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Retired Air Force investigator Martin Collins is called in when Colonel Margaret Wildman and her two young children are found brutally slain, and as he wades through a morass of clues, he uncovers a deadly conspiracy leading to the highest levels of the government and the military and links between the victims and a series of fatal airline crashes. 30,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Patrick A. Davis is the author of The Passenger and The General. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Army Command and General Staff College, he is a former Air Force major. He helped plan and direct U-2 surveillance operations for Operation Desert Storm and flew eleven combat sorties. He is now a pilot with a major airline.
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Set in a Washington, D.C., seething with politicos and lobbyists, Davis's third political thriller (after The Passenger) pits three unusual cops against a murderous conspiracy. When a female air force colonel and her two children are brutally tortured and murdered, a D.C. detective, an air force investigator and a rural Virginia police chief find themselves up to their handcuffs in suspects, motives, high-level obstruction, coverups and more bodies. It turns out that the colonel's death may be linked to a secret report she was preparing to present to Congress that would disclose the facts behind recent fatal airplane crashes, with implications for the entire U.S. transportation system. A series of gripping twists and turns and the revelation of a top-level conspiracy will keep readers on edge, and Davis adds ballast with well-drawn characters. Lt. Simon Santos, the D.C. detective, is a wealthy bachelor who does not shake hands, has a dark family past and takes some dubious investigative shortcuts. Capt. Amanda Gardner, the air force investigator, is a hard-boiled pro with a quick trigger who knows a bit too much about the leading suspect. Rural cop and former government agent Martin Collins, who narrates, is the steady influence who tries to keep the three from getting killed, fired, arrested by the FBI or crucified by the press. Refreshingly, Davis (an air force veteran) does not use technology or electronic gimmicks to solve the crime; instead, his protagonists rely on interrogation, legwork and old-fashioned cop intuition. We can only hope for more crime-busting drama from these gumshoes. Agent, Karen Solem at Writers House. (July 9) Forecast: The government conspiracy coverup at the heart of this story is a sure-fire element to attract readers. Davis's writing has improved with each outing, and this third thriller will undoubtedly establish his reputation.
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When an Air Force colonel is found murdered, along with her two young children, retired Air Force investigator Martin Collins is brought back into the fold to solve the crime. This third novel from the author of The General (1998) and The Passenger (1999) offers a plausible conspiracy thriller that keeps getting more and more complicated until all the threads are tied together, pretty much at the last possible moment. Collins is a sharp fellow, a former top-level crime investigator who's happy living the quiet life in rural Virginia but who can't resist the lure of a juicy case. And we can't pass this one up either: it's well put together, it isn't saturated with high-tech weaponry, and the plot, involving some fatal airplane crashes and some high-level Air Force officials, is fresh enough to hold our attention, despite the occasional moment when Davis falls back on standard gimmicks to build suspense. Best of all for a military thriller, the characters are made of something more lifelike than cardboard. Fans of Nelson DeMille will find this one entirely satisfying. David Pitt
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