CHRIS BOHJALIAN is the author of twenty books, including The Guest Room; Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands; The Sandcastle Girls; Skeletons at the Feast; The Double Bind; and Midwives which was a number one New York Times bestseller and a selection of Oprah's Book Club. Chris's work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and three novels have become movies (Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers). Chris lives in Vermont and can be found at www.chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Litsy, and Goodreads.
Filled with turbulence and sudden plunges in altitude, The Flight Attendant is a very rare thriller whose penultimate chapter made me think to myself, 'I didn't see that coming.' The novel--Bohjalian's 20th-- is also enhanced by his deftness in sketching out vivid characters and locales and by his obvious research into the realities of airline work. --Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post
An expertly turned thriller... An assured novel about
reckoning not just with some ruthless bad guys, but private sadness
as well... [Bohjalian]'s developed a graceful hand at thriller
mechanics, smoothly shifting from Cassie's private paranoia to the
intricacies of spycraft and mercenaries to the public tabloid
sensation she's become. He's back-loaded the story with twists,
from ones that were hinted at early to left-field surprises. And
the brisk and busy ending is a fireworks show of redemption,
revelation and old-fashioned gunplay. --Mark Athitakis, USA
Today Flight attendant Cassie Bowden: a self-destructive alcoholic
who favors one-night stands, a gifted liar, a petty thief. But
she's also someone we can relate to: a soul damaged during
childhood, terribly alone, and desperate for love... Readers who
enjoyed the imperfect heroine in Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the
Train and the anxiety-ridden paranoia of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime
and Punishment will be hooked by this murder mystery.
--Library Journal (Starred Review) Bohjalian is an
unfaltering storyteller who crosses genres with fluidity, from
historical fiction to literary thrillers...a read-in-one-sitting
escapade that is as intellectually satisfying as it is emotionally
entertaining.--Booklist (Starred Review)
The stakes couldn't be higher (literally)as Cassandra pieces
together a mystery while working 40,000 feet above ground in Chris
Bohjalian's gripping The Flight Attendant. Read it before Kaley
Cuoco stars in the upcoming series!
--Cosmopolitan
Bohjalian twists the tension tight and keeps the surprises
startling. --Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal
[Bohjalian's] 20th novel...combines popular tropes with a serious
examination of social issues. Binge-drinking flight attendant
Cassandra Bowden wakes up with another bad hangover in a Dubai
hotel room and finds the man she spent the night with lying dead
beside her... What really happened? And what are the consequences
of addiction, deception, and denial? Fans are lining up.
--Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal
A magnificent book...sleek and gorgeous...This is a Master Class in
fiction.
--Augusten Burroughs The author provides enough twists for a
roller coaster fan... The beauty of the book is that, along with
the politics of the plot, Cassie's humanity comes through...the
last 100 pages turn tense as you try to follow the unexpected but
believable surprises Bohjalian has in store and answers whether
Cassie can find salvation. --Amanda St. Amand, St. Louis
Post-Dispatch A high-octane thriller that will have you holding
your breath with every page...As if ripped from today's headlines,
Bohjalian paints a vivid portrait of death and despair on a canvas
of Russian espionage. --Nicholas Addison Thomas,
Fredericksburg Free
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