TY - BOOK AU - De Mille,Nelson TI - The maze T2 - John Corey SN - 9781432887193 U1 - 813.54 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Waterville, Maine PB - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company KW - Serial killers KW - Fiction KW - Prostitutes KW - Serial murderers KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Crimes against KW - Corey, John (Fictitious character) KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Ex-police officers KW - Serial murder investigation KW - Large type books KW - Sex workers KW - fast KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Novels KW - Islands KW - New York (State) KW - Long Island (N.Y.) KW - Long Island KW - Large print books KW - gsafd N1 - Optimized reading formats; Set in 16 pt. Plantin; The text of this large print edition is unabridged N2 - In Plum Island, Nelson DeMille introduced readers to NYPD homicide detective John Corey, who we first meet sitting on the back porch of his uncle’s waterfront estate on Long Island, convalescing from wounds incurred in the line of duty. A visit from the local Chief of Police results in the legendary Detective Corey becoming involved in the investigation of the murders of a married couple who were scientists at the top-secret biological research facility on Plum Island. Fast forward through six more bestselling John Corey novels and The Maze opens with Corey on the same porch, but now in forced retirement from his last job as a Federal Agent with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. 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 Penrose. Inspired by, and based on the actual and still unsolved Gilgo Beach murders, The Maze takes the reader on a dangerous hunt for an apparent serial killer who has murdered nine – and maybe more – prostitutes and hidden their bodies in the thick undergrowth on a lonely stretch of beach. As Corey digs deeper into this case, which has made national news, he comes to suspect that the failure of the local police to solve this sensational case may not be a result of their inexperience and incompetence – it may be something else. Something more sinister ER -