Skyjack – K. J. Howe
When Thea Paris’s flight is hijacked over the Libyan Desert, her first priority is the two former child soldiers she is escorting to a new life in London.
As an international kidnap specialist, Thea Paris negotiates for hostage release as part of her job. She knows one wrong move could lead to deadly consequences.
After she is forcibly separated from the boys and the other passengers, Thea and her tactical team quickly regroup. And in their desperate search for the hostages that follows, unearth a conspiracy involving the CIA, the Vatican and the Sicilian Mafia, and a plot far more sinister than Thea could ever have imagined
My thanks to Sophie at Midas PR for my review copy and the chance to join the blog tour
K.J. Howe first introduced us to Thea Paris in the action packed thriller The Freedom Broker. Now Thea returns in Skyjack and there is no let-up in the thrills and danger which she will have to face.
Housekeeping first – reading The Freedom Broker will ensure you know a bit more about Thea and you will have a bit of a heads-up on the backstory – not having read the first novel will not stop you enjoying Skyjack!
Thea is traveling to London in the company of two young boys who are heading to the UK to start a new life after events in The Freedom Broker). However, the plane which Thea is traveling on is hijacked mid-flight – the pilot diverts his course and locks himself in the flight cabin. Working with the co-pilot but not knowing who else on the plane she may be able to trust Thea has to find a way to use her extensive training and regain control of the situation.
Why has Thea’s plane been targeted? Is it a random chance or could one of the other passengers be a strategic target for the hijackers?
What follows is a tension packed thrill-fest which is sure to delight readers that enjoy their action adventures to be tightly plotted but with a global reach. K.J. Howe gives us an international tale and she taps in to some very relevant modern themes with one of the main villains of the piece motivated by an obsessive desire to target a specific race.
I will admit to flying through my read of Skyjack. Events just keep coming and the “one more chapter” dilemma was very much in play while I was reading. There seemed to be loads going on and as the narrative switches around between various characters you know that K.J. Howe is pulling the strings to ensure all her players will deliver a cracking pay-off as the book reaches its conclusion.
Breathless entertainment across a large scale it has all the feel of a Hollywood summer blockbuster and should be a definite summer holiday read to keep beside you at poolside.
Skyjack is available in hardback, digital and audiobook – you can order a copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skyjack-Full-Throttle-Hijacking-Thriller-Never/dp/1681443015/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=