Hostage
2021 • 362 pages

Ratings28

Average rating3.5

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THE EMOTIONAL, JAW-DROPPING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING THRILLER. IF YOU'RE HOOKED ON APPLE TV+'S HIJACK, YOU WILL LOVE THIS! DON'T MISS CLARE'S NEW BOOK A GAME OF LIES - OUT NOW. 'Hypnotically good' LEE CHILD 'Jaw-dropping twists' LUCY FOLEY 'The book of the summer' SUN It's twenty hours to landing. A lot can happen in twenty hours . . . You're on board the first non-stop flight from London to Sydney. It's a landmark journey, and the world is watching. Shortly after take-off, you receive a chilling anonymous note. There are people on this plane intent on bringing it down - and you're the key to their plan. You'd never help them, even if your life depended on it. But they have your daughter . . . So now you have to choose. DO YOU SAVE HUNDREDS OF LIVES? OR THE ONE THAT MATTERS MOST? 'Feels like a blockbuster movie' LISA JEWELL 'The queen of nail-biting suspense' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'A nail-biter of a thriller' SHARI LAPENA 'A rip-roaring finale' GUARDIAN 'Propulsive - will have you questioning "what would you do?" at every turn' KARIN SLAUGHTER '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 story. It'll leave you breathless' JANE FALLON 'A smart pay-off' THE TIMES, THE BEST THRILLERS FOR JUNE 'A tense, convincing, nail-biter of a thriller' ADELE PARKS, PLATINUM MAGAZINE 'A banger of a book with a truly agonising "what would you do?"' RUTH WARE 'A thrilling, chilling gut-punch of a book' RED 'Why did no one warn me how bloody addictive it is?' TAMMY COHEN 'I dare anyone to read this high-octane, tense thriller on a flight' PRIMA 'I got wrong-footed, then I got whiplash! Mind-blowing' SANDIE JONES 'The year's most intriguing high-concept plot' DAILY EXPRESS 'Full of mystery, tension and emotion. An incredible thriller' ALLIE REYNOLDS 'Buckle up for some edge-of-your-plane-seat action' FABULOUS

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April 27, 2023
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it was an emotional rollercoaster throughout + packed a punch of an ending that brought that darkness i wanted

February 24, 2022

I did not like the ending.  It kind of ruined the book for me.  

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