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The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!
An Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far – 2020!
“The Last Flight is thoroughly absorbing―not only because of its tantalizing plot and deft pacing, but also because of its unexpected poignancy and its satisfying, if bittersweet, resolution. The characters get under your skin.”―The New York Times Book Review
Two women. Two flights. One last chance to disappear.
Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns as bright as his promising political career, and he’s not above using his staff to track Claire’s every move, making sure she’s living up to his impossible standards. But what he doesn’t know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish.
A chance meeting in an airport bar brings her together with a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision to switch tickets―Claire taking Eva’s flight to Oakland, and Eva traveling to Puerto Rico as Claire. They believe the swap will give each of them the head start they need to begin again somewhere far away. But when the flight to Puerto Rico goes down, Claire realizes it’s no longer a head start but a new life. Cut off, out of options, with the news of her death about to explode in the media, Claire will assume Eva’s identity, and along with it, the secrets Eva fought so hard to keep hidden.
For fans of Lisa Jewell and Liv Constantine, The Last Flight is the story of two women―both alone, both scared―and one agonizing decision that will change the trajectory of both of their lives.
A very well crafted story of two women coming from different backgrounds who meet briefly and change each other’s lives forever.
Claire Cook is an intelligent and accomplished individual married into one of the wealthiest families in the world. She seems to have a perfect life enjoying the things that her husband’s money can bring her. All she has to do is work on various projects that benefit many people and obey her husband. The fly in the ointment is that her husband has turned into an abusive tyrant who insists on complete obedience from her or he will physically beat her up.
Eva is the other woman involved in the story. Through circumstances beyond her control, she has drifted into the life of a drug dealer. Her knowledge of chemistry combined with a need to make a living has forced her into a position that places her on the wrong side of the law.
Both Claire and Eva come together as both are fleeing their current lives and trying to disappear completely. They meet at an airport bar where Claire is to fly to Puerto Rico and Eva to Oakland, California. The women end up telling the other about their desire to escape their lives and start again. It strikes them while talking that changing identities will throw those that are looking for them completely off the track. And, since each has their boarding pass in hand the change is accomplished.
Certainly, just this action will enable a good story to emerge. However, it is complicated by a plane crash to Eva’s plane as it flies to Puerto Rico.
Clark tells the story via the use of rotating first person narratives involving both the women, but also persons that are of interest to the tale. It is an engrossing, well-done novel with the ending completely logical but not telegraphed in the reading. Character portraits, thoughts, doubts, and problems arising are as well done as it has been my pleasure to read. A five-star book that after conclusion will project a desire on the part of the reader toward following the author and obtaining her future novels as they emerge.
7/2020 Paul Lane
THE LAST FLIGHT by Julie Clark. Sourcebooks Landmark (June 23, 2020). ISBN: 978-1728215723. 320 pages.
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This sounds like a good one. Another one added to my TBR on Goodreads? Have you looked at it? There are so many books I want to read… and so little time (and money).
Do you have access to your public library? Millions of books available for free! This book is in my to-be-read pile, which is ridiculous. I think I have 93 books on there now. Sigh.
I have 3 shelves, 2 deep, of books to read in my house. LOL. I’ll never get through them in my life time.
Our library is still on curbside pick-up. I would have to reserve online and my card needs updating. Not sure I can do that online. Though I writing group meets at the library and we have events there, I haven’t taken a library book out in ages. I did look for a particular author there recently and there was nothing.
I want to read everything!!!
I know that a lot of libraries have been very accommodating to things like updating cards. You might try giving them a call. Do you read ebooks? Many public libraries offer those, as well. It gives me comfort to know I have many books to read. I tend to panic if I run low. Thanks to my Kindle, I haven’t run low in years!
I am not budging as far as ebooks go. Imagine how many I will have stored on my tablet if I do! I purchased one only because it was the final/companion of a series and was only available in ebook. I don’t want to be staring at a screen anymore than I already do, and I prefer to keep printed books alive.
Keep safe.
I totally get that. I have vision problems, so reading on my Kindle or iPad is much easier for me.
I’ve seen this book more and more lately, and since I’m in the mood for a new thriller I’ll be requesting this one from my library, hoping the wait won’t be too long.
Hope you’ll let me know if you like it!
I hope the wait won’t be too long 😀 I’ll keep you posted when I get to it…..
Thanks!