When the engine of a 737 tears itself apart at Los Angeles Airport Tom Patrick is in the wrong place at the wrong time - playing poker at a nearby casino. He's been losing at cards and probing pipeline leaks ever since his big mouth led to his fall from grace as the National Transportation Safety Board's top air-crash investigator. Sidelined by the official investigation Tom starts to dig anyway. And when another 737 crashes it's clear that something could be terribly wrong with the world's most popular passenger jet. Risking everything Tom Patrick sets out on a global paperchase racing against time and ruthless killers - before planes and people start falling out of the sky like bloody confetti. (web)