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 Army's elite undercover investigative unit and the man in charge of this politically explosive case. Teamed with rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, with whom he once had a tempestuous, doomed affair, Brenner is about to learn just how many people were sexually, emotionally, and dangerously involved with the Army's "golden girl." And how the neatly pressed uniforms and honor codes of the military hide a corruption as rank as Ann Campbell's shocking secret life.
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"fast readin.........li'l x rated stuff in between bt blv reqd 4 d script 2 unfold....b'fully writtn wid no flaws et al....must read 4 nybdy who's in sex,murder,mystry n bt ofcrse d detectv stuff......want 2 watch d movi nw... "
— Pooja (5 out of 5 stars)
“DeMille captures the often unquestioning regimen of life on a military base.”
— Publishers Weekly“The rapid-fire dialogue and scenes are cinematic, and the storytelling puts most movies to shame…This is one racy read, and it crackles with authenticity.”
— Amazon.com, editorial review" I liked this, but did not love it. I loved the characters, but the relationship between between John and Cynthia was so under-developed as to seem unlikely. I also disliked the fact that the "solution" was still so gray, and had not really been corroborated by anyone. One of several things could have happened - I like my endings more black and white! "
— Holly, 2/15/2014" Not my favorite DeMille novel, but still much more enjoyable thatn the movie! "
— Casey, 2/14/2014" A wonderful thing about rental beach houses is that there is usually a bookshelf stuffed with what we would all call "a good summer read". Was able to finish this one but had to leave "The Scarecrow" by Michael Connolly behind. Well, a good summer read it was. "
— RunRachelRun, 2/4/2014" I could not put this book down till I found out "who-did-it!" "
— Sara, 2/2/2014" Brenner is a military investigator dispatched to an army base to investigate a murder. The victim is Ann Campbell an up-an-coming soldier and the daughter of a Fort Hadley's general. Brenner discovers she was a woman of loose morals and this may have led to her murder. Brenner is reunited with an old girlfriend, who is assigned to help with the investigation. Beneath the surface lurks scandals and secrets that can destory many. This is a captivating mystery. "
— Marla, 2/1/2014" The main character of this novel has just enough of a dichotomy to make him very interesting. "
— Johnplavelle, 1/30/2014" All in all, a really good mystery. My only problem with this book is that the character who ends up being best developed is dead the entire book. I ended up not really caring about the antagonists or their lives or their relationship. In fact, the story could have been told just as well without knowing anything about their romantic involvement at all. I'd read another of DeMille's mysteries, but not because of his detectives. "
— Jamie, 1/29/2014" How did I not know this movie was a book? Saw it when it first was released, the book is better (as it usually is). "
— Martha, 1/26/2014Nelson DeMille (1943–2024) was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty books, including the Joe Ryker series, John Sutter series, Paul Brenner series, and John Corey series, as well as stand-alone novels, novellas, and nonfiction.
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.