Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room, she tries to piece the previous night back together, already counting the minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with. She sees his dark hair. His utter stillness. And blood, a slick, still wet pool on the crisp white sheets. Afraid to call the police--she's a single woman alone in a hotel room far from home--Cassie begins to lie. She lies as she joins the other flight attendants and pilots in the van. She lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin. She lies to the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. Soon it's too late to come clean-or face the truth about what really happened back in Dubai. Could she have killed him? If not, who did? (Picture and overview from Goodreads).


My Thoughts

Have you ever wondered what your worse nightmare would be like?

It's a pretty safe bet that Cassie has found hers when she wakes up one morning next to a dead man.  He was a passenger on a plane where she was a flight attendant.  There was an immediate attraction between the two and quite a bit of flirting occurred.  They hooked up after landing and LOTS of drinking took place.  For Cassie, it was blackout level drinking.  And while she was no newbie to this level of drinking and has a few one night stands under her belt, coming to in the morning to discover someone with their throat slit laying next to her is a new one.  Unfortunately, Cassie can only remember snippets of the evening.  And so begins our journey with Cassie as she tries to piece together what happened not only to save what little dignity she has left, but possibly her job and eventually her life.

When I first saw the title I remember thinking - The Flight Attendant - huh.  What kind of story could this possibly turn into?

Well, let me tell you.  This was a real page turner.  Not in a rock 'em, sock 'em roller coaster type of page turner.  But an evenly paced and suspenseful type of page turner.  The story slowly unfolds as Cassie starts discovering clues and putting things together.    For all her faults, I found Cassie to be a likeable character.  I really wanted her to redeem herself.  There are numerous interesting players in this tale, along with a few pretty good twists at the end.

This was an exciting read from one of my favorite authors.  Bravo!

I received this copy from Doubleday via Netgalley.