The General's Daughter

by Nelson DeMille

464 pages

English language

Published Jan. 14, 2002 by Grand Central Publishing.

ISBN:: 978-0-446-67910-7

(10 reviews)

Here is an intriguing and sophisticated murder mystery of an upstanding military officer - the base commander's daughter - who's been leading an unsavory double life.When a professional military woman with a pristine reputation is found raped and murdered, a preliminary search turns up certain paraphernalia, and sex toys that point to a scandal of major proportions, The chief investigator is reluctant to take the case when he learns that his partner will be a woman with whom he had a tempestuous affair and an unpleasant parting. But duty calls and intrigue begins when they learn that several top-level people may have been involved with the "golden girl" - and many have wanted her dead. It's Nelson DeMille at his best - exciting, suspenseful and highly provocative.

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technicat reviewed The general's daughter by Nelson DeMille

absorbing read, not a feel-good story, quite dark, but laced with sardonic humor

4 stars

This is my first DeMille book, but I read some of his short story work in a suspense anthology recently and thought I should check out more. Also, I saw the movie (which I barely remember, but I believe it had John Travolta). Anyway, this is a pretty good noirish story, not exactly a feel-good tale but laced with sardonic and self-deprecating humor. With the references to the protagonist's Vietnam background and the detailed military setting of the novel, there is an autobiographical feel (the author served in Vietnam). I was expecting a certain twist at the end and didn't get it, but I guess that's a twist in itself or maybe I was overreading it. Nonetheless it is a compelling read and I cranked through it, a few chapters each day.