| The Sniper | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Nelson DeMille |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Leisure Books |
| Publication date | 1974 |
| 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. In the later re-prints of the book, the antagonist's name is changed to Henry Cyrus.