Falling by T.J. Newman

 

Bill Hoffman is a pilot at the top of his game.  He has been a pilot for many years now and except for his wife, son and baby daughter, he loves his job more than anything in his life.  Today's journey should be easy.  He is flying from Los Angeles to New York and his favorite flight attendant is working the flight.  He doesn't know his co-pilot Ben very well but he has liked what he's seen.

But today's flight will be different.  Bill finds out his family has been kidnapped.  The kidnapper gives him a choice:  Bill can crash the plane with all its passengers or they will give his family.  He must make the decision.  Readers may well have to put the book down occasionally as the tenseness of the situation is almost more than one can handle.

T.J. Newman is a former flight attendant and it's obvious she knows about flights and the relationship between a pilot and his crew after they have flown together numerous times.  The tension in this one starts out right at the beginning and is ratcheted up again and again until the reader's pulse is racing.  The book debuted at number two on the New York Times bestselling list and her subsequent novels are doing as well.  This novel has already been commissioned to become a television series in the near future and is recommended for thriller readers.