Ward Larsen is a USA Today bestselling author, and seven-time winner of the Florida Book Award. A former fighter pilot, he has served as an airline captain, federal law enforcement officer, and is a trained aircraft accident investigator.
His latest book, Deep Fake, is a political thriller.
At CrimeReads Larsen tagged five novels that have an authentic portrayal of the pressures of flying, including:
In Falling, former flight attendant T.J. Newman does a terrific job of demonstrating how airline crewmembers work togetherRead about another entry on the list.and interact in a crisis. If you think about it, what better setting for an author to bring calamity than on a commercial airliner? Start with two hundred people from all walks of life, most of whom don’t know one another, and pack them into a thin metal tube. Accelerate to five hundred miles an hour, climb seven miles into the sky, then light the fuse and run. Newman’s experience shines through, creating an atmosphere that’s both edgy and believable. If nothing else, readers with have fresh incentive to pay attention to preflight safety briefings.
Falling is among Louise Candlish's six top mysteries set on moving vehicles.
--Marshal Zeringue
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