doesn't eliminate all bad options, but instead chooses what he believes to be right by using every atom of his guile and experience. As for the obligatory villain in this story, the more insane he seemed to Corey, the more impressed I was with him. I started reading this book waiting pointedly and consciously for the first sentence in this book that would make me sit up and take notice.


Soon I was engrossed and had lost my self consciousness. Isn't that what is important for any book aspiring for success? I don't know how he does it, but Nelson Demille can procastinate the intense bits and still retain your attention. Well the exception to that form is the Charm School. But let's focus about the good ones here. Wild Fire is definitely readable and then some.

There are a few moments where clues about crimes on behalf of Bain Madox, and miscalculations about initiatives by Corey occur. Without going into spoilerish details, let's just say that really motivated and careful people don't forget the details in staging a murder or staking a villain's den. I've heard rumors of Nelson Demille losing his mojo in subsequent books. I hope that's not true. Maybe in recent books he is stretching out the jokes in disfavor of the plot. That's not a problem. His way of handling the English language is delicate, rare and praiseworthy. Should we part ways prematurely, I'll think of Demille's greater works. But there's more to come from him. Strange thing though, I imagined three actors from the Good Wife as Ted Nash, Kate Mayfield, and John Corey. Their age don't match, but boy do their personality do.

This was some of the best dialog I have read, or listened too, in a while. The off the wall comments the main character had kept me rolling on the floor laughing. Scott Brick reading this for audio has to be the other reason. With his voice and accent he threw in, that was good New York twang, made it even better.

I would say listen to the book on audio. You will not regret it.