Tony Blackman has released a fourth book, FLIGHT TO ST ANTONY, in his series of aviation mystery crime thrillers. Once again his detailed knowledge and understanding of all aspects of aviation has enabled him to write this brilliant mystery thriller.
A twin engined airliner flying from London, Gatwick to Barbados in the Caribbean has an engine failure in the middle of the Atlantic and then all communications is lost with Air Traffic
Control. The aircraft tries to land at St Antony near Antigua but has to ditch at night just off the coast. Again Peter Talbert, private aviation expert, is commissioned by the insurance
company to look after its interests and he arrives from Australia only to find that one crash recorder is missing and the other with problems. The situation is further complicated because
there was a UK drug baron and two associates flying on the aircraft.
Peter manages to interview one of the two surviving stewardesses and who tells him the whole unnerving story of the flight and the escape into dinghies. While waiting for a salvage vessel
to arrive for the aircraft, they fly back to England only to hear that one of the survivors has been murdered. Peter returns and meets the Chief of Police who explains some of the
problems on the island. From there he travels to San Francisco to meet the dispatcher of the fatal flight and then gets briefed on the aircraft systems by the aircraft manufacturer in
Seattle.
The stewardess returns to St Antony to be with Peter but disappears as they plan to go on holiday. As he joins in the search he realises that the problem is much more than just a
straightforward technical fault. Modern aircraft are incredibly safe and it takes all Peter's skill and understanding of human nature finally to convince the accident investigators and
the airline and what really occurred.
This fast moving book is one that no-one will want to put down, be they lovers of mysteries or aviation experts and if they haven't met Peter Talbert before they will want to read about
his three other investigations. See http://www.blackmanbooks.co.uk (Tony Blackman's Web Site)