Patrick A Davis Books In Order

The Colonel

A former Air Force investigator comes out of retirement to find a killer, only to discover a massive government cover up. Retired Air Force investigator Martin Collins lives a quiet life in rural Virginia, working as a local chief of police and consulting on military homicides. When he’s called in to assist on a grisly triple murder, nothing can prepare him for the crime scene: Colonel Margaret Wildman and her two young children, their throats slashed, left to die in pools of their own blood. At first, there seems to be no motive for the murders. But as Collins digs through an increasingly puzzling maze of clues, he reveals a secret that leads to the highest levels of the government and the military. Buried files reveal a link between Colonel Wildman and series of fatal airline crashes; political pressure to keep a secret grows, as does the body count. Collins finds his own life jeopardized as he closes in on the truth, culminating in a shocking confrontation on the floors of Congress.

A Long Day for Dying

New York Times bestselling author Patrick A. Davis spins a gripping tale of deadly intrigue in a time of national crisis that races to the explosive final act.

A Long Day for Dying

When General Michael Garber, the newly appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is discovered dead in the private compartment of his airplane, Air Force investigator Martin Collins finds himself thrust into the most dangerous case of his career. What initially appears to be an accidental death turns out to be a near-perfect murder — and three members of the Joint Chiefs are the prime suspects.

As Martin weaves his way through a puzzling maze of blood and deceit, he finds himself in the firing line of Garber’s enemies, including a half-mad rival general who collects the ears of the men he’s killed, and the ruthless female secretary of defense, whose hatred for Garber knows no bounds. With his life and the honor of the military at stake, Martin has only twenty-four hours to uncover a legacy of secrets that no one wants brought to light — secrets that the most powerful forces in Washington will kill to keep buried…
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A Slow Walk to Hell

New York Times bestselling author Patrick A. Davis returns with an electrifying novel of murder, the military, and one man’s search of the truth. Air Force investigator Martin Collins is used to bucking the system in the name of justice. But when he is called on to investigate the torture style slaying of Major Franklin Talbot, Collins is embroiled in the most controversial case of his career. Evidence suggests that the deadly act was a hate crime and that Talbot was hiding a shocking secret that may have sealed his fate. Even more shocking are the suspects: all high ranking officers including Talbot’s own uncle, a leading presidential candidate. Traversing a politically charged minefield of buried secrets, Martin is targeted by powerful forces that cannot afford to let him identify Talbot’s killer. And when he finally uncovers the devastating truth, Martin will be forced to make a fateful decision between catching a sad*istic murderer and destroying the lives of countless innocent men.

The General

Set in present day Washington, where power and ambition have attained new levels of insanity, The General reaches back in time to peel the layers of evil from a brilliantly concealed episode of treachery, death, and deception during the Vietnam era. The investigators probing the brutal murder of the Air Force Chief of Staff know that The General‘s death had been precipitated by a gruesome act of Vietcong torture death by a thousand cuts. Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Jensen, the officer assigned to the case, discovers that The General‘s death is a link in a chain of hideous crimes, beginning with closely guarded secrets of the Vietnam War and extending now to the higher levels of the US government. With lives, careers, and history in the balance, Jensen is caught between blind allegiance to authority and a nobler, higher patriotism. His path to the truth is strewn with minefields and the answers he seeks will have shocking consequences.

The Passenger

A military Learjet crashes, and Washington insiders scramble to cover their tracks, in an exciting new military thriller from the author of The General. Colonel John Quinn was a young, ambitious Air Force pilot who loved to fly until an Iraqi missile nearly ended his career and his life. Three surgeries and four years later, Quinn is functional, but not good enough to fly. Assigned to the Pentagon, he’s prepared to spend the rest of his career in a series of boring staff jobs. Then a military Learjet crashes shortly after takeoff in the rural farmlands outside Washington, and Quinn is called to lead the biggest investigation of his life. With this crash, there are no survivors a fact that is particularly sensitive in the White House, as the jet carried just one passenger: the President’s brother. The crash scene offers little in the way of clues, and while the White House is pushing pilot error as the cause of the accident, Quinn is uncertain. Too many Washington insiders, including Quinn’s former wife, a Ph.D. with the National Transportation Safety Board, seem to have a stake in the outcome of his investigation. Too many dodge the hard questions or turn up dead. Filled with great characters and told with pulsing narrative drive, The Passenger is further proof that, as W. E. B. Griffin says, ‘Patrick Davis creates the kind of sharp, crackling dialogue that keeps the reader nodding in recognition while turning the pages furiously.’ Nelson DeMille

The Commander

Reviewers hailed Patrick A. Davis’s previous novel, The Colonel, for its ‘jet speed pace’ Orlando Sentinel and its ‘gripping twists and turns’ Publishers Weekly. And Kirkus agreed: ‘His third high powered outing confirms that Davis delivers the goods.’ Unfairly passed over for promotion, disillusioned Air Force investigator Major Burton Webber has resigned from the service to work in his Korean wife’s jewelry store, located in the red light district outside South Korea’s Osan Air Base. When an old friend, the commanding general’s executive officer, approaches him about solving the brutal murder of a beautiful Amerasian bar girl, Webber reluctantly agrees. After discovering the shocking secret behind the killing, Webber finds his hunt for the murderer blocked by those at the highest level of the Korean and American governments. With reputations and lives teetering in the balance, Webber searches for the truth, never knowing if he is to be the next victim…
or whom to trust.

The Shattered Blue Line

Major Nathan Malone figured his DWI charge was about to get him fired from the Office of Special Investigations. Instead, he’s pulled from his holding cell to take on a shocking case: during an ongoing Congressional investigation into a sex scandal at the U.S. Air Force Academy, two female cadets are found brutally murdered. Accustomed to living on the edge, and used to his chiseled looks opening doors, Malone finds his devil may care attitude is shaken to the core as he and his partner, the uncompromising Marva ‘Mother’ Hubbard, track a sad*istic killer intent on keeping the secrets of the past buried deep.

Deception Plan

WHEN A U 2 SPY PLANE GOES DOWN IN A FIERY HEAP, THE PILOT’S DEATH IS A TRAGEDY BUT IT’S NO ACCIDENT. U.S. Colonel Ed Coffin is sent to South Korea, the land of his birth, to lead the most important and grim investigation of his career: a secret U 2 spy plane has crashed under highly suspicious circumstances. A former U 2 squadron commander, Coffin is teamed up with his former lover, the irrepressible OSI investigator Marva ‘Mother’ Hubbard, and together they learn that the plane’s pilot was specifically targeted for death but why? Navigating a geopolitical web strewn with murder, ambition, and betrayal, Coffin is soon embroiled in a desperate race for survival. But Coffin is also on another, more personal mission and one way or the other, it may be his last.