Hard Fall - Softcover

Ridley Pearson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075150064X ISBN 13: 9780751500646

Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks, 1993

Synopsis

FBI agent Cameron Daggett has for years been on the trail of an international triggerman responsible for planting at least two nearly undetectable explosive devices on airplanes. When a strange murder takes place in a Seattle aircraft training installation, Daggett suspects that his nemesis is involved. The man who was murdered was a specialist in training pilots to fly the Duhning 959-600 ― a new breed of ultra-sophisticated aircraft ― and he was killed in a Duhning flight simulator. Was the killer trying to be taught to pilot one of these super jets? How is this connected to Daggett's recent discovery of sophisticated altitude detonators? Is Anthony Kort ― Daggett's prey ― about to strike again? Using the most intricate and complex forensic techniques, the aerodynamic and technical principles that make monster jets stay aloft, and sheer cop's reasoning ― Daggett picks up Kort's trail. He is joined by forensic experts, aerodynamic engineers, and criminal psychologists ― but it comes down to Daggett and Daggett alone to see the pattern in the seemingly endless technical detail, and stop a tragedy before it takes place. But Kort is smart, and driven by a motivation that Daggett cannot possibly understand. And when Daggett gets close, Kort makes it personal. Hard Fall is a breathlessly paced thriller, an intellectual and technical game of cat and mouse, and a modern classic of suspense fiction.

About this title

From the Publisher

First there was Lockerbie. Then Eurotour's Flight 1023. Now the bomber is ready to strike again! The bombing of Eurotours flight 1023 was big news. To FBI agent Cam Daggett it was more than that. It was personal. His parents and son were on that plane. And for two years he's been after the killer who did it. All he has is a name: Anthony Kort . . .and the knowledge that Kort is in the United States with a detonator no airport security can detect.

Cam's colleagues at the Bureau and his girlfriend tell him to get behind a desk, to leave the investigation to other agents. But Cam has painstakingly built a portrait of the terrorist, and he alone has a snowball's chance in hell of predicting Kort's next target. Except hell is a much kinder, gentler place than where Cam's headed -- into Kort's depraved world of madness and revenge.

About the Author

Ridley Pearson is the award-winning author of the best-selling Kingdom Keepers series along with forty other novels for adults (suspense) and young readers (adventure), including Peter and the Starcatchers, cowritten with Dave Barry. Ridley spends a good deal of his time sneaking around the Disney parks and aboard the Disney Cruise Line ships, all in the name of research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075150064X
• ISBN 13: 9780751500646
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416