Nelson DeMille

	Nelson DeMille [1943-2024]
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	Joe Ryker, a NYPD homicide detective in New York City¹:
	The Sniper² (1974) The Hammer of God² (1974)	The Agent of Death (1975)
	1. Additional Ryker books were written by Edson T. Hamill, which is suspected to be a pseudonym: The Child Killer (1975), Motive for Murder (1975), The Sadist (1975), and The Slasher (1976). “The Ryker series is a bibliographer's nightmare” See Johnny LaRue’s Crane Shot: Shoot To Kill 2. Revised and updated in 1989, written as Jack Cannon
	Joe Keller, a NYPD homicide detective in New York City³:
	The Smack Man (1975) The Cannibal (1975)	The Night of the Phoenix (1975)
	3. Revised and updated in 1989-91, written as Jack Cannon, with Joe Ryker instead of Joe Keller.
	John Sutter, a tax attorney:
	The Gold Coast (1990)	The Gate House (2008)

	Paul Brenner, a Vietnam combat veteran:
	The General’s Daughter (1992)	Up Country (2002)

	John Corey, an NYPD detective in Long Island, New York:
	Plum Island (1997) The Lion’s Game (2000) Night Fall (2004) Wild Fire (2006)	The Lion (2010) The Panther (2012) Radiant Angel (2015) The Maze (2022)

	Written with Alex DeMille Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor, Army Criminal Investigation Agents, in an international thriller series:
	The Deserter (2019) Blood Lines (2023)	The Tin Men (due October 28, 2025)

	Non-series:
	By the Rivers of Babylon (1978) Mayday (1979) [written with Thomas H. Block] Cathedral (1981) The Talbot Odyssey (1984) Word of Honor (1985)	The Charm School (1988) Spencerville (1994) The Quest (2013) The Cuban Affair (2017)