Falling
Fiction
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
July 6, 2021
Advanced reader copy
304
Free from publisher
You just boarded a flight to New York.
There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard.
What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped.
For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die.
The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane.
Enjoy the flight.
With a synopsis like this one has, how could you not want to read it? To make it even better, this is also one of the best first lines of any book I've encountered.....WHEN THE SHOE DROPPED INTO HER LAP THE FOOT WAS STILL IN IT. Granted, this line turns out to not have much to do with the actual plot that ensues, which irked me a bit, but I still think it's a great way to make the reader sit up and take notice! This book was a wild ride from start to finish. Very fast paced, and I would assume pretty factual since the author was a flight attendant. The book flips back and forth in real time between the flight to JFK, and the pilot's kidnapped family in LA. The FBI agent who works on the family angle has a tie to the flight in that his aunt is the main flight attendant. There are some twists and turns in this one that I didn't see coming, one of which is a whopper! Despite the fact that I thought it got a little bit over the top on the LA front at the end, this book had me on the edge of my seat the entire time! Definitely one of those 'what would you do in that situation' kind of thrillers.
If you love a fast paced read, whether at the beach, pool, or just on your couch, I would recommend this book. What I would probably not recommend is that you read it on a plane!! And a tidbit that is mentioned several times that was shocking to me (and I will think of every time I fly in the future)......did you know that when the oxygen masks come down from the ceiling, they only have enough oxygen to last twelve minutes? I'm not sure that I want that fact in my head, but now I've put it into yours also 🙂
