Suddenly, the thrilling adventure of working as a flight attendant on a history-making long-haul flight becomes a desperate race to unmask a villain and find a way out of a horrific ultimatum before innocent lives are lost. This in no way affects my opinion of the book(s) included in this post. Frankly, the very best part of this story is the somewhat ambiguous ending (which I would love to discuss via our message boards!). A Thursday is a spiritual sequel to A Wednesday. $32.99. HOSTAGE is a thriller infused with the claustrophobia of a locked room mystery, the tension and interpersonal secrets of domestic noir, and the high stakes of an action thriller. For no particular reason, I didnt go back and read her first books, I Let You Go and I See You, but when the NetGalley fairy dangled this under my nose, I wasnt going to say no. The stunning new novel from Clare Mackintosh, the international bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You. Dies geschieht in Ihren Datenschutzeinstellungen. Someone who needs Minas assistance and who knows exactly how to make her comply. Seat belts off, passengers on their feet, bells already summoning drinks. After growing fond of the central characters, I was expecting one last turn of the screw, but the section at the end after the time jump just didnt work for me at all. As ever, Clare Mackintosh excels at giving readers a suspense novel driven by the secrets and murky motivations of her characters. A 20-hour, nonstop plane flight from London to Sydney provides the claustrophobic backdrop for this . Great interpretation - that's pretty much how I felt too but I couldn't definitively say! Then, you will close the door. Mackintosh is an expert at character development, and the shadowy motives and sinister alliances between her characters will keep readers on their toes. Discover the twisty, gripping I See You - a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and a Sunday Times Number One bestseller. A lot can happen in twenty hours. Same! Daten ber Ihr Gert und Ihre Internetverbindung, wie Ihre IP-Adresse, Browsing- und Suchaktivitten bei der Nutzung von Yahoo Websites und -Apps. Mina is part of the flight crew working on a record breaking 20 hour non-stop.. Mackintosh closes Hostage off in her signature style, whereby she issues her audience with a whopping final twist. So, she's doing a bad thing like Rowan, to stop a bad person like Rowan. With more than two million copies of her books sold worldwide Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of Sunday Times number 1 bestsellers I Let You Go I See You and Let Me Lie as well as bestsellers After the End and Hostage. These are stories that entertained me, challenged me, thrilled me, and kept me on the edge of my seat; in this list youll find Gothic horror, Nordic Noir, psychological suspense, and much more; a wide array of crime fiction subgenres, but all excellent books that stood out from the pack for me in 2022. This is a true edge-of-your-seat suspense thriller that is not to be missed! Hostage. 1 comment. *******Spoiler alert**********. 2023 www.jacksonville.com. The characters we meet first, who form the core of the story are Mina and Adam, whose marriage has been disintegrating in recent months. Synopsis. And herein lies my biggest problem with this novel. Hostage tells the story of the world's first direct flight between London and Sydney, 20 hours in the air with no stops and over 350 passengers and crew on board. Vernon . After paging for a doctor who promptly confirms the same they agree its best to leave him reclined in his seat. Hello everyone, and welcome back to The Bookworm's Fantasy! Hostage is the intense, exciting, on the end of your seat thriller that has made me love her books. THE BLURB: You can save hundreds of lives. The story is told in dual timelines - Mina and the passengers and crew on Flight 79 - and Adam and Sophia back on the ground. Signed Edition. What's happening is that Rowan is trying to indoctrinate Sophia using her naivete a. Hi, just finished the book and I think I can answer your question. SPOILERS for Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger, SPOILERS for The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden, SPOILERS for The Haunting of Brynn Wilder, SPOILERS for The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose. And then later, nerves already stretched taught, shes separating trash in the galley when she spots an envelope with her name on it. Mackintosh brilliantly muddies the waters here. their hopes, dreams and regrets as it is about the circumstances in which Mina finds herself. Clare Mackintosh, HOSTAGE. But if you think Mina is having a bad day, just wait until you spend some time with her husband, Adam. :O. I am so glad you stopped by. Falling by TJ Newman is an excellent thriller featuring a pilot whose family (back home) is held hostage; the captors threatening to kill them if he doesnt purposely crash his plane, killing everyone onboard. I was (and still am) confused for the same reasons! Did he cheat? Hi, Im Deborah a seachanger living on Australias Fraser Coast, in Queensland. Surprising twists propel the story to an unexpected finale. We know from this that they are each keeping secrets from the other, as well as from co-workers and others in their lives, but even we dont know what those secrets areat first. Stacy Willinghams masterful use of dual timelines adds intrigue and atmosphere to this compelling mystery, while her immersive writing draws readers into our protagonists increasingly unstable state of mind. Sourcebooks Landmark, $26.