I loved this book. The two very different women both looking to escape dangerous circumstances decide they need to change their lives and identities. Claire,married to a political up-and -comer has secrets she can’t live with anymore and makes specific plans to leave. Eva, raised in the foster system,manages to get herself into Berkeley but meets the wrong man and gets herself involved in a potentially dangerous job. By coincidence they meet in the airport and decide to exchange their personal information as well as their flights. The story Instantly changes when the plane that Eva took crashes and she is presumed dead-or is she? The story continues nonstop with Claire’s husband trying to track her down. This is a great read by Julie Clark that I didn’t want to end. You’ll have to decide what happens to Eva at the conclusion of the book-I have my theory but am not willing to share.

Switching places and identities is not as easy as it seems, nor does it solve the underlying problems. When Claire's seemingly glamorous life becomes intolerable, she secretly makes plans to disappear. Unexpectedly plans change and Claire faces a dilemma. But, by chance, or is it someone else's plan, she is given a second chance and boards a plane to LA instead of Puerto Rico. As she embarks on a new life in California, dangers undermine her new identity.

By fluke, Claire's picture appears on TMZ and she is identified. Coming forward and claiming her right to self-worth , Claire is finally able to begin a new independent life.

A riveting read, full of suspense .

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of The Last Flight by Julie Clark.

This is a story about two women who meet unexpectedly in an airport, and trade lives, identity cards, plane tickets, everything. But then one of the planes go down, and one woman has to slowly discover just what kind of live her "savior" was living.

This is one of those books that hook you immediately. I already love one heroine, so to have two, working together to help themselves in each other, is so satisfying. It's a fast paced thriller with a fascinating back story. It's written well, the characters are well rounded, and I could really visualize their lives. Great for a scorching hot quarantine day.

I had high expectations for this book and even bought a Book of the Month-copy of it. The book turned out to be an easy read and a pageturner, perfekt for some thriller escapism in the sun - which is where I read most of it. A beach read that will appeal to a wide array of readers. Unfortunately for meg, who have read many thrillers, I felt that the book was a bit average and lacked depth. It did not live up to my expectations, being a buzz book and all. I will still recommend it to readers looking for an easy-to-get-into psychological thriller.

Well suck me in and call me vacuum cleaner 🤣 AHHAHAHAHA that’s cheesy even for me. But seriously, this book was FANTASTIC!

It’s hard to find a thriller lately that doesn’t follow the same trope as the 50 thousand that came before it. There were definitely some common “things” in The Last Flight but mostly it was fresh and exciting, and as a reader, I appreciated that.

The thing I noticed most about my reading experience with this book was how my mind was constantly churning and thinking. Clark laid out the tail in such a way that 1 million different scenarios could’ve been occurring, and it was fun to try and figure them out and then be proven wrong again and again.

I’ll recommend The Last Flight to anyone who’s looking for a thriller that’s just a cut above the rest!

Claire Cook has a reason to run. She has an abusive, powerful husband and she's worked very hard to get away.
Eva thinks she has a reason to run. She's been making a very good living doing a not great job (don't want to spoil). She becomes a target of someone she has trusted.
They meet in the airport and decide to swap flights. One of their planes goes down.

This was a fast paced, dual POV told story. I read half for a buddy read and made myself stop to talk about the first half. I them picked up the book after talking and finished. I just had to know what happened! I really enjoyed Claire's POV the most, Eva there were certain problems I had with her and her decisions. But highly enjoyable!

Was not expecting this to be the book you can't put down but it truly was. Absolutely had to read in one sitting because I couldn't fall asleep not knowing how it was going to end. Two stories going back and forth of two women, both wanting to escape their lives and start fresh. One is supposedly living the enviable life as wife of publicly beloved wealthy man about to run for office, the other, a product of foster homes now a drug dealer trying to get out. And yes, their paths cross but I think anything else I might add could be viewed as spoilers. Suffice it to say I had only one complaint involving a red herring with tattoos towards the end BUT this was seriously a good solid suspenseful read. In this time of craziness we too need to escape and this is a perfect way to get lost - for just a few hours there is no covid, no crazy - just a damn good story.

