Hostage
A Novel
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3.8 • 221 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
"Feels like a blockbuster movie."—Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone
"Mackintosh is a pro...the final scene in the book almost made me sick as I read it. I mean that as a compliment of the highest order."—The New York Times
You can save hundreds of lives. Or the one that matters most…
From New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh comes a claustrophobic thriller set over 20 hours on-board the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney.
Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems with her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination: "The following instructions will save your daughter's life..."
Someone needs Mina's assistance and knows exactly how to make her comply.
When one passenger is killed and then another, Mina knows she must act. But which lives does she save: Her passengers…or her own daughter and husband who are in grave distress back at home?
It's twenty hours to landing. A lot can happen in twenty hours.
For fans of the locked-room mystery of One by One and the heart-stopping tension The Last Flight, Hostage is an explosively addictive thriller about one flight attendant and the agonizing decision that will change her life—and the lives of everyone on-board—forever.
Praise for Hostage:
"A banger of a book with a truly agonizing 'what would you do?'"
—Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One by One
"Hypnotically good. Should be a hit, could be a classic…"
—Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
"Fiendishly clever."
—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before She Disappeared
"A propulsive read."
—Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Wife
"A nail-biter of a thriller."
—Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
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
Well done
A great twisty story from Ms. Kate
Hostage
Great thriller!!
Potential but just bad
Unlikeable main characters and too many plot holes. The plot is based upon incredibly stupid decisions and unlikely events. Mina and her husband are way too hard to root for.
Way too preachy re parenting and way too much demonization of climate change activists. Just awful and I regret buying.