Claire and Eva are living lives that are worlds apart. Claire lives in the public eye as the wife of a political heir. Everything seems idyllic from the outside, but from deep inside, she is a woman that is abused and manipulated by her husband. There is a murky past relationship in his past that she questions and she wants to escape from her life and has been planning. Eva is trapped in a life where she is also controlled, but in a much different way. I loved the characters in this book and how their pasts and presents come together. I like how their stories are written back to back throughout, however everything is fairly separate until the ending. I really liked the way that this book was tied together at the end. I want to read more from this author and thought that this book was really well written.

A compulsive page turner with a couple of good twists! I thought some of the plot was a little too contrived but all in all, a good book.

4 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Addictive, suspenseful, twisted and thoroughly entertaining! Julie Clark has a new fan!

Two women - Eva and Claire - both desperately need to escape from their dangerous life situations. When these strangers have a chance encounter at JFK airport, they start chatting and realize they are in similar positions. Ultimately, they decide to switch tickets. New lives, new identities. Tragically, one of the plane crashes.

Rewind six months and we learn just what happens in each of these two women’s lives that lead up to their decision to flee and seek better lives.

I took away one star because the sections that highlighted Eva’s story sort of dragged on for me. However, the ending was wrapped up in a nice little bow with no questions left unanswered.

The Last Flight was a terrific thriller with an original plot. Highly recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley, Sourcebooks Landmark and Julie Clark for my advanced copy to read and review.

I really enjoyed this book and included it in my recent summer book roundup
https://mashable.com/article/summer-book-roundup-what-to-read/

The Last Flight.... ❤️ need I say more?! This book is so sizzling hot! Would you walk away from your picture perfect life?...switching place with a complete stranger? What if their life was even more dangerous than your own? Would you do it...without knowing what was waiting for you on the other side?

This book is dangerous, thrilling and fast paced. Everything I love in a thriller. Claire and Eva switch lives, literally purses and all. Whatttt? Nope there is no going back now. Girlfriend has your purse, your phone and you credit cards. I was shocked these two would do this. They each trade plane tickets.. with no idea what is waiting for them when they get off the plane...except one plane crashes....talk about bad luck..or is it the perfect escape?

This book had book started with a bang and ended with one. I was completely blind sided with the ending. A perfect thriller that I couldn't down.

This was fantastic! I loved the women’s coinciding stories. Their connection went even deeper than I thought, which was a fun surprise in the end.

I don’t know which POV I enjoyed more. I liked Claire’s attempts to reclaim and reinvent her life. She had worked so hard to get out of a bad situation. Yet it seemed she’d never be fully free.

And then Eva. Her chapters were even more intense. They were events of the weeks leading up to the plane crash. But everything learned was so crazy. I felt bad for her. What her life had become.

This is a tale of women who’d been mistreated and discarded by men. Made to feel lesser. I loved their journey into becoming whole.

I think I was a little saddened by the ending. If I read it correctly, it wasn’t what I was hoping for. But still, it was logical all things considered. Life isn’t fair, right?

So who wins? Claire? Eva? Both? Neither?

Read for yourself.

A new take on Strangers on a Train. I was riveted from the moment I started reading about these two women, each trying to escape their past. Highly recommend.

Unputdownable! I stayed up til 2 a.m. to finish this book! A completely engrossing and enjoyable mystery about two women who decide at the airport to switch identities, but one of their planes crash.

Wow! What a great thriller!--I was constantly on the edge and didn't stop reading until I learned what had happened to the main characters. Besides being so suspenseful, the story explored such timely subjects. The exploration of an abusive relationship which leads to no alternative other than what Claire undertook was fascinating.
I especially enjoyed the interspersing of the two stories between chapters. The writing served to intensify the excitement that kept building and building. The unexpected ending was masterful!

I was able to read this book through an arc from Net Galley.
This book has a very interesting premise about switching identities and what can go wrong. I enjoyed reading it and it kept my interest throughout the book.

Whoa, this is quite a plane flight. Clarie Cook wants to get out of her marriage and when she meets a stranger in an airport who is equally desperate, they switch flights, but then one of the planes crash….lets just say, somebody is not telling the truth. Alternating viewpoints often told in flashbacks and timeline jumps can be confusing, but once you figure that out you’re in for a fast paced satisfying book.

This book caused me serious problems: i was up all night reading and then I had a book hangover and then no other book was good enough to read. The Last Flight is a phenomenal thriller that hits all the marks.

Claire Cook has a life that many would envy. Her husband, Rory, is a member of a powerful and wealthy political family and he is just days away from announcing his senatorial candidacy. They seem to be a perfect couple. However, what the world doesn’t know is that Rory is abusive and cruel, and Claire plans to leave him once and for all. But, she knows that her plan must be foolproof and she must not leave a trace.

