The General's Daughter by Nelson DeMille

Our inventory consists of 15,000+ titles(prox)of which 95% are Used and/or Rare with a few new items. We are an Internet based business that has been selling books Internationallyįor going on 25 years. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. DeMille is a Vietnam veteran who does for military justice what John Grisham does for civilians. This is one racy read, and it crackles with authenticity. Why is this one a victim? It has something to do with the collected works of Nietzsche on her bookshelf, corruption in high places, and the rag and bone shop of the heart. She was a high-IQ 'two percenter'-and Brenner finds that two percenters often wind up on his desk as homicide suspects. It's pinned up on her basement wall-and when the sleuths touch the poster it swings back to reveal a hidden playroom stocked with sex toys and videos of many army guys in pig masks and the captain in high heels. Campbell, the daughter of the general who runs the base, is literally a poster woman for the New Army, a West Point grad and Gulf War hero who posed in a life-size recruitment poster. The chief problem, though, is too many suspects. This ups the tension level, as does the fact that Brenner and Sunhill once had an adulterous affair. Brenner and Sunhill are lowly warrant officers, but as investigators they can theoretically arrest their superiors-as long as their case is airtight. Ann Campbell, found dead with her underpants around her neck on the firing range at Fort Hadley, Georgia.

The book has three heroes: Paul Brenner and Cynthia Sunhill of the army's Criminal Investigation Division and Capt. The rapid-fire dialogue and scenes are cinematic, and the storytelling puts most movies to shame. Long before the John Travolta film of The General's Daughter (which the author extols in the foreword), Nelson DeMille's seventh mystery was the breakout hit of his career.

The General's Daughter by Nelson DeMille