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John Aloysius Corey (born 1955) is a fictitious recurring character in a series of thrillers by Nelson DeMille. He is quick-witted and cocky, but would be considered by most to be a brilliant detective. ==Fictitious character biography== Corey first appeared in DeMille's novel ''Plum Island.'' Since then, he's appeared in ''The Lion's Game'', ''Night Fall,'' ''Wild Fire'',''The Lion'', ''The Panther'', and most recently, ''Radiant Angel''. The character has a healthy disrespect for authority, a dry and engaging wit, and frequently crosses the powers that be. His outside persona is one of bemused detachment, however once he locks in on a problem, he's a merciless powerhouse who refuses to stop until he's solved his case. In ''Plum Island'', Corey is a New York homicide detective, on medical leave, and a lecturer at John Jay. In ''The Lion's Game'', Corey has left the NYPD and become an agent for the fictional FBI Anti-Terrorist Task Force (ATTF) in New York. The ATTF is based on the real-life Joint Terrorist Task Force. While the Plum Island case is a local matter, the three succeeding novels deal with international conspiracy and terrorism, as befits his change in occupation. Corey both meets and works with Kate Mayfield in the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, a fact which involves them both working on cases and getting into trouble together. Before ''Plum Island'', Corey is shot by two Hispanic criminals of unknown origin, which is the initial set up of the novel. In ''The Lion's Game'', he is also pursued and shot by the Libyan terrorist Asad Khalil. In ''The Lion'', Corey once again faces the Lion, Asad Khalil. In 2012, DeMille published an eBook-exclusive short story entitled ''The Book Case,'' which is set during Corey's days a homicide detective. The story is about the owner of a New York City bookstore owner found crushed to death by one of the book cases in his office, forcing Corey to determine if it was an accident or murder. A new novel, entitled ''The Panther'', was released on October 16, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Panther )〕 The novel is set to feature both Corey and Kate Mayfield, investigating the USS Cole bombing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Corey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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