Here One Moment

 Fiction by Liane Moriarty

https://www.barnesandnoble.com

At the beginning of this story a flight from Tasmania to Sydney takes off and a very unexpected thing happens, but it has nothing to do with the annoying flight delay that had just occurred, or indeed even with the airplane flight at all. A woman suddenly stands up and begins predicting the age and cause of death for each of her fellow passengers. She does it with such a chillingly matter-of-fact manner that people become quite alarmed, calling her the Death Lady. It's a very unpleasant experience, but of course it's short-lived.

But the real trouble starts when some of her predictions begin to come true.... 

This was a really good book!

I also read recently by this author: Apples Never Fall

Dear Edward

 Fiction by Anne Napolitano

https://www.barnesandnoble.com

My favorite way to read a novel is to go into it blind. That is, ideally, I prefer to start reading without knowing anything about the characters or plot beforehand. However, in practice, there's no way for me to choose books to read without looking at synopses, reviews, or the like. But sometimes I have a pile of books and I don't remember anything about why I chose a particular one; that way I can get the "going in blind" experience on some of them.

All of that to say.... I didn't remember what this book was about when I started reading. It captured me immediately with some diverse character descriptions of a group of people getting on a plane. I was feeling pleasantly engaged with these nice people, and then I thought, wait. Why am I just getting little snippets about each person? What is this book about again? 

I looked at the synopsis on the back and realized it was about a plane crash. ALL OF THESE NICE FOLKS WERE GOING TO DIE. Except one, the eponymous Edward, because that's what the book was about.

Well. That was a tough one. I had to put the book aside for a minute and adjust.

I'm glad I picked it back up again though, because this was a lovely emotional story that really made me think. The little blurb on the cover about breaking your heart and putting it back together again is apt. I definitely recommend this story!

Falling

 Fiction by T.J. Newman

https://www.barnesandnoble.com

What if a terrorist kidnapped a pilot's family and held them hostage? In this story Bill Hoffman is piloting 143 people from LAX to JFK when he receives this message: crash the plane, or your family dies....

This was a very exciting thriller!

Sole Survivor

Fiction by Dean Koontz.

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This story begins with Joe Carpenter, a broken man. Joe's wife and young daughters were killed in a terrible plane crash one year before, leaving him with nothing to do but wait to die and join them. He's alienated all his friends, stopped going to work, and lives in a dingy apartment furnished with only a mattress on the floor. But then Joe gets a tiny ray of hope: maybe somebody did survive the crash after all. And could that person be one of his loved ones?

This was an exciting thriller with an unexpected ending. You do have to keep an open mind about the weird turns the plot takes...

I also read recently by this author:  The Forbidden Door/ The Night Window

Before the Fall

Fiction by Noah Hawley


https://www.barnesandnoble.com/

In this book, eleven people go on a private plan ride from Martha's Vineyard, and it crashes into the ocean. But that's just the beginning of the story. Who are these people and why did they crash?

The novel blends a survival saga, a suspense story, and a social commentary with a bunch of compelling characters. It's very good.