This is an aviation thriller/mystery.. Two aeroplane manufacturing firms are competing to sell a modern jet liner to an airline in the Philippines. Peter Talbert, aviation investigator, is asked by the insurance company to advise on the competance of the airline and finds the manufacturers are trying every trick in the book to get their aircraft selected.
He is attacked and returns to the UK to discover that a demonstration aircraft has crashed and that a lady captain with whom he was involved has been killed. He returned and hasto fight for his life as he discovers why the aircraft crashed.