Michael Crichton (who sadly passed away in 2008) made a very lucrative career out of novels like this: techno-thrillers that relied very heavily on genuine facts and figures to produce a compelling fictional narrative.
The plot of Airframe is effectively an episode of Air Crash Investigation with added corporate espionage. It’s also a great ride. Crichton very rightly leaves the big reveal to the final few pages yet keeps the reader guessing throughout. Much like Brown’s Deception Point (a book as equally flawed stylistically but just as thrilling), the reader can guess the conclusion will end in a satisfactory manner yet the journey there is riddled with turns of the unexpected.
Like a rollercoaster, you sometimes just want a brief thrill. This book certainly delivers on the front.
4/5
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