HOSTAGE

New 2021 glamorous hardback dedicated to a friend of ours in the publishing trade, Sheila Crowley. Top crime writers like Lee Child and Karin Slaughter have described the book as 'Hypnotically good' and 'Propulsive'. The atmosphere on board the first non-stop flight from London to Sydney is electric. Celebrities are rumoured to be among the passengers in Business Class, and the world is watching the landmark journey. Flight attendant Mina is trying to focus on the passengers instead of her troubled five year old daughter back at home or the cataclysmic problems in her marriage, but soon after the plane takes off, she receives a chilling anonymous note. Someone wants to make sure the plane never reaches its destination and they are demanding her cooperation - and they know exactly how to get it. It's 20 hours to landing. Anything can happen in 20 hours. You can save hundreds of lives or the one that matters most. 'Taking the locked room mystery to a new, white-knuckle extreme, this is electrifying.' 389pp.