Night Fall

Night Fall by Nelson DeMille is based on the crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York in 1996. A couple, who are on a Long Island beach that night capture the explosion behind them while they are in the process of videotaping their sexual frolicking. Five years later, after the investigating agencies have attributed the cause of the crash to mechanical failure, retired NYPD Detective John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield try and uncover evidence for what they and 200 eyewitnesses believe to be the actual reason for the crash: a missile attack.

Even before they think of looking into the case, John Corey is given a subtle hint to stay off the case. This intrigues him further and makes him more determined to know what exactly happened that night.

The book has attempted to bring out the conflict in the working styles of the NYPD, The FBI and the CIA although i'm not sure how accurate it is.
Nelson DeMille's writing style is not too great but his attempt to bring out the various conspiracy theories and alternate explanations has helped. It is obvious that a lot of research has gone into putting this book together.


The ending is totally unexpected and the author admits that the idea for the ending was given by his son.

Its not a great book but if you have nothing else to do, then its a good way to kill time.