John Corey

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.

Corey first appeared in DeMille's novel Plum Island, in 1997. 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 College. 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 City, which is based on the real-life Joint Terrorist Task Force.

While the Plum Island case is a local matter, the succeeding novels deal with international conspiracy and terrorism, as befits his change in occupation. Corey meets FBI Special Agent Kate Mayfield in the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, a fact which involves them both working on cases and getting into trouble together.

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