Kicking Tin

Kicking Tin is based on the crash of TWA800, which itself shared similarities with other high profile aviation disasters such as Lockerbie Pan Am 103, Iran Air 655, Siberia 1812 and most recently, Malaysian Airlines MH17 over Ukraine. It is the story of a Manchester boy who becomes a lead investigator with the NTSB in Washington. Mike Gilham is a Tin Kicker, an air crash investigator. This is his story. About the Author Paul Charles has written several novels and short stories. He lives in the UK and is best known for his sci-fi alien abduction novel, From Beyond Belief. In May 2014, his second novel, Kicking Tin was published. Based on the TWA800 disaster, it is an international thriller based around an air crash. Published at the same time as Kicking Tin was a new compact paperback edition of From Beyond Belief, retitled as The Playground. This was the title used for the screenplay.