'A nail-biter of a thriller' Shari Lapena
‘Hypnotically good' Lee Child
'Feels like a blockbuster movie' Lisa Jewell
‘Utterly riveting’ Lucy Foley
‘A propulsive read – Hostage will have you questioning “what would you do” at every turn’ Karin Slaughter
The jaw-dropping, edge-of-your-seat Sunday Times bestselling thriller
Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
Sphere / 23 June / PB / £8.99
Save hundreds of lives. Or save your child?
You're on board the first non-stop flight from London to Sydney. It's a landmark journey, and the world is watching.
Shortly after take-off, you receive a chilling anonymous note.
There are people on this plane intent on bringing it down - and you're the key to their plan.
You'd never help them, even if your life depended on it.
But they have your daughter . . . So now you have to choose.
DO YOU SAVE HUNDREDS OF LIVES? OR THE ONE THAT MATTERS MOST?
'Taking the locked room mystery to a new, white-knuckle extreme, this is electrifying' HEAT
'A thrilling, chilling gut-punch of a book' RED
'The year's most intriguing high-concept plot' DAILY EXPRESS
'Mackintosh is a pro' NEW YORK TIMES
'An incredibly tense read that has a satisfyingly clever ending' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘The book of the summer’ SUN
About Clare Mackintosh
Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of five Sunday Times bestselling novels, including I Let You Go, which was the fastest-selling debut thriller in the year it was released. Translated into forty languages, her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide, have been New York Times and international bestsellers and have spent a combined total of 64 weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller chart.
Clare spent twelve years in the police force, including time on CID, and as a public order commander. She left the police in 2011 to work as a freelance journalist and social media consultant and is the founder of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival. She now writes full time and lives in Wales with her husband and their three children.