Hostage
The emotional 'what would you do?' thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller
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4.0 • 63 Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE EMOTIONAL, JAW-DROPPING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING THRILLER.
AND DON'T MISS CLARE'S NEW BOOK A GAME OF LIES - OUT NOW.
'Hypnotically good' LEE CHILD
'Jaw-dropping twists' LUCY FOLEY
'The book of the summer' SUN
It's twenty hours to landing. A lot can happen in twenty hours . . .
You're on board the first non-stop flight from London to Sydney. It's a landmark journey, and the world is watching.
Shortly after take-off, you receive a chilling anonymous note.
There are people on this plane intent on bringing it down - and you're the key to their plan.
You'd never help them, even if your life depended on it.
But they have your daughter . . . So now you have to choose.
DO YOU SAVE HUNDREDS OF LIVES? OR THE ONE THAT MATTERS MOST?
'Feels like a blockbuster movie' LISA JEWELL
'The queen of nail-biting suspense' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'A nail-biter of a thriller' SHARI LAPENA
'A rip-roaring finale' GUARDIAN
'Propulsive - will have you questioning "what would you do?" at every turn' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'Mackintosh is a pro' NEW YORK TIMES
'Taking the locked room mystery to a new, white-knuckle extreme, this is electrifying' HEAT
'When Clare Mackintosh goes high concept, she doesn't mess around' LINWOOD BARCLAY
'An incredibly tense read that has a satisfyingly clever ending' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'A thrilling rollercoaster of a story. It'll leave you breathless' JANE FALLON
'A smart pay-off' THE TIMES, THE BEST THRILLERS FOR JUNE
'A tense, convincing, nail-biter of a thriller' ADELE PARKS, PLATINUM MAGAZINE
'A banger of a book with a truly agonising "what would you do?"' RUTH WARE
'A thrilling, chilling gut-punch of a book' RED
'Why did no one warn me how bloody addictive it is?' TAMMY COHEN
'I dare anyone to read this high-octane, tense thriller on a flight' PRIMA
'I got wrong-footed, then I got whiplash! Mind-blowing' SANDIE JONES
'The year's most intriguing high-concept plot' DAILY EXPRESS
'Full of mystery, tension and emotion. An incredible thriller' ALLIE REYNOLDS
'Buckle up for some edge-of-your-plane-seat action' FABULOUS
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
On a historic direct trip from London to Sydney, flight attendant Mina finds herself preoccupied with the marital strife she was meant to leave at home. But when hijackers activate a deadly plan mid-flight, it involves Mina’s loved ones too. Driven by moral dilemmas and big emotional reveals, Clare Mackintosh’s close-quarters thriller brings family drama to its claustrophobic setting. By relaying the dual perspectives of Mina and her husband Adam, with additional insights into many of the individual passengers, the author brings a very real human element to this nail-biting premise. Fans of the movie Red Eye will appreciate Mina and Adam’s battle not just to survive, but to save others along the way.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A 20-hour, nonstop plane flight from London to Sydney provides the claustrophobic backdrop for this terrifying thriller from bestseller Mackintosh (Let Me Lie). Flight attendant Mina Holbrook trades shifts to join the crew of World Airways Flight 79, preferring to contend with sometimes demanding business class passengers than to face her rapidly deteriorating marriage to police detective Adam Holbrook. Mina is sure Adam has been sleeping with their Ukrainian au pair, who recently quit her job caring for their five-year-old daughter, Sophia. A few hours into the flight, Mina receives a note demanding she help an unknown terrorist group divert the plane. If Mina refuses, Sophia will die. What starts as a domestic drama focused on the Holbrooks' marital problems becomes the airborne equivalent of a classic country house mystery. The suspense builds as Mina, whose co-workers think she's shirking her duties, tries to determine who among the 353 passengers are part of the terrorist plot. Surprising twists propel the story to an unexpected finale. Mackintosh has raised her game with this one.
Customer Reviews
Gripping
Touching, suspenseful, a real page turner and just as good as all of her other books. Loved it.
Had potential
This book in many respects is well constructed, but is let down by a detestable main character, where entire chapters are devoted to whining, and by tangential storyline’s that are given way too much time and attention, ultimately not being of significance.
The book would be greatly improved if it were about half to two thirds as long, by trimming all the unnecessary waffling on.