I must be the only person not to have loved this book but for me it was so far fetched it was unreal - I did not like the characters either

I loved this book. So well told and the dual timeline kept me interested the whole time. I love how the author took 2 very different situations and ways that women are abused and put them together into an interesting novel. It has some great twists and the writing is compelling, and the character development very good,

“If we don’t tell our own stories, we’ll never take control of the narrative.”

The Last Flight by Julie Clark is a must-read thriller! I couldn't read this fast enough and will be recommending this book to everyone. I am looking forward to Julie Clark's next book.

The premise of this book is interesting and the book itself doesn’t fail to deliver on it’s promise.

Essentially, this is a switching identities story, which is complicated by the fact that both women have secrets and complicated backgrounds, that the other does not know/understand.

The writing is fantastically descriptive and you can picture everything so vividly that it feels like a film inside your head. The two main characters who switch identities are very different people at first glance but have more in common the more you read. There are also a few other characters who are more than what they seem. As they are unveiled, there are surprises in store and the story goes down unexpected avenues. I did guess one of the avenues, and I think many readers will, but there are so many others that it does not feel at all predictable.

For fans of thrillers, mystery, crime and ‘domestic noir’, this will not fail to engage and excite.

Thanks to Surcebooks, Netgalley and the author for access to this ARC.

The Last Flight is exactly what I look for in a thriller - a pageturner I read in less than 24 hours because I have to see what happens next, a plot with twists I don’t see coming but that make sense to the story, and characters I am rooting for.

Claire and Eva meet in JFK airport. They agree to swap boarding passes and take each other’s flights. They each have their own reason. Claire arrives safely in CA but the flight to Puerto Rico crashes and there are no survivors. From there, in alternating perspectives and timelines we learn about Eva ans Claire and what brought them each to the decision to change flights.

Thank you to Sourcebooks and Netgalley for the advance reading copy.

This is a fast-paced story of two women, unhappy in their respective lives who change places. It has several twists and turn but keeps you guessing until the end. A well constructed fast paced read.

The Last Flight is a 2020 must read! It is hands down my favorite thriller of the year. I could not put it down! I also couldn’t predict the ending which is a huge plus in my book. Definitely pick this one up ASAP!

Claire is escaping from an abusive husband, when the whole plan goes wrong. She switches boarding passes with the mysterious Eva, then finds out that Eva's plane has crashed. With Claire's supposed death making national news, she is on the run with virtually no options. A steady thriller that delivers a few surprises, this one should please readers of the genre.

This is a fast read with lots of twists and turns making it a great summer read for fans of thrillers with strong female leads. Eva and Claire both are running from their past, a chance meeting at an airport bar will change their lives and tie them together forever. They change tickets and one plane crashes. What drove them to such a desperate choice?
Highly recommend.

I was really feeling the tension towards the end, when there was high panic, but the point that was made about being in that state of mind really underlines the trashedness of abusers.

The Last Flight is a story about two women, both of whom have been victimized by men under different circumstances and in different settings. But they have ended up in the same place. Each is seeking to run away from her past and start over.

Claire Cooke and Eva James connect in the bar at JFK airport. It is ostensibly a random meeting. Claire has planned and plotted for some time to escape her powerful, abusive husband, Rory. She was supposed to fly to Detroit to make an appearance, but Rory is posed to announce his candidacy for the Senate in one week and, at the last minute, it is decided that he will go to Detroit and Claire is dispatched to Puerto Rice. Because of his money and influence, and past experience, Claire has concluded that disappearing without a trace is truly the only way she can escape Rory's reach. When Eva approaches Claire in the airport bar, Claire is panicked because the plan she has meticulously devised has been foiled and she doesn't know what to do.

Eva was raised in foster homes and a San Francisco orphanage before enrolling at the University of California, Berkeley. She loved the school and her studies, but due to events that transpired while she was a student, she did not graduate. She has continued residing in Berkeley, working as a waitress, but is on the run from persons and events that, like Claire, she knows she cannot escape without disappearing in a manner that ensures she can never be found.

The premise of The Last Flight hinges upon Claire and Eva agreeing to trade boarding passes, clothing, handbags, wallets, and telephones after getting through security. And then boarding each other's flights. Claire follows through, but finds herself in Berkeley without money, new identification, or other resources. She proceeds to Eva's apartment, planning to hunker down there until she figures out her next move. She adopts Eva's identity but is stunned when she sees news reports and learns that the plane she was supposed to board crashed into the sea. Early reports indicate there are no survivors so Rory believes, like everyone else, that she is dead. Claire quickly realizes that, for her, the crash offers "not just a head start," but "a new start" even though Claire is not sure that Eva actually boarded the plane, suspects she may still be alive, and wonders about her whereabouts.

