Radiant Angel by Nelson DeMille
Radiant Angel is the latest in the "John Corey" series (which started with Plum Island).
Ex-cop Corey is now working for the feds as a contract agent and has been assigned to follow some Russian diplomats around NYC. One evening, Corey and his team follow Vasily Petrov (a Russian intelligence agent) out to a party at a rich Russian's estate in the Hamptons. Corey and his partner, Tess see Petrov and 2 other Russians leave the party (along with a bunch of Russian prostitutes, no less) and take off on a boat to destinations unknown, which sets Corey's radar on high alert. He sets a massive search in motion on the gut feeling that the Russians have a plan that will not bode well for New York City. The action keeps switching between Corey/his helpers and the Russians, who do indeed have a plan that they're setting in motion.
I like this book better than the last one in this series because Corey is less obnoxious in this one. But his wife Kate is not in this story at all. And I miss her presence. By the end of the book, it seems like a distinct possibility that Kate might be out of the picture for good, which would be a shame.
My other quibble with this book is that there isn't much to it. The action keeps bouncing between the Russians on their boat and the Americans trying to find that boat. But especially on the Russian side of the story, a lot of it seemed like filler. It's not a bad book but some of the earlier John Corey escapades, such as Plum Island and Night Fall, were better.
Ex-cop Corey is now working for the feds as a contract agent and has been assigned to follow some Russian diplomats around NYC. One evening, Corey and his team follow Vasily Petrov (a Russian intelligence agent) out to a party at a rich Russian's estate in the Hamptons. Corey and his partner, Tess see Petrov and 2 other Russians leave the party (along with a bunch of Russian prostitutes, no less) and take off on a boat to destinations unknown, which sets Corey's radar on high alert. He sets a massive search in motion on the gut feeling that the Russians have a plan that will not bode well for New York City. The action keeps switching between Corey/his helpers and the Russians, who do indeed have a plan that they're setting in motion.
I like this book better than the last one in this series because Corey is less obnoxious in this one. But his wife Kate is not in this story at all. And I miss her presence. By the end of the book, it seems like a distinct possibility that Kate might be out of the picture for good, which would be a shame.
My other quibble with this book is that there isn't much to it. The action keeps bouncing between the Russians on their boat and the Americans trying to find that boat. But especially on the Russian side of the story, a lot of it seemed like filler. It's not a bad book but some of the earlier John Corey escapades, such as Plum Island and Night Fall, were better.
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