The Maze -- Nelson DeMille

<b>#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Nelson DeMille returns with a "genuinely thrilling" (<i>The New York Times</i>) suspense novel featuring his most popular series character, former NYPD homicide detective John Corey, called out of retirement to investigate a string of grisly murders much too close to home.</b> <p/>Nelson DeMille introduced readers to NYPD Homicide Detective John Corey in <i>Plum Island</i>, who we first meet sitting on the back porch of his uncle's waterfront estate on Long Island, recovering from wounds incurred in the line of duty. <p/>Six novels later, <i>The Maze</i> opens with Corey on the same porch, having survived new law enforcement roles and romantic relationships--wiser and more sarcastic than ever. Corey is restless and looking for action, so when his former lover Detective Beth Penrose appears with a job offer, Corey has to once again make some decisions about his career--and about reuniting with Beth. <p/>Inspired by and based on the actual and still-unsolved Gilgo Beach murders, <i>The Maze</i> takes us on a dangerous hunt for an apparent serial killer who has murdered nine--and maybe more--sex workers and hidden their bodies in the thick undergrowth on a lonely stretch of beach. <p/>As Corey digs deeper into this case, he comes to suspect that the failure of the local police to solve this sensational mystery may not be a result of their incompetence--it may be something else. Something more sinister. <p/><i>The Maze</i> features