Although he will miss his son's baseball game, Captain Bill Hoffmann can't refuse when his boss asks him last minute to pilot a flight from LAX to JFK. Once he's in the air, Bill is informed that terrorists have kidnapped his wife and son. Their demands: Bill must crash the plane or his family will be killed. Now Bill and his cabin crew have only a few hours to figure out how to save the plane and his family in this page-turning thriller.

Falling is a pure action thriller with constant twists and turns that keep you glued to the page. It was just what I needed to survive a long layover at JFK. The terrorist motivation was on the thin side and there wasn't much character development. Yet, Newman's experience as a flight attendant gave refreshing authenticity to the crew interactions. Sometimes a high-action plot is all you really want and Falling definitely delivers that.