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“FIENDISHLY CLEVER. Mackintosh takes domestic suspense to new heights in this tale of a kidnapped child, hijacked plane, and two parents’ desperate fight to save their family.” —Lisa Gardner

HOSTAGE

A Mile-High Thriller from New York Times Bestselling Author Clare Mackintosh

You can save hundreds of lives, or the one that matters most.

New York Times and international bestselling author Clare Mackintosh takes us aboard the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney in Hostage (Sourcebooks Landmark; Hardcover; June 22, 2021), a claustrophobic thriller about a flight attendant who becomes the center of a dangerous game when an anonymous passenger sends her a chilling note. They want to make sure the plane never reaches its destination, and if she doesn’t comply with their demands, her family back in London will pay the price. Told in racing dual timelines over the course of the twenty-hour flight, this high-flying thriller is perfect for readers who loved the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the emotional intensity of Room.

Mina is one of a hand-picked team of flight attendants chosen for the high-profile journey. She’s trying to focus on the job at hand and not the problems of her adoptive five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage to a police officer who has become secretive and distant. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina is silently taken hostage in a plot to hijack the flight, and any attempt she makes to stop it will mean deadly consequences for her family.

With no way to know who is friend and who is foe, and with her every move being watched, Mina must weigh her duties as a flight attendant, entrusted to care for the hundreds of people on board, against those of being a mother. When one passenger is killed and then another, she knows she must act, but which lives matter more—her passengers, each with families, friends, and lives…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.

With a high emotional arc, a full cast of well-drawn characters, and a double-twist ending, this book will delight and terrify readers of female-driven thrillers.

This room is not only locked, it’s pressurized.

HOSTAGE by Clare Mackintosh On-sale June 22, 2021 | Sourcebooks Landmark | Hardcover | ISBN 9781728245522 Edelweiss: edelweiss.plus/?sku=1728245524&g=4400