The Passenger

by Patrick A. Davis

Book Overview

Like his creator Patrick A. Davis, Colonel John Quinn saw some air time during the Gulf War. Unlike Davis (who came home unscathed and became an airline pilot, and then during an enforced layoff... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425177696
• ISBN13: 9780425177693
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Take this book on vacation with you

Great for action book and mystery. What a great story. Keeps your interest till the very end. Will read more by him!!

Start early on a weekend morning....

....and make sure there are no afternoon football, basketball or baseball games you want to watch either, because you won't go to sleep until you finish.I made the mistake of starting on a Friday evening, read until two AM, woke up at five thirty and finished it off by breakfast.If you like this genre of books, you will like everything about this book. The plot is familiar enough territory but the details are not -- by a long shot. You find yourself caring about the characters and their fate. The moment you think you have figured the plot out, a new twist appears. And no red herrings! (Well, maybe half of one). You'll hate the villans, love the good guys. You will become totally involved.My only problem with Davis is that he's spending too much time flying airplanes, and not enough writing suspense novels. He's two for two in the novel department.

You can't put it down!!!

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.

Put your life on hold for a few days and read this book.

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.

Enthralling military thriller, keeps you turning the pages!

OK, so the pro critics have some problems with Davis's characterizations. However, as an active duty AF officer I think Davis prior service makes his authenticity on the money for the most part. Some military novelists leave me groaning with their numerous errors and faux pas. Davis is adept at making you turn the page, particularly transitioning from chapter to chapter. At night I tell my wife, "I'll come to bed at the end of this chapter" and generally mean it. With "The General" and now with "The Passenger" Davis makes me a liar. He is masterful at leading you to the next piece of the story compelling you to keep going. I can put Clancy's stuff down and forget it for months, not so Davis. Keep them coming!!

Excellent adventure thriller

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