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-7282-4552-2. The Nerd Daily 2023. Will Mina save the lives of the innocent passengers aboard her plane, or save the life of her beloved young daughter? No, I dont. ), so I will have to speak in broad terms here, but there are a number of elements to the finale of HOSTAGE that bear exploring, as much as we can do so in a spoiler-free fashion. More than any other criteria, the key thing these books have in common is simple: they are all books Ive continued to think about since I finished reading them. [Spoiler alert question. Clare Mackintoshs I Let You Go is one of the books I recommended most frequently. An hour from now, you will ask one of the pilots to leave the flight deck. You can read our other review of this title HERE. Steven Barge and In Search Of The Classic Mystery Novel, 2010-present. Friends, I like divergent plot lines that coalesce in clever ways and I like to root for an underdog, but this time out, I think the author had a few too many balls in the air and she doesnt quite catch them all. Print/Kindle/iBook. Hi all! Could someone please verify who was given the poisoned baking at the end ? Twenty hours, it says. Ranked from Christmas level 1 - 5 (with Level 1 being Christmas in the background of the story, and Level 5 being a full-on, 100% Christmas-y plot! You not deserve crap like this, Mina is convinced her husband Adam had an affair with her and that it ended badly. Clare Mackintosh did not disappoint! Clare Mackintosh has delivered a masterpiece of terror in her latest novel, "Hostage." Adam and Mina Holbrook are going through a very rough time in their marriage. I wasnt invested in the overarching plot, and I struggled to like and/or understand the principals. Hostage is out on 22nd June tomorrow! I loved the tantalizing insights these chapters provide into the strangers on board Minas plane, and I similarly loved the little hints Mackintosh doles out through these chapters that not everyone on the plane can be trusted. Christmas is around the corner, and if youre a reader who likes to theme your reads to the season, todays blog post is for you! At work, Mina is focused and attentive to the needs of her passengers, but at home, shes convinced her life is spinning out of her control. Plenty of reviewers on NetGalley praised it for its shock value, and its certainly shocking, but it just felt over-the-top to me and left something of a nasty taste in my mouth. Is it okay to sometimes resent her difficult, challenging daughter? It's twenty hours to landing. If you're going to read a thriller that is full of chills, summer is the time to do so. This is a true edge-of-your-seat suspense thriller that is not to be missed! Hostage is available from Amazon, Book Depository, and other good book retailers, like your local bookstore, as of June 22nd 2021. Boasting brilliant plotting and captivating characters, Mackintosh's thriller places a flight attendant in front of an impossible decision and offers psychological suspense at its most acute. Proceed with caution. Please post a comment and let me know what brought you to my corner of the web. And then she finds the note the one that tells her that she has two choices. "Written by New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh, Hostage focuses on Mina, a flight attendant, who gets an anonymous message warning her to comply with directions or risk her daughter's life. Or believable. Clever, surprising, and moving, it satisfies on so many levels. The bathroom adjacent to the flight deck will already be occupied. I hope you're all doing well. So she, having outsmarted him, pretends she's going along with his vile ideas but is secretly planning to destroy him using the same methods/ reasoning as him. Slow-burning yet simmering with tension and suspense, ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS is hypnotic, immersive, and emotionally-impactfulthe kind of mystery youll sink into, not coming up for air until youve turned the final page. Do I think it would drive someone to murder a planeload of strangers? When we meet her, Minas home life is rocky at best: she suspects her husband Adam of having an affair, and is struggling to connect with her young daughter, Sophia. From the return of fan-favorite authors to thrilling new voices being published for the first time, the crime fiction genre was in top form in 2022making it all the more challenging to pick just 10 books from the year to highlight here! In addition, she has included bits of smart social commentary on prejudice and discrimination, extremism, and the assumptions we make about those around us. Who took the picture? A lot can happen in twenty hours. There are loads of little reveals along the way, situations described, such as Minas aborted first flying lesson that become something more later in the day. Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems of her five-year-old . I agree with Sima. In Hostage, she lays the groundwork of the story just right so that the answers are never obvious, but the reader can just begin to see where some of the pieces might start to fit, resulting in that blessed A-Ha! feeling that thriller readers crave. 'When Clare Mackintosh goes high concept, she doesn't mess around' LINWOOD BARCLAY 'An incredibly tense read that has a satisfyingly clever ending' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A thrilling rollercoaster of a story. Pocketing the envelope, she moves to a quiet spot to read the enclosed note. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The multiple character perspectives helped you connect with what each person was going through and as well as added the suspense of trying to solve the mystery of who was involved. Mackintosh expertly explores the grey areas in her characters lives, bringing them to life on the page. So, although this book is about someone keen to sabotage the first non-stop London to Sydney flight, Mackintosh takes a more in-depth look into the complex lives of our two key narrators, Mina and her husband Adam. I couldn't wait another week to chat about this book so here it is. You can save hundreds of lives. Would she be in this mess if she hadnt swapped shifts? The explosively addictive locked-room thriller from New York Times best seller Clare Mackintosh! Mina, one of our narrators, is a flight attendant working on a highly publicized inaugural flight from London to Sydney. Novel. This is another great read by Mackintosh whose books Im consistently enjoying. Rowan was the mastermind