by Noah Hawley
First published 2016
After a vacation with their wealthy families, media mogul David Whitehead and finance titan Ben Kipling board a private jet bound for New York. Invited along is Scott Burroughs, a middle-aged painter seeking a career boost. But 16 minutes into the flight, the plane plunges into the sea. Scott and the Whiteheads' young son are the only survivors. As authorities investigate the crash, the secrets of the elite passengers come to light - threatening to expose more than just the cause of the disaster.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: secrets, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York
Period: 21st-century
400 pages · Hardcover · Hodder