![]() ![]() ![]() He writes muscular, clear, propulsive sentences.As suspenseful as it is, The Red Lotus is. Agent: Jane Gelfman, Gelfman Schneider/ICM Partners (Mar. an elegant noose of a plot.Bohjalian is a pleasure to read. Then, with about 50 pages to go it’s as though the bell has rung for the final lap, with the author unceremoniously detonating a plot bombshell that triggers the frenetic, exciting, but not especially convincing sprint to the finish. ![]() Bohjalian’s less successful in avoiding clichés or in making an espionage subplot plausible. ![]() It’s a killer set-up, and Bohjalian ( The Sleepwalker) initially maximizes the dual plot lines: Cassie, flying on primal survival instinct, tries to stonewall investigators, testing the truth of the maxim that God looks out for fools and drunkards hit woman Elena methodically closes in for the kill. From the author of The Guest Room, a powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel. Even worse for Cassie, the assassin who executed him already regrets sparing the passed-out flight attendant. How can one night change the course of your life This is the premise of Chris Bohjalians newest suspense novel The Flight Attendant. Blackout drunk Cassie Bowden is used to waking up in strangers’ beds, but what she discovers one morning in a sumptuous Dubai hotel suite is instantly sobering-blood-soaked sheets and the dead body of the handsome American hedge fund manager she met on her flight over. ![]()
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