Nelson DeMille

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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1978
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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About the Author

Nelson Richard DeMille (81)
Born: August 23, 1943
Died: September 17, 2024
Throat Cancer

Pseudonyms: Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Brad Matthews

Nelson DeMille was the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels, many of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers.

His novels include The Cuban Affair, Radiant Angel, Plum Island, The Charm School, The Gold Coast, and The General’s Daughter, which was made into a major motion picture, starring John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe.

He wrote short stories, book reviews, and articles for magazines and newspapers. Nelson DeMille was a combat-decorated U.S. Army veteran during the Vietnam War, receiving the Air Medal, Bronze Star, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, and Combat Infantryman Badge. He was a patriot as are many of his protagonists.

Also a member of Mensa, Poets & Writers, and the Authors Guild, and a member and past president of the Mystery Writers of America. He was also a member of the International Thriller Writers, who honored him as 2015 ThrillerMaster of the Year

Full Series List in Order

John Corey

0.5 - The Bookcase: A Prequel Novella (Nov-2011)
1 - Plum Island (Apr-1997)
2 - The Lion's Game (Jan-2000)
3 - Night Fall (Nov-2004)
4 - Wild Fire (Nov-2006)
5 - The Lion (Jun-2010)
6 - The Panther (Oct-2012)
7 - Radiant Angel // A Quiet End (Jun-2015)
7.5 - Getaway: A Novella (Sep-2017)
8 - The Maze (Oct-2022)

John Sutter

1 - The Gold Coast (Apr-1990)
2 - The Gate House (Nov-2008)

Paul Brenner

1 - The General's Daughter (Nov-1992)
2 - Up Country (Feb-2002)

Book List in Order: 25 titles

  • By the Rivers of Babylon

    Lod Airport, Israel: Two Concorde jets take off for a U.N. conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifists, lovers, enemies, dignitaries--and a b...

  • Cathedral

    St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act--the s...

  • The Talbot Odyssey

    IT STARTED AS A SIMPLE SPY HUNT. IT BECAME A DESPERATE BATTLE TO SAVE THE WEST. For forty years Western intelligence agents have known a terrible secret: the Russians have a mole-code-named Talbot-inside the CIA. At first Talbot is suspected of ki...

  • Word of Honor

    He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But a lifetime ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity -- and t...

  • The Charm School

    On a dark road deep inside Russia, a young American tourist picks up a most unusual passenger--a U.S. POW on the run with an incredible secret to reveal to an unsuspecting world. The secret concerns "The Charm School," a vast and astounding KGB consp...

  • The Gold Coast

    John Sutter - 1

    Welcome to the Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to...

  • The General's Daughter

    Paul Brenner - 1

    Captain Ann Campbell is a West Point graduate, the daughter of legendary General "Fighting Joe" Campbell. She is the pride of Fort Hadley until, one morning, her body is found, naked and bound, on the firing range. Paul Brenner is a member of the...

  • Spencerville

    The cold war is over, and Keith Landry, one of the nation's top intelligence officers, is forced into early and unwanted retirement. Restless, Landry returns to Spencerville, the small Midwestern town where he grew up. The place has changed in the qu...

  • Plum Island

    John Corey - 1

    Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen -- and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found o...



  • Revenge and Rebellion

    in The Plot Thickens

    Joining together for a good cause brings out the best in today's top mystery and suspense writers! For this marvelously entertaining anthology, these outstanding contributors rose to a unique literary challenge: each penned a tale that ingeniously fe...

  • The Lion's Game

    John Corey - 2

    "The Lion" will be landing. And at New York's JFK Airport, an elite American task force waits as the notorious Libyan terrorist prepares to defect to the West. Then, aboard Flight 175, something goes eerily, horribly wrong -- a mere prelude to the te...

  • Up Country

    Paul Brenner - 2

    Former army homicide investigator Paul Brenner has just gotten used to the early retirement forced on him after the disastrous end of his last case when his old commanding officer asks him to return for one final mission: investigate a murder that to...

  • Night Fall

    John Corey - 3

    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 vict...

  • Wild Fire

    John Corey - 4

    Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--an informal the Custer Hill Club's game reserve.The death appears to be a hunting accident, and that's how the local police first report it, but Detective John Corey From #1 New York Times bestselling author N...

  • The Gate House

    John Sutter - 2

    When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that str...

  • The Lion

    John Corey - 5

    In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion's Game, John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise k...

  • The Bookcase: A Prequel Novella

    John Corey - 0.5

    In this compact and delightful murder mystery, New York Times bestselling suspense novelist Nelson DeMille returns to one of his most beloved characters - the hard-boiled NYPD Detective John Corey. New York City bookstore owner Otis Parker is dea...

  • Death Benefits

    Bestselling author Jack Henry is suddenly on the brink of bankruptcy. With bills mounting and the IRS calling, he realizes that he has a major problem on his hands. But who is to blame for his declining fortunes? Certainly not Jack himself. The fault...

  • The Panther

    John Corey - 6

    Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen--one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one o...



  • Rendezvous

    In this tense, riveting mind game, New York Times bestselling novelist Nelson DeMille delivers a suspenseful short story in the tradition of his classic military novels The General's Daughter and Word of Honor. A band of soldiers in its last month of...

  • The Quest

    A sweeping adventure that's equal parts thriller and love story, Nelson DeMille's newest novel takes the reader from the war-torn jungles of Ethiopia to the magical city of Rome. While the Ethiopian Civil War rages, a Catholic priest lang...

  • Radiant Angel // A Quiet End

    John Corey - 7

    "A soft breeze fluttered the white, blue, and red Russian flag in front of the U.N. mission. I remember when the Soviet hammer and sickle flew there. I kind of miss the Cold War. But I think it's back." RADIANT ANGEL After a showdown with the n...

  • The Cuban Affair

    From the legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Plum Island and Night Fall, Nelson DeMille’s blistering new novel features an exciting new character -- US Army combat veteran Daniel “Mac” MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who i...

  • Getaway: A Novella

    John Corey - 7.5

    In this short story from the International Thriller Writers’ anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Lisa Scottoline -- along with their popular series characters John Corey and Bennie Rosato -- team up for the first time ever. ...

  • The Maze

    John Corey - 8

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille returns with his best thriller yet featuring former homicide detective John Corey who is called out of retirement to investigate a string of searing, grisly murders that take place a little too clos...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Nelson DeMille has published 25 books.

Nelson DeMille does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Maze, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Nelson DeMille, By the Rivers of Babylon, was published in January 1978.

Yes. Nelson DeMille has 3 series.
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