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AT 40,000 FEET UP... THERE IS NO PLACE TO HIDE.

A fatal crash on a rain-slick road and a brutal murder in an English village set off a deadly chain of events, leading from stormy skies over the Mediterranean Sea to an explosive confrontation on a remote airstrip in North…

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1 author picked Dark Horizon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I should say upfront that the author’s a friend of mine – but I’m featuring Dark Horizon here because it’s an incredibly good read. James’ thrillers are not only gripping but have an added dimension that doesn’t always make it to the pages of other thrillers: three-dimensional characters.

Heroes and villains are not just cut and pasted into the ‘good guy’ and ‘bad guy’ roles; they have histories, families, and reasons for doing what they do. That’s why you have to know what happens next – and because this is a stand-alone novel, it’s a great place to start if…

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