The Sniper (novel)

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The Sniper
Author Nelson DeMille
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Leisure Books
Publication date 1974
Preceded by None
Followed by The Hammer of God

The Sniper is a 1974 thriller novel by Nelson DeMille. It was DeMille's first published novel. Like the other books in the Joe Ryker series, it was re-published in 1989 with the author as Jack Cannon.

It is about a tough New York City Police Department Sergeant named Joe Ryker, and his pursuit of a murdering sniper named Homer Cyrus, who fought in the Vietnam war before coming to New York City and becoming a murderer.