As Jammer Davis lands the seaplane, he sees his boss,
Larry Green, standing on the dock. He knows that only
means one thing. There has been a plane crash somewhere
in the world, and Jammer is going to be the one to
investigate it. But Larry has far more to tell Jammer.
One of the names on the manifest is Jammer's nineteen
year old daughter, Jennifer. Jennifer was headed to Cila,
Columbia for a summer internship.
When Jammer lands in Bogota, he is immediately whisked
away to a make-shift office. In no time, satellite data is
sent
from Washington D.C. and the crash site is found. Even
more quickly, a helicopter is ready to take Jammer to the
site where an Army detail, who just happened to be in the
area, is already securing the area. The first thing
Jammer learns is that only nineteen bodies have been
found of the twenty-one on the manifest. His daughter and
another young lady are missing.
Everything seems to be moving so fast, maybe too fast.
Jammer is a real detail
person and begins to uncover some very interesting
inconsistencies. Was this really a plane crash due to
mechanical failure, or was it a hijacking? Perhaps it was
neither. Perhaps something else entirely is in play here.
Is PASSENGER 19 the key?
I hesitate to jump into the middle of a series after it
has already begun. But PASSENGER 19 sounded too good to
miss. I have read Ward Larsen's books before and know
he's a great author of espionage thrillers, one of my
favorite genres. This one did not disappoint! Jammer is a
very strong main character, extremely focused and
methodical. He doesn't miss a thing. His supporting
characters are a sordid crew, and we're not sure which
side they're really on. The storyline is fast-paced,
shifting from the crash investigation, to discussions in
Washington D.C. and then into the jungles of Columbia.
PASSENGER 19 is a story with a tangled web of conspiracy,
tainted
with politics. If thrillers are your genre, pick up a copy.
Jammer Davis has spent most of his life investigating
aircraft accidents. When a small regional jet disappears
over the jungles of Colombia, it is a tragedy like dozens
of
others he has seen…but for one terrible detail―his
young
daughter, who was enroute to a semester abroad in South
America, is listed on the passenger manifest.
A distraught Davis rushes to Bogotá and bulls his way into
the inquiry. When the wreckage is located, it becomes clear
the crash was unsurvivable. As the investigation gains
momentum, the facts go astray. Two pilots had been shot
before the crash, along with one passenger. The possibility
of a hijacking looms large as the search begins to focus on
two passengers who boarded the plane, yet their remains
cannot be found.
Davis uncovers an even more sinister plot behind the entire
disaster―one that goes to the highest levels of the
United
States government. But how could it possibly involve his
daughter?
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