Claire plans to disappear while on a trip to Detroit, until there is a change of plans and she finds herself booked for Puerto Rico instead. All seems to be lost until a chance encounter at the airport with another woman, who is also trying to disappear, seems to offer a glimmer of hope. Quickly, tickets are exchanged and Claire finds herself on her way to California, while Eva takes her place on the flight to Puerto Rico.

The Last Flight is an excellent book about two women who are trying it escape their pasts. The story moves between the two, with Claire’s story emerging in first person, while Eva’s is revealed by a narrator. This book is well-written and very timely, with characters who are sympathetic and relatable. The suspense is maintained throughout a story that didn’t falter. The Last Flight is an outstanding read, with an ending that made me catch my breath. I highly recommend Julie Clark’s book, The Last Flight.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a copy of this book for review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishing house for providing a review copy of this novel. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Looking for a satisfying thriller that doesn’t lean into the trope of the unreliable narrator? This satisfying thriller offers the narrative of two smart women who are both fighting for their own survival.

It’s the kind of thriller that you finish the final page and just say, “Damn, that was a good one.”

One of these women is in an abusive relationship with her well-known husband and there is no way to get out. After securing documentation for a fresh identity, she’s decided that leaving is her only choice.

The problem?

The flight she was supposed to take has been unexpectedly canceled and she is being rerouted elsewhere.

Oh, and her husband found out about her plans.

At the airport though, she meets a women who also is looking to escape her troubles, after the unexpected death of her husband.

Enter a Freaky Friday switch of identities and watch each of them try to foster new paths. Of course, not all is as it seems and one just might find themselves in just as much danger.

This fast page-turner should be at the tip top of your list, especially if you are in a summer reading slump.

Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns as bright as his promising political career, and he’s not above using his staff to track Claire’s every move, making sure she’s living up to his impossible standards. But what he doesn’t know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish. A chance meeting in an airport bar brings her together with a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision to switch tickets – thinking the swap will give them a head start to begin again. But everything isn’t what it seems and there are secrets waiting to come to the surface. review: This book hooked me from the very beginning and it didn’t disappoint. Told from the perspectives of Claire and Eva, this book is full of well-timed twists that keep you surprised. I really enjoyed the two perspectives and thought it lent to telling the story of the two well. It gave just enough information each chapter to keep you wanting to know more about each character. This book was addictive, fast-paced and a well written mix of suspense and women’s fiction. rating: 4.5 out of 5 ⭐️

Two women, Claire and Ava, who are both desperate to leave their lives behind and start anew decide to switch flights. Claire takes Ava’s flight to Cali and Ava takes Claire’s to Puerto Rico. After the flight to Puerto Rico crashes Claire is thrust into being “Ava” which proves difficult and dangerous once she finds out Ava wasn’t completely honest about why she wanted to escape her life.

I enjoyed this one for the most part. It did feel a little rushed towards the end and I would of liked a little more info on Claire’s husband and his punishment. So much of the book was focused on his abuse and her running away.. I just needed more in regards to that. I was more invested in Eva’s side to the story. I couldn’t wait to find out her reasons for wanting to run away. All in all this was a quick read with quite a shocking ending. The ending definitely did turn out how I imagined.

I really loved the way this story played out. It is almost a Stranger on a Train but with a little bit more machinations. Both Eva and Claire need to escape their lives and how convenient that they run into each other as both are going to board a plane. Claire leaves her abusive influential husband and Eva leaves a criminal life. They both just don't know how it will play out.

I enjoyed how there were people who were helping along in the periphery, that really added to the story. Having the two stories running simultaneously really pushed along the storyline. I liked seeing Eva's past to understand what was going to happen with Claire. It is not just a thriller but also very character driven.

Thanks to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for a copy of this book.

This was a very good solid thriller. The twists and turns were mostly surprising and I didn't see them coming. The story held me and kept me on the edge of my seat.

I would recommend this book.

Two women looking for a new start. One chance encounter before boarding their flights. One decision to swap lives tickets and become a stranger. One flight crashed.

This story had me hooked from the very beginning. Who are these women? What’s true and what isn’t? Who will survive?

I could not stop turning the pages of this book. It was fast paced, twisty, and an absolute thrill. The dual perspectives kept me interested in both women and I was at the edge of my seat waiting to find out if their pasts would catch up to them after all. Julie Clark has a magnificent way of weaving their lives together and revealing twists one by one.

I’ve been pretty vague with my review, which I think is for the best but, if you couldn’t tell, I really enjoyed this new thriller!

It's the fault of this book that I was reading until 3 a.m. because I just HAD to find out how it ended!! The writing is perfectly paced and an interesting mix of back and forth between the two main characters. These two characters are very well portrayed and I liked them both. They were vulnerable yet strong and I was cheering them along.

The mystery - or should I say mysteries - are slowly unveiled with Claire and Eva's back stories enticingly revealed. There are plenty of twists and turns and surprising revelations - - with the biggest one saved for the very end.

Loved it!