June 14

Falling – T.J. Newman

  • You just boarded a flight to New York.

There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard.

What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped.

For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die.

The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane.

Enjoy the flight.

 

I received a review copy from the publisher.  My thanks to Anne Cater from Random Things Blog Tours for the opportunity to host this leg of the tour.

 

Starting this review with a trip to dictionary.com –

RELENTLESS

adjective

not easing or slackening; maintaining speed, vigor, etc.:a relentless barrage of bad news.
See also: Falling by T.J. Newman

 

This is a book with a lot of action to cover and the pace is…well it’s relentless.  From the opening paragraphs the reader is caught up in the fast evolving rush of danger and trauma and it’s not until you reach the end of the book you feel you can pause and take it all in.

Over the last few days I have seen several people sharing their thoughts on Twitter and more than one person has noted they read Falling in one sitting.  It’s very much that kind of story…you don’t want to stop and the story doesn’t offer many places where you feel you CAN stop.  Have I just described a page-turner?

If you read the blurb at the top of this page then you know a pilot is faced with the choice of crashing his plane and saving his family from kidnappers or landing the plane to save the strangers on board but this will result in the death of his wife and children.  The reader follows the pilot (Bill) and his family on the ground so we know exactly how their respective stories unfold.  We see the tension, the anger, the terror and their frustration. We also get to see the bad guys of the piece too and can understand why they have taken this course of action.

I don’t plan to get into the detail of how the story unfolds, to hint at some of the twists and turns of this drama would be veering into spoiler territory which is a no-fly-zone here.  Suffice to say a plane being held to ransom isn’t something which can be kept under wraps for too long and the story opens up from more than just a really intense family drama.

A June release for Falling is very appropriate as this book feels like a Hollywood summer blockbuster movie.  Take it all with a pinch of salt, engage popcorn mode and sit back to enjoy the thrill-fest.

This is the holiday beach read for this summer and for several summers to come. Pure escapism entertainment.

 

Falling is published by Simon & Schuster and is available in Hardback, audiobook and digital format.  You can order a copy here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/falling/t-j-newman/9781398507241

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