Airframe: A Novel
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes this extraordinary thriller about airline safety, business intrigue, and a deadly cover-up.
"The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop."--People Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin is virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner flying from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. Airframe is nonstop reading, full of the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that are the hallmarks of Michael Crichton. "A one-sitting read that will cause a lifetime of white-knuckled nightmares."--The Philaelphia Inquirer
"The ultimate thriller . . . [Crichton's] stories are always page-turners of the highest order. . . . [Airframe] moves like a firehouse dog chasing a red truck."--The Denver Post
"Dramatically vivid."--The New York Times
"The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop."--People Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin is virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner flying from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. Airframe is nonstop reading, full of the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that are the hallmarks of Michael Crichton. "A one-sitting read that will cause a lifetime of white-knuckled nightmares."--The Philaelphia Inquirer
"The ultimate thriller . . . [Crichton's] stories are always page-turners of the highest order. . . . [Airframe] moves like a firehouse dog chasing a red truck."--The Denver Post
"Dramatically vivid."--The New York Times
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Community Reviews
I enjoyed the pacing of this novel. It kept my attention nicely as we were provided a peek inside the world of airplane manufacture. A tragic incident in flight is being investigated and the press complicates the work by threatening an expose. Chaos ensues.
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