THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY BESTSELLER, & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
“The Last Flight is thoroughly absorbing—not only because of its tantalizing plot and deft pacing, but also because of its unexpected poignancy and its satisfying, if bittersweet, resolution. The characters get under your skin.”—The New York Times Book Review
Two women. Two flights. One last chance to disappear.
… Book Review
Two women. Two flights. One last chance to disappear.
Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns bright and he’s not above using his staff to track Claire’s every move.
What he doesn’t know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish. A plan that takes her to the airport, poised to run from it all. But a chance meeting in the airport bar brings her together with a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision.
The two women switch tickets, with Claire taking Eva’s flight to Oakland, and Eva traveling to Puerto Rico as Claire. They believe the swap will give each of them the head start they need to begin again somewhere far away. But when the flight to Puerto Rico crashes, Claire realizes it’s no longer a head start but a new life. Cut off, out of options, with the news of her death about to explode in the media, Claire will assume Eva’s identity, and along with it, the secrets Eva fought so hard to keep hidden.
For fans of Lisa Jewell and Liv Constantine, The Last Flight is the story of two women—both alone, both scared—and one agonizing decision that will change the trajectory of both of their lives.
Praise for The Last Flight:
“The Last Flight is a wild ride: One part Strangers on a Train, one part Breaking Bad, with more twists than an amusement park roller coaster! Julie Clark is a devilishly inventive storyteller.”
—Janelle Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear and Pretty Things
“The Last Flight is everything you want in a book: a gripping story of suspense; haunting, vulnerable characters; and a chilling and surprising ending that stays with you long after the last page.”
—Aimee Molloy, New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Mother
“The perfect combination of beautiful prose and high suspense, and an ending that I guarantee will catch you off guard.”
—Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author of Dear Wife and The Marriage Lie
“The Last Flight sweeps you into a thrilling story of two desperate women who will do anything to escape their lives. Both poignant and addictive, you’ll race through the pages to the novel’s chilling end. A must read of the summer!”
—Kaira Rouda, internationally bestselling author of Best Day Ever and The Favorite
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Claire is married but it is anything but a happy marriage.Her husband is a violent man and Claire knows her only chance is being brave enough to leave him. Eva has made some terrible decisions in her life and needs to escape her world. A chance meeting at the airport the women change lives. Eva goes to Puerto Rico instead of Claire and Claire goes to Oakland where Eva was going. Things don’t go as the women have planned in their minds. This book is an absolute non stop thriller. From page 1 to the final page it has action, secrets, lies, twists, and turns. I absolutely love it! I received an advanced readers copy and all opinions are my own.
What a thrilling premise! Two women who meet at the airport decide to swap their boarding passes in an attempt to leave their pasts behind and the people looking for them. And then, one of the planes crashes. The stories of the two women, one in the past, the other in the present, are expertly woven into a propulsive, fast-paced narrative. But it’s the women’s journeys—learning to stand up for themselves and escape the men who manipulate them—that give this story an emotional punch and make it hard to forget. Can’t wait for Julie Clark’s next novel!
It’s rarely that I give a thriller 5 stars but this one was exceptionally good. I thought the dual plot lines flowed well and I didn’t have any trouble shifting from one woman’s story to the other. There is a lot of back and forth but it’s easy to follow.
So as women sometimes I think we’ve come so far but yet there are still so many women out there being abused by their husbands or controlled by dealers and pimps. This is the story of two very different women who both desperately need to escape their lives and they have done a great deal of research and planning to find a way to escape.
One point of view is that of Claire, married to a prominent political family, think the Kennedy’s which are always the first to come to mind. She thought she married a funny, loving and caring man but as their marriage went on he became physically abusive. Rory has surrounded himself with so much staff that seem to watch Claire’s every move, including his personal manager, Danielle, that Claire at first can’t think of a way to escape from him. She had failed a prior attempt and suffered badly at her husband’s hand with the bruises, etc to prove it. This time, with the help of her close friend whose husband has great “connections” she thinks she has it planned perfectly. She will go to a planned event but then drastically change her course and plane destination and hopefully disappear. On the day of the planned event however, her husband suddenly decides that she must fly to Puerto Rico to an event there that he wants her to attend. She still thinks she has a chance to get away if she can only figure out a way. She meets another woman Eva, with a ticket to California, at the airport bar and everything changes!!!!!!!!!!
Eva was raised in the foster care system but she was one of the ones who made it out! She had a great scholarship and was working hard in college at Berkely and then met the wrong guy. He got her in a situation with drugs and when they were both caught, the police only pressed charges on Eva and she lost her scholarship. Desperate and with no money, she meets a man who promises a “safe” career in drug dealing if only she follows all of the rules. For a while she works at making and selling drugs, but then things turn dark and frightening and she wants to get away and start a new life.
These two characters meet at the bar in the airport and decide to change tickets, passports, ID’s, purses, basically their entire identity. Claire goes to Oakland and Eva to Puerto Rico.
There is a lot to follow in this twisty, roller coaster of a thriller. When at any time I thought I knew what would happen I was wrong. What aced this one for me was the description of the characters and I found them both believable and vulnerable and I was rooting for them both. This book is very fast paced and will practically force you to continue!
No more plot details, I want everyone to experience the thrills in this book, I highly recommend it.
I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher through Edelweiss.
It is set to publish on June 2, 2020.
I loved this authors debut novel last year and looked so forward to this one. I really enjoyed it. Quite the plot of disappearing with a different twist. Told in a before an event happens and present day, it’s a page turner until the end.
Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the ARC