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Summary: The Cover Up
Review: An accident,a cover up and a AF officer takes the fall. The presidents brother is killed and the heat is on to place the blame. The news media is out to bury the Air Force Colonel who just happens to be innocent. Thats the way the news media reacts when they get a story from high up sources planted in their ear even if its false. A must read on a long flight- Author-The Day Of The Rose-Larry Hobson
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Summary: I really like his style
Review: As a woman, and a non-military one as well, I really like how Patrick Davis writes about military life - enough military to keep it on fact, but not so much that you cannot follow the story, knowing little of the words and phrases they use. Far too many authors do this, and for me, it fogs the story. Patrick Davis tells a good tale (we hope) filled with a bit of espionage and a bit of good raw human feelings for those they love and their past loves as well. His descriptions of the Colonel's former wife show intrigue, hate and still the love and admiration of another human being you've shared your life with, allowing the character to feel all of these things with no reciminations. And he keeps you guessing right up to the last sentence of the book. An all around excellent story! I'm now going to look for more from this great author.
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Summary: A First Rate Murder Mystery With A Military Background
Review: Author Davis writes very well; his plot is original and his use of the first-person voice in this novel is expertly done. Almost from the first page the reader is swept along by fast-paced action and intrigue. I have one small criticism of this book; some characters are introduced - one on top of another - and it is not always easy to remember who is who. That aside, I thoroughly enjoyed the novel and will buy any other Davis book I can find. You'll never guess the ending. A good, solid read.
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Summary: Excellent adventure thriller
Review: Colonel John Flynn loved flying for the Air Force. The winner of the Medal of Honor during the Gulf War, no one can picture John anywhere but in a cockpit. However, on his last flight, a missile hit his plane. This left the heroic aviator so badly injured he is forced to accept a desk job as the chief of the Safety liaison Office. Making his adjustment even more difficult is the fact that his superior, Major General Maxwell Cramer, seems to loathe John. Cramer assigns John to head up the investigation of a jet crash at Andrews Air Force Base. The two pilots and the president's half-brother Joshua Thurston died in the crash. Pressure mounts on John and his team to blame the incident on pilot error. John refuses to buckle under and properly continues his inquiries even as a cover-up unfolds from the highest levels of the White House. Patrick A. Davis, author of the highly regarded thriller THE GENERAL, has written another winner in THE non-stop action adventure tale THE PASSENGER. With this one-sitting novel, readers attain an absorbing look inside the dynamics of an air crash investigation. The protagonist seems more like an old hero, a sort of John Wayne 1990's character. John understands the consequences of continuing down an unpopular path, but insists on doing what he feels are the right courses of action even if it costs him his career. Readers will come on board what is one of the better action thrillers of the year. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Quick, Somewhat Plausible Conspiracy Thriller
Review: Former Air Force pilot Patrick Davis has written another quick read that combines military technology with conspiracy and good police work. It reads quickly and while there are a few technical errors, which Davis, as a former serving officer should not have made, comes across as for the most part believable. In this book, the Learjet carrying the half-brother of the President of the United States goes down under mysterious circumstances. An senior AF officer assigns a brand new Colonel, a former fighter pilot grounded by ejection injuries to the case. He hopes to embarrass this promising officer and lay the blame elsewhere to conceal his perfidy and inside connections with corrupt administration officials. The officer in charge of the investigation must also deal with the fact that his former wife, now the Deputy Director of the NTSB has also been assigned to the investigation. Although the Air Force team also includes Lt Col Chen, friend of Colonel Quinn and a former civilian homicide investigator before he joined the Air Force, Jennifer's assignment leaves COL Quinn looking for the underlying motive behind insider attempts to blame the pilots for the crash. Along the route of the investigation, innocent people die. Previous government scandals are brought back to complicate the mix. But the two lead AF investigators are men of integrity and honor and they deal with the incessant corruption in the media, the FBI, the White House and the Congress with the courage that only people who have seen real combat can bring to bear when the going gets tough. As I said, this is a quick read. Davis is still a new writer and is sure to develop his story telling skills with each new outing. I look forward to his future efforts and recommend this book to fans of military and police procedural thrillers. Paul Connors
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Summary: Put your life on hold for a few days and read this book.
Review: I gave this book to my dad as a gift. He's retired Air Force. He loved it and insisted I read it... not my usual genre. (I'm more of an Oprah-type reader, actually.) Well, for the two days it took me to finish this book, the dishes were piled in the sink, laundry in the hallway... you get the picture. It was fascinating to "ride along" with an air crash investigation team. The action moves right along. The government corruption Davis writes about is so believable, sadly. I asked my dad if the often negative depictions of these high-ranking military officers bothered him, and if the foul language bothered him (my dad never swears). He laughed at me and said, "Sweetie, this book tells it like it is!" My dad is now reading Davis's first book, "The General," and I'm next in line to read that. So I give the book five stars, and since my dad isn't on-line, here are his for you, Patrick Davis: *****. We can't wait for your next book.
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Summary: Another hit for Davis
Review: Just when you think you have the book figured out, you dont! I read this book over a period of two days. AMAZING book great read!
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Summary: why not call the Times?
Review: like may others who have reviewed this book, i enjoyed it, and read it in one day. A lot happens, the pages turn, one wonders what it going on. My one reservation is that, as the bodies pile up, the book wants us to feel that Our Hero is cornered, set up, framed - but instead the thinking reader starts to wonder: surely with all of this happening, someone besides Our Hero will notice that something is suspicious? That said, i recommend the book anyway.
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Summary: You can't put it down!!!
Review: Once again Patrick Davis gives us another military thriller that keeps you guessing til the end. His in depth look at the crash investigation makes you feel like you are a part of it. Once you get started, you won't want to put it down til your finished! He writes so well and so realistic it makes you wonder if things like the plot of this book really do happen in Washington.
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Summary: Action-packed Suspense
Review: Patrick Davis The Passenger (Berkeley, New York, 1999, 349pp) This is a surprisingly interesting action-mystery, in which an Air Force officer is set up by his commander to take the fall in a cover up for an airplane accident - in which the half brother of the President of the United States is killed. It is technically correct about a wide range of topics and settings, and is one of the few novels to compare the Washington Times coverage favorably with that of the Washington Post. Its description of a high powered columnist setting up an innocent person on behalf of his high placed inside source certainly rings true with my experience of the less desirable parts of the Washington media. And the description of a media firestorm engulfing an innocent and unprepared Air Force Colonel is realistic and a chilling reminder of the lynch mob mentality that occasionally gets under way. Some parts of the conspiracy are too complicated and implausible, but the suspense is riveting and the action never stops throughout the novel. As an airplane or late night book to relax with it this book is a worthy addition in the Jack Higgins' tradition.
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