very slow moving. Not much action

yes, Normally I love his books

yes

many of the planning ones.

I normally love the John Corey books and all of Nelson DeMille's books. This book just seemed to have lots of narrative and very little action.

I admit this book could have been cut down, probably by about 100 pages. DeMille shovels a gigantic amount of background information about Yemen, the Middle East over all, drones, and U.S. defense efforts against terrorism. This information is necessary, but I get the sense editing was tossed aside. Still, I enjoyed this John Corey entry despite it being the weakest in the series. Corey is still a wonderful character, filled with with and sarcasm, which is how I like my heroes. I really do like Kate, John Corey's wife, but she is reduced to acting like his mother this time around. Which is to bad, because Kate is as strong a character as Corey. You get patriotism, really evil bad guys, betrayal and loyalty. Those who give this story 1 star do it a disservice because it is still a fun time.

I really enjoyed this audiobook. The narrator did a great job of giving the characters personalities. I enjoyed John Corey's off the cuff one liners and the narrator's delivery was excellent.

The plot was very exciting. I really felt like I was in the story. The authors descriptions of the characters and the settings were detailed enough to create a compelling story but not too much.

The penultimate chapter where the group tracks down the Panther and the final encounter between John and the Panther is fantastic.

Great entertainment!

Every one of Nelson DeMille's books are like a delicious treat to be treasured and savored. Meticulously researched, cleverly written--a master story teller to whom every single written word is meaningful. No wasted words or characters. Two of his wittiest and most clever characters, John Corey and Paul Brenner unite in this on-topic masterpiece that is too close to current events to ever be made into a movie. It is a shame, as all his books should be movies. Just as John Travolta brought wise-cracking Paul Brenner to life in the movie rendition of The General's Daughter; a movie with him and the Corey character would be great. But relish DeMille's latest masterpiece; he has the recipe that so many authors have tried for and failed: humor, well-researched and intricate plot, no gratuitous violence or sex, and not a single wasted word. All wonderful. By the way, do listen to the epilogue. It is worthwhile hearing the author's own personage as it blends with that of his characters.

The return of John and Kate, Scott brings John Corey to life with his humor and wise quips. There is a distinct humor that comes through Nelson's words and Scott's delivery.

You know it is John! To me Kate is the next because she seems to be the calm and thinking part of the team. It was important for her to act just the way she did in their culture knowing to wrap herself but not being happy with it. Perfect portrayal of a western woman in eastern culture.

As I have said before, Scott Brick is the voice of John Corey, you can hear the humor that Nelson is trying to convey with Corey. I like the fact that you always hear about what John thinks about men near his wife. Scott makes it funny when he talks about Brenner dancing with Kate.

Yes you could .... well I could not stop listening to the story. I listen while I work my swing shift, and I was listening to the story for two more hours after midnight..... I was not ready to go to bed till I had to leave the edge of my seat.

Thank you Nelson DeMille, and thank you Scott Brick to me you will be the voice of Corey, no matter what!

I can tell you that I will be listening to this book again gladly in about three months, its that good where I could not get enough of this good stuff.

I saw an ad for the new DeMille novel and rushed to download it. It is broken down into three sections and the entire first part could be summarized, "John and Kate are sent to Yemen to kill the Panther." Very thin plot line, and even an excellent narrator could not save this disappointing book.

The John Corey series by Nelson DeMille has been a dependable listen. While The Panther is classic DeMille/Corey and the story is very good, this one lacks anything new and different to really engage the listener (at least to those familiar with other Corey tales). In this plot, John and Kate venture to Yemen to hunt down the latest feline terrorist that is believed to have planned the Cole bombing. As usual, John suspects there is more than meets the eye (or at least more than what he has been told). As is typical, John follows his own hunches and salvages what would have been a huge US disaster while cracking Corey jokes along the way.

So what's the problem? Basically, the story is too formulaic for those familiar with the series. In spite of all the past investigative success in the past, John is still regarded as a simpleton by his boss, there's a new CIA agent that appears to be just a resurrected Ted Nash, another cocky feline themed terrorist, all around general ineptitude by everyone around John, and a familiar denouement. At the same time, the story drags for the initial two thirds with little actions and too much emphasis of repeating polysyllabic terrorist names. There's a bit of time disequilibrium with a close relationship to the Cole bombing that is now over a decade old, but appears more proximal.

Don't misinterpret these comments; the story is still good, just not fresh anymore. John needs a change of pace, another friendly nemesis rather than the CIA, a different boss who recognizes that he can't fool this guy, and perhaps different enemies, like North Koreans.

Scott Brick as usual is superb with range and tone that sets the mood and makes the listening easy and enjoyable.

Scott Brick could read anything to me and he got me through this book. I admit that if I had read this book, it would have been hard to finish.

I enjoyed the reintroduction of Paul Brenner from a previous book, The General's Daughter. I did not enjoy the long descriptions of every place they went or details of of character relationships that held no relavence to the plot. I felt lost in character development. Because I have read all of the John Corey books, I knew John and Kate and their ability to work together and their deep feelings and respect for each other. If this had been my first Corey book, I would not know anything about their relationship or much about Kate. The CIA relationship to the Corey's was explained but without enough detail.Who is the Panther? We knew the Lion intimately. In this book, the Panther was a secondary character. This author is one of my very favorites and each one of his books have kept me on the edge of my seat. I have looked forward to this book all year. As I listened, I kept wondering when the story would start. If this is your first DeMille book, please read others.

Everything. He is a master story teller.

Catching a Panther for Dummies.

The book is much too long to get the plot across. I might enjoy the abridged version better.

A plot. Any character development. About 1/2 the length. A few paragraphs of something other than constant middle-east bashing. About 75% less smart-alec dialog.

I didn't even make it 1/2 way through this book (and I remember enjoying previous books in the series).

Oh and did I mention the constant gratuitous blood and gore?

Reading Creole Belle. What a contrast.

It's ok but it tends to amplify the bad writing. For example the smart-alec dialog contains a lot of the response "Right" which the guy says in a exaggerated smart-alec way which gets tiresome really quickly.

Clearly these characters have all run their course. John Corey is tiresome. All the stereo-typed middle-east characters are shallow. Really I can't think of anything worth saving.

Seriously, can I get a refund? This thing was really really bad

Some action throughout the book, possibly killing off Corey.

No.

Scott Brick was great as usual.

John Corey has become uninteresting, and definitely not funny. He has zero chemistry with his wife or any other character in the book.

DeMille obviously thinks he's stumbled onto comic genious through his character John Corey. Ever line out of Corey's mouth is a juvenille wisecrack. I found the book almost unlistenable and struggled to finish it. I've listened to all the other Corey novels in the series and have enjoyed them. This is my last.