RADIANT ANGEL By Nelson DeMille Grand Central, 320 pages, $31
If we’ve learned anything about the FBI agent John Corey in Nelson DeMille’s long-running series, it’s that he’s a renegade by nature. As the new book opens, Corey’s recalcitrance has got him busted down to the Diplomatic Surveillance Group, tracking a Russian secret agent as the devious Red makes his way on a September Sunday to an unknown rendezvous on Long Island. It’s a large hint of what’s to come that the date marks an anniversary of Sept 11. DeMille handles the narrative with his customary selfassurance and smartass humour.
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