Last Hostage

✍ Scribed by Nance, John J

• Book ID: 107863098
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 204 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

A demented hijacker...
A master of aviation suspense, author John J. Nance thrilled the country with his explosive bestsellers, "Pandora's Clock "and "Medusa's Child. "Now, as only he can do, Nance soars with a gripping new novel about one man in the air and on the brink, and the one woman who can bring him-and a plane full of passengers-down safely...
Or a victim of injustice?
Fugitive pilot Ken Wolfe holds a 737 hostage high above the Rocky Mountains. As the lives of his passengers hang in the balance, Wolfe demands the apprehension and indictment of an unprosecuted killer-within twenty-four hours. Rookie FBI agent Kat Bronsky must tend to his fragile psyche while talking the pilot down and into the hands of the law. But as Wolfe's motives unfold, Kat begins to question who is actually the villain and who is the victim-and time continues to run out on a plane headed for disaster...
Sooner or later, the truth must land.

From Publishers Weekly

Solid aviation expertise and well-plotted twists barely keep this overwrought, made-for-TV tale aloft. Airbridge Airlines pilot Ken Wolfe fakes engine trouble to force a landing; then, having tricked his co-pilot off the plane, he takes off. His plan: to extort a confession from a surprise passenger, U.S. Attorney General nominee Rudolph Bostitch. It seems that, as a Connecticut DA, Bostitch covered up for the man who Wolfe believes tortured and killed his 11-year-old daughter. Wolfe rolls the plane to convince the crew that a hijacker with a bomb shares the cockpit, a Flitephone call alerts the FBI and novice female negotiator Kat Bronsky is put on the case. Romantic possibilities (and others, almost as improbable) open up when Bronsky is tricked onto the hijacked plane and bonds, just enough, with Wolfe. Good Morning America aviation analyst Nance (Medusa's Child) packs the plane with typecast passenger victims?an elderly fear-of-flying group, high-school band, pregnant wife, retired tough cop, plucky crew?and shifts his villains on the wing. Despite dialogue that could have been lifted from the Airplane parodies ("Have you ever pasted Annie's face on Melinda's mutilated body? Mentally, I mean"), technicalities of airline flight lend credence to this outrageously melodramatic thriller. (Feb.) FYI: Two of Nance's previous airplane thrillers, Pandora's Clock and Medusa's Child, were made into TV miniseries.
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From Library Journal

Nance (Medusa's Child, Audio Reviews, LJ 3/1/97) reads his novel here, the story of an aggrieved father whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered. An airline pilot, he hijacks the passenger jet he is flying in order to get justice for his daughter and opens a Pandora's Box of slimey big-wigs and politicos. The action is fast paced, and the plot has many interesting twists and turns. Nance's reading is clear, well paced, and passionate. This will be a fine addition to popular collections.?Michael T. Fein, Catawba Valley Community Coll., Hickory, NC
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