the flight attendant chris bohjalian summary

He’s back-loaded the story with twists, from ones that were hinted at early to left-field surprises. 'An expertly turned thriller… An assured novel about reckoning not just with some ruthless bad guys, but private sadness as well… ’s developed a graceful hand at thriller mechanics, smoothly shifting from Cassie’s private paranoia to the intricacies of spycraft and mercenaries to the public tabloid sensation she’s become. 'Filled with turbulence and sudden plunges in altitude, The Flight Attendant is a very rare thriller whose penultimate chapter made me think to myself, 'I didn’t see that coming.' The novel-Bohjalian’s 20th- is also enhanced by his deftness in sketching out vivid characters and locales and by his obvious research into the realities of airline work.' -Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post 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. Could she have killed him? If not, who did?

Soon it's too late to come clean-or face the truth about what really happened back in Dubai. She lies to the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. She lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin.

She lies as she joins the other flight attendants and pilots in the van. Afraid to call the police - she's a single woman alone in a hotel room far from home - Cassie begins to lie. And blood, a slick, still wet pool on the crisp white sheets. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with.

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 lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. 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.Ĭassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings.

The flight attendant chris bohjalian summary