The Last Flight is a thoroughly engrossing story about two women who, at first glance, appear to have nothing at all in common. But author Julie Clark reveals that they are actually very much alike. Each is strong, resilient, and determined to escape a dangerous, desperate predicament in order to start a new life over. Each woman has been oppressed by different forces and events, but the result is the same. Both are driven to risk everything for a second chance. In Claire's case, the #MeToo movement has done nothing to make her circumstances less fraught with danger.

Eva has made very bad choices and done abhorrent things in order to survive. But she wants to put that behind her, and get away from the people who are fully invested in seeing to it that she furthers the enterprise and keeps her mouth shut. If she fails to cooperate, they will silence her. And they begin bearing down on Claire once they realize that she is residing in Eva's home. Claire begins to piece together clues Eva left behind about her life, activities, and associates. She realizes that Eva was involved with people who will use any means to continue their endeavor and by stepping into Eva's life and using her identity, she has placed herself in a new kind of danger. In the chapters devoted to Eva, Clark gradually reveals the forces that derailed her dreams and the things Eva did to survive, as well as why she ultimately concluded that it was time to disappear.

Clark employs alternating narratives. Claire relates her experiences and feelings in a first-person narrative. Eva's tale is told in the third-person. Both techniques are extremely effective. Clark pulls her readers into the women's lives at the outset and their tension-filled adventures unfold at an absorbing and unrelenting pace.

Each woman is flawed, but likable and empathetic. Some readers will find Claire exasperating, lamenting that she has been weak for too long and should have left Rory sooner. However, as Clark injects details about the past, including the way the loss of her mother and sister in a horrific accident effected her, Claire's beliefs and reasoning become apparent and plausible. Likewise, Eva, as noted, has made terrible choices but she felt that she had no other options after she was repeatedly abandoned and sold out. She gradually comes to believe in her own self-worth and develops the strength to extricate herself from her situation, in part because of her friendship with her next-door neighbor, a visiting professor who refuses to judge her, and unconditionally accepts and supports her.

The book's pace accelerates with shocking revelations and plot developments. The resolutions Clark gives her characters' stories are quite different. One is credible and satisfying, the other shocking and controversial. For that reason, along with the thought-provoking themes Clark explores, The Last Flight is an excellent choice for book clubs, providing plenty of topics for discussion.

Despite the surprising ending, The Last Flight is one of 2020's best thrillers. It is both entertaining and touching, featuring characters whose stories resonate long after the contentious ending is revealed.

I picked up The Last Flight when I started seeing rave reviews come through from several of my blogging friends, and now that I've finished it, I can see why they enjoyed it so much! 

The Last Flight is told in two POVs - one from Claire, a woman who is trying to escape an abusive marriage, and the other from Eva, who also needs a fresh start. The two women switch plane tickets at the airport in an attempt to run from their pasts. When Claire gets off of her flight, she immediately hears news that the original flight she was supposed to be on crashed. While Claire's chapters are told in the present, Eva's chapters are told in the past leading up to the flight, and slowly unravels the events that led up to her wanting to run. 

I really enjoyed this book, and was eager to see how both stories would play out. Both women ended up in unfortunate circumstances, and I wanted to see how the choice to essentially swap places would end. There was also mystery to Eva's storyline, as we didn't know all of the details of her history upfront. I loved how everything came together in the end, and really liked the ending of the book. 

This book wasn't as dark as many of the other thrillers I've read, and was more of a domestic suspense/mystery, yet I was still glued to the pages. This will be a perfect summer (socially distanced!) beach read!

This was a true thriller! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I'm not sure quite how the author did it, maybe by keeping the settings very tight, but the story had a claustraphobic quality to it, just as Eva and Claire had in their lives. Reading through it, you had no idea who what good and who was a villian--even though Dex was bad and the reader knew it, not until the end was it revealed how bad. I absolutely could not put this book down and read it in one setting. I don't think anyone could let it sit overnight...