Desperately searching for a mad killer who is threatening passenger jets with automatic weapons during their approach to San Diego's airport, a tough cop struggles to avert tragedy as the city balances on the brink of disaster.
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From Publishers Weekly
Trolley, who under his real name of Tom Ardies published several thrillers in the '60s and '70s (Kosygin Is Coming; Palm Springs), returns to thriller writing after 16 years with this first-rate page-turner about a madman who plans to shoot down a commercial airliner in the glide path into San Diego's international airport, Lindbergh Field, already the center of controversy because it is situated over a residential neighborhood. This is an intriguing enough concept by itself, but Trolley ups the ante with a second madman who has the same plan, more or less. Both men, struggling realtor Joseph Foley and tobacco executive Grayson Grenier III, hope to make a financial killing in real estate holdings if the airfield is closed or moved. Neither is aware of his counterpart's efforts, but Grenier knows Foley from an earlier meeting and plans to frame him for the crime, using a sadistic ex-KGB assassin as his agent. Meanwhile, Foley plots on his own, after a fashion: he suffers from a multiple personality disorder that results in his taking on three diverse personas. All this isn't nearly as convoluted as it sounds-and at least twice as exciting. Pitted against the villains is San Diego police sergeant Tommy Donahoo, drawn in the familiar mold of the middle-aged, hard-drinking, divorced and unappreciated cop but still a most engaging hero, one worthy of a sequel-as is Trolley, who, judging from this gripping yarn, has stayed away from the genre for 16 years too long.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
San Diego's Lindbergh Field is in the worst possible place for a major international airport: it's too small with no room to expand; it's too close to downtown; and the glide path forces approaching aircraft directly over a once prosperous but now run-down neighborhood. An evil businessman (Are there any other kind in suspense fiction? This knave is even a cigarette company executive!) develops an insidious plan to buy up the blighted property, force the airport to close through the judicious use of a former KGB assassin, and then make a killing of his own by reselling the now valuable land. Meanwhile, a deranged real-estate agent has his own particularly bloody plans for urban renewal. As the two plots unfold and begin to merge, the suspense builds precipitously. Trolley has written a neatly paced thriller, populated by a somewhat disappointing mix of interesting and cardboard characters. Still, the novel represents a pretty solid comeback for an author who is returning to fiction writing after a 15-year hiatus. George Needham
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