The Last Flight: A Novel by Julie Clark. Sourcebooks, 2020. Adult fiction, mystery. Claire Cook, the wife of a wealthy, well known philanthropist looks like she has the perfect life. Few know she is an abused wife. She makes a plan to escape and start a new life. Unfortunately, she is foiled at the airport. But, a woman named Eva overhears her distress and offers to exchange identities and plane tickets with Claire. Eva says her husband has died in California and that she needs a new start, too. Claire boards the plane to California and notices airport monitors showing that the other plane has crashed. Did Eva die in the crash? Will people really think that Claire is dead? Eva's story of life in California does not ring true as Claire goes to the apartment on Eva's license. It is the only place Claire knows where her husband may not link to her and find her. But, what about secrets Eva may have been keeping?
This is a grand thriller of a tale! There are enough red herrings to keep readers guessing and enough details to make both women very real indeed. Clark's debut novel, The Ones We Choose, in 2018, has been optioned for television, and there is little doubt that this novel will also make its way to film as well.
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