The Last Flight; Julie Clark
Sourcebooks - 2020
The Last Flight was one of the better thrillers that I've read in 2020. It's the story of two women, strangers to each other, from different ends of the US, each is trying to escape from bad situation.
Claire, from Manhattan, appears to have an enviable life on the outside. But, privately, her politically connected husband is controlling and abusive. She has tried to leave him previously, this time she hopes she will succeed with her well thought out plan that includes a new identity. Eva, from Berkeley, CA, is a bright, single woman who has gotten herself into a bad situation that she is desperately trying to flee from. The women meet at JFK airport where Eva overhears a bit of Claire's frantic conversation. Eva follows her to a bar area and strikes up a conversation and, before long they come up with a plan that might work for for both women.
This was very well written and I loved how each woman's story unfolded in alternating chapters. There was often a cliff hanger that made you want to just keep reading a bit more. The characters were smart women who just ended up in bad situations. I highly recommend this one for readers who enjoy a good thriller.
Rating - 4.5/5 stars
We like thrillers and cliffhangers too, this one sounds good!
ReplyDeleteI have this one bookmarked, and I'm glad to know that you enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this review. The book sounds quite interesting and worth a read.
ReplyDeleteOoh this sounds really good! I like the idea of them coming together to try to come up with a plan that will help both of them. sounds like a good one!!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really good!
ReplyDeleteI've just started seeing this book on various blogs and it looks really good. And the thought of reading about travel when we all can't appeals as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recommendation, Diane.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best thrillers you read this year is a good enough recommendation for me!
ReplyDeleteI requested this from my library from your review it sounds like I would enjoy reading it.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really good...that alternating viewpoint way of writing a thriller often tempts me to read the book by skipping every other chapter so that I can keep up with the action in one storyline. Actually did that one time and found it to be a terrible mistake. LOL
ReplyDeleteOooh ... this sounds good! I like interwoven stories with alternating points of view. Nothing like a good thriller - thanks for the heads up!
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Will definitely put this one on my to read list!
ReplyDeleteThis one was a little different from what I expected. I did race through it though.
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