behind the hijacking. I loved the passenger PoVs I just wish there had been more of them before and after events began to unfold. (LogOut/ Its twenty hours to landing. [It was very confusing, but the poisoned cookies were definitely given to Rowan. I realize Ive already gotten a bit ahead in my opening salvo, so let me backtrack a bit without spoiling the story for you. A claustrophobic thriller set over 20 hours on one airplane flight, with the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the wrenching emotional intensity of Room, Hostage takes us on board the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney. They both feel real and relatable and its easy to engage with both. Uh oh. Mackintosh fans will enjoy her deep dive into divisive characters, but will miss the chills and twists weve come to know and love from this author. "Memory sifts. Shes straightening his clothing before covering him with a blanket when she spots his wallet hanging out of his front pocket. Thanks so much to Sphere Books! I just finished the audiobook of Hostage, and I am hoping someone could help me understand the ending. Thank you for subscribing to CBTB Reviews. Mina needs the break to get her thoughts and feelings in order. like. Its very weird to read two similar books in close succession. Join thousands of book lovers in a free online book club, run by Sunday Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh. Hostage by Clare Mackintosh Published by Sourcebooks Landmark on 22/06/2021 Genres: Psychological Thriller ISBN: 1728245524 Pages: 400 Goodreads All opinions my own. 'Mackintosh is a pro' NEW YORK TIMES 'Taking the locked room mystery to a new, white-knuckle extreme, this is electrifying' HEAT 'When Clare Mackintosh goes high concept, she doesn't mess around' LINWOOD BARCLAY 'An incredibly tense read that has a satisfyingly clever ending' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A thrilling rollercoaster of a . Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Death In A Million Living Rooms aka Die Laughing (1951) by PatriciaMcGerr, The Sorrowful Mysteries of BrotherAthelstan, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, Do You Write Under Your Own Name? So why did I say almost? Chapters each begin with whose point of view we are following as well as the time. It was published in the summer of 2021. Or engage in a long, drawn out Machiavellian plan that targets and victimizes strangers simply looking for friendship and support? In Search Of The Classic Mystery Novel by Steven Barge is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Oh, no, just went back to the book and this is what it says: "tiny piece of purple foxglove petal". Hostage (2021) by Clare Mackintosh Mina's life, after splitting up with her husband Adam, consists of two things - caring for her daughter Sophia and her job as an airline flight attendant. That said, it reminded me of the car crash at the beginning of the last season of, The Earl She Should Never Desire by Lara Temple, The Viking's Stolen Princess by Sarah Rodi. In October 2020 it was announced that Mackintosh's fifth novel would be a thriller called Hostage. What's happening is that Rowan is trying to indoctrinate Sophia using her naivete and intelligence at the same time, but Sophia is too smart for him. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to the Puzzle Doctor and In Search Of The Classic Mystery Novel with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Unfortunately, while the scenes on the plane are tense and intense, all the other stuff going on outside the plane detract from it. "HOSTAGE is everything you could possibly want from a psychological thriller and more, proving once again that Clare Mackintosh is a master of this genre." On the day of the launch of World Airways Flight 79, Mina is in awe of the many special guests and celebrities who will make up the 353 passengers on this journey. What did you think about the . I can hardly believe weve come to the end of 2022and what a year its been! Its the epilogue. Clare Mackintosh's latest book Hostage is similarly themed, though focussed on a flight attendant whose young daughter is threatened unless she (the mother, not the 5 year old!) Shes just sent an disgruntled economy passenger back to her seat when chaos erupts. Sorry, it wasnt. Klicken Sie auf Einstellungen verwalten um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und Ihre Einstellungen zu verwalten. I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review purposes. Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of New York Times bestseller I LET YOU GO, and Sunday Times bestsellers I SEE YOU, LET ME LIE and AFTER THE END. Though Mackintosh gives a little more attention to the bad guys, the why is probably a little underdone here as well. Shes swapped to do the flight so he can ahve some time away but it turns out that it wasnt the best idea. Hostage is the story of an air hostess, Mina who is on the inaugral flight from Gatwick to Sydney non stop. With over 2 million copies of her books sold worldwide, number one bestseller Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of I Let You Go, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and the fastest-selling title by a new crime writer in 2015. Mackintosh has filled Hostage with fear, panic, and excitement, and jam-packed it with action. Twenty hours in the sky, removed from the pressures and worries of her domestic troubles, focused instead on fulfilling the duties of her job, might be just what Mina needs to clear her head. Is Mina selfish for taking the flight and leaving her family behind? In my review I wondered the same thing, as its not clear & I had to keep re-reading to try & figure it out! I wasn't invested in the overarching plot, and I struggled to like and/or understand the principals. twist of her dbut. Adam and Mina Holbrook are going through a very rough time in their marriage. That is all I will ask you to do, Mina, and, if you do it, your daughter will live. 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