Title: The Panther
Author: Nelson DeMille
Did I listen or read?: library book
When did I finish?: April 2, 2013
When was the book published: 2012
Main Characters: John Corey, wife Kate Mayfield, boss Tom Walsh, in yemen: Chet Morgan, CIA, Buck (Buckminster Harris), bad guy Bulus ibn al-Darwish, aka al Numair, aka the Panther. his helper, Nabeel. Paul Brenner, station chief in Sa'ana, Howard Fensterman, legal attache.
What happens? The Panther is a murdering psycho terrorist holed up in Yemen, and the CIA hatches a plot to have Corey go over there and be bait to lure him out, while pretending to research the sinking of the Cole in the harbor in Yemen. Corey and Kate agree, while he suspects that they are not being truthful with him, and that the Operation Clean Sweep includes killing him and Kate because they killed CIA agent Ryan (previous book) and know about a CIA plot to nuke the middle east.
How long was this? 629 pages
Did I like this? I read it in 5 days, great plot, moves fast. Corey's continuous jokes and wisecracks make it move fast. The plot seems kind of linear and inevitable, but is well done and exciting. I am a bit sick of reading about Arab terrorists, but this book really goes into who they are, how they work.
Overall grade: A-
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