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The Flight Attendant

A Novel

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The Flight Attendant

By: Chris Bohjalian
Narrated by: Erin Spencer, Grace Experience, Mark Deakins
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 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
A NATIONAL INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER

From the author of The Guest Room, a powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened.

Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room, she tries to piece the previous night back together, counting the minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with. She sees his dark hair. His utter stillness. And blood, a slick, still wet pool on the crisp white sheets. Afraid to call the police - she's a single woman alone in a hotel room far from home - Cassie begins to lie. She lies as she joins the other flight attendants and pilots in the van. She lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin. She lies to the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. Soon it's too late to come clean-or face the truth about what really happened back in Dubai. Could she have killed him? If not, who did?

Set amid the captivating world of those whose lives unfold at forty thousand feet, The Flight Attendant unveils a spellbinding story of memory, of the giddy pleasures of alcohol and the devastating consequences of addiction, and of murder far from home. Detective Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Aviation Thriller

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This was an interestingly written story, told from the POV of the two key female characters and with "quotes" from transcripts of FBI interviews.

Cassie, whose life is already pretty much a mess, suddenly finds herself way out of her depth. Her habit of lying does her no favours as she tries to escape the situation, which twists and turns beneath her. We get a good insight into her personality and how she ended up like that.

The other female character, who we first meet as Miranda, is far more organised and disciplined, but also finds herself in deep water and wants to escape.

At times, I felt the story was pretty slow, especially where it describes Cassie's insights and thinking in the middle of scenes which wouldn't really allow time for her to articulate them.

There were a few curve balls, especially from the FBI, and another from Miranda, which weren't foreshadowed as far as I could tell.

Entertaining and engaging

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I really enjoyed this. Very good story and well read though I felt the narration was a bit flat at times and no attempt was made to differentiate between a man or woman speaking.
It drifted off a little towards the end but overall, a very good listen.

Nice!

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Finding a new author to listen to can be difficult. However this is a good story and refreshingly unpredictable.

A good listen

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Great story, fantastic narration really enjoyed it - first-class! Will definitely get more books by this author.

Brilliant Story

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I enjoyed this novel it kept me listening and was easy to follow. I liked the main narrator however the one who did the voice of Miranda was quite bad she never changed her voice from character to character so i was confused about who was talking. I would recommend as an easy listen and if you enjoy crime and mystery novels and female protagonist.

Gripping story

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