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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to the WBZ Book Club. This is

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan Rich. Occasionally I note the passing of a major

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<v Speaker 1>figure in popular literature, and that's the case today with

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<v Speaker 1>the death of Nelson De Mill, author of so many

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<v Speaker 1>best selling suspense novels. Born in New York City, Nelson

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<v Speaker 1>de Mill joined the US Army in nineteen sixty six,

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<v Speaker 1>earning a bronze star during his service in Vietnam. He

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<v Speaker 1>began writing novels in nineteen seventy four, his first one,

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<v Speaker 1>The Sniper, with a character named Joe Riiker, a tough

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<v Speaker 1>New York cop who was featured in several other novels,

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<v Speaker 1>including The Knight of the Phoenix. Another character of De

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<v Speaker 1>Mill's US Army investigator Paul Brenner, first arriving in the

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<v Speaker 1>book The General's Daughter. And another favorite character was John Cory,

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<v Speaker 1>a retired detective from New York who appeared in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety seven's Plum Island. Demill's final book was co written

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<v Speaker 1>with his son. Just last year. Demill also left us

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<v Speaker 1>all a library of thrilling suspense novels that will always

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<v Speaker 1>be worth reading. And that's the Book Club. WBZ, Boston's

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