On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 blew up in the summer night sky off Long Island, N.Y., sending 230 people to their deaths.
From such a terrible and dramatic event, Nelson DeMille’s “Night Fall” weaves a chilling drama of lies, deceit and cover-ups that will leave readers riveted to each page, as well as frightened by what might have happened.
Of the several hundred eye-witnesses, only two, as far as is known, have the event on videotape, probably DeMille’s own fiction, but as always, he leaves us wondering where facts leave off and fiction begins.
The two witnesses are not on the beach that night to pan the skies with their video camera. Instead, they foolishly want a tape of their illicit sexual acrobatics to enjoy later in their hotel room, as they plan a live rerun.
Bud Mitchell and Jill Winslow are married, but not to each other. They are not in love, but they have a potent, imaginative physical encounter at convenient intervals.
When they see the horror of the explosion, and particularly when they both realize they have seen a streak of light blazing toward the plane from below, they are terrified.
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