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The Flight

By: Matthew Hall
Narrated by: Sian Thomas
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The Flight is the fourth thrilling installment in Matthew Hall's gripping, CWA Gold Dagger shortlisted Coroner Jenny Cooper series, from the creator of BBC One's Keeping Faith.

A tragic accident or a terrible crime?

When Flight 189 plunges into the Severn Estuary, Coroner Jenny Cooper finds herself handling the case of a lone sailor whose boat appears to have been sunk by the stricken plane, and drawn into the mysterious fate of a ten year-old girl, Amy Patterson, a passenger on 189, whose largely unmarked body is washed up alongside his.

While a massive and highly secretive operation is launched to recover clues from the wreckage, Jenny begins to ask questions the official investigation doesn’t want answered. How could such a high tech plane – virtually impregnable against human error – fail? What linked the high powered passengers who found themselves on this ill-fated flight? And how did Amy Patterson survive the crash, only to perish hours later?

Under pressure from Amy’s grieving mother, and opposed by those at the very highest levels of government, Jenny must race against time to seek the truth behind this terrible disaster, before it can happen again . . .

The Flight is followed by the fifth book in the Coroner Jenny Cooper series, The Chosen Dead.

The Jenny Cooper novels have been adapted into a hit TV series, Coroner, made for CBC and NBC Universal starring Serinda Swan and Roger Cross.

Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Law Detective Destiny Aviation

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Critic reviews

‘An edge-of-the-seat thriller . . . this fourth novel in the excellent Jenny Cooper series should come with a health warning’ Irish Independent
‘Ed McBain semi-inaugurated the forensics genre, but Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs parleyed his innovations into stratospheric sales. But the field has not become an exclusively female sorority – or an American domain. A highly talented male writer has offered a challenge, albeit one who plays safe by using a woman protagonist. The Coroner (2009) by M R Hall was an instant hit. His heroine Jenny Cooper, a divorcée who has had a nervous breakdown, struggled with a new job as coroner for the Severn Vale . . . It would appear that Hall has decided to broaden his canvas with this latest outing for his protagonist, still dependent on prescription drugs. She is coming to terms with the breakdown that we read about in The Coroner, but still fragile. Here, she is up against her most dangerously influential opponents . . . It looks like Jenny Cooper – and her creator – are here for the long haul: good news for readers’ Independent
'The Flight is M R Hall's fourth story to feature clever coroner Jenny Cooper. His investigation of a plane crash in the Severn estuary is as complex and impressive as his debut The Coroner' Sunday Telegraph
'Fasten your seatbelts for a quality thriller...Matthew Hall's first-rate books about unorthodox Bristol coroner Jenny Cooper. The Flight is Cooper's fourth outing and Hall's Gold Dagger-nominated books, quite simply, get better each time. Part of it is the former barrister and TV producer's ability to structure and deliver a thriller that has you keep turning the pages. I read The Flight, as its predecessors, at one sitting. But Hall is also a hit upon a genuinely fascinating aspect of the justice system...The most compelling element of Hall's books, however, is Cooper herself: difficult, damaged, self-destructive, struggling to recover from a divorce . . . It is wonderful stuff, chillingly plausible, but properly best not read on a long haul flight' Independent on Sunday
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loving this series , well written, intriguing characters especially the corner Jenny . Great audio book, Sian Thomas is a pleasure to listen to.

great listen once again.

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wow
very well balanced and exciting story.
well read
really enjoyed and would highly recommend

excellent read

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I really enjoyed this book. Some may find the conspiracy a little far fetched but topical none the less. A gripping book which I could not stop listening to. It will make me think and be very aware next time I am on a jumbo jet heading across the Atlantic !

Excellent

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Mathew Hall to date--'The Flight' Book Four kept me intrigued as did the three previous books.
Jenny Cooper the main character in the book has problems like the rest of society but is able to go about her job as Coroner with outwardly complete professionalism.
Full of intrigued, the story is believable! Loved it.
I am looking forward to book five.
The narrator is brilliant and hope she is doing all Jenny Cooper's story's.
I listen to all audible books whilst doing the jobs I hate i.e. domestics around the house and also in any leisure time I might have.

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This series just gets better and better. Easily as good as Cornwell's Scarpeta series, of which I am also a big fan.

WOW!

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