Reviewer Mary Lignor: Mary is a retired librarian, originally from Connecticut but now living in New Mexico. All her life Mary has loved books and has passed this love on to her daughters. Mary started working in a library when her children were young as an Assistant Librarian and ended up as its Director. Her favorite books are suspense, political intrigue and anything involving the World War II era.
I had a bit of a hard time with this one. But, on the other hand, this author is a wonderful storyteller and knows how to grab and hold his reading audience
Author: Ward
Larsen
ISBN: 978-1-933515-86-1
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The author was a
former combat pilot who flew military aircraft and worked on accident
investigations. So he knows his subject. So sit back and
get ready to enjoy a very thrilling and informative story that will
keep you interested until the final page.
A very new
cargo plane, the C-500, is on a course across the Atlantic
headed for Houston International Airport in the U.S.
Unfortunately, the plane develops trouble and dives like a stone from
six miles up and crashes in France, killing the two pilots aboard.
There are at least one hundred of these planes in service around the
world so the folks in charge want to get to the bottom of this
tragedy as soon as possible. They call in Frank "Jammer"
Davis, who is a retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot and part of the
NTSB's first response team. Davis has the knack of insulting
everyone in his path but, knows how to get answers and starts to dig
into this accident to see what, either mechanical or not, caused
it.
When Davis starts his investigation, the news of the
crash is cancelled out by some other unusual and elaborate
disasters: Terrorists are attacking oil refineries across the
world and sending governments and stock markets into a spin.
Davis keeps on working persistently and is finally able to find out
the cause of the crash and the relationship between the crash and the
attacks. It seems that there is a conspiracy at work that is
enormous and Davis might not be able to stop it.
This
book is a good read and will be understood better by people that know
about planes and can understand the horrible conclusion of the
plane's demise. I really enjoyed the author's previous books:
The Perfect Assassin and Stealing Trinity, but, had a bit of a hard
time with this one. But, on the other hand, this author is a
wonderful storyteller and knows how to grab and hold his reading
audience. I recommend this book to thriller readers that like a
true tale of something that could definitely happen. So enjoy
the book and look forward to Mr. Larsen's next one.
