Her Last Flight, Beatriz Williams
Her Last Flight, Beatriz Williams
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Her Last Flight
A Novel

Author: Beatriz Williams

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 13 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/30/2020


Synopsis

The beloved author returns with a remarkable novel of both raw suspense and lyric beauty— the story of a lost pilot and a wartime photographer that will leave its mark on your soul. 

In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to research a planned biography of forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mallory, who joined the loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War and never returned. Obsessed with Sam’s fate, Janey has tracked down Irene Lindquist, the owner of a local island-hopping airline, whom she believes might actually be the legendary Irene Foster, Mallory’s onetime student and flying partner. Foster’s disappearance during a round-the-world flight in 1937 remains one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. At first, the flinty Mrs. Lindquist denies any connection to Foster. But Janey informs her that the wreck of Sam Mallory’s airplane has recently been discovered in a Spanish desert, and piece by piece, the details of Foster’s extraordinary life emerge: from the beginnings of her flying career in Southern California, to her complicated, passionate relationship with Mallory, to the collapse of her marriage to her aggressive career manager, the publishing scion George Morrow.As Irene spins her tale to its searing conclusion, Janey’s past gathers its own power. The duel between the two women takes a heartstopping turn. To whom does Mallory rightfully belong? Can we ever come to terms with the loss of those we love, and the lives we might have lived?

About Beatriz Williams

Beatriz Williams is the bestselling author of over a dozen novels, including The Beach at Summerly, Our Woman in Moscow, and The Summer Wives, as well as four other novels cowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White. A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on July 29, 2020

I love reading about the early days of aviation and have enjoyed other novels by this author so it isn't a big surprise I enjoyed this one. Out of the books I have read by Beatriz Williams this one is actually my favorite. The setting of Hawaii for most of the plot helped contribute to this overall......more

Goodreads review by Karren on June 16, 2020

In 1947, Janey Everett is a girl who doesn’t like to be in one place for too long, she’s a busy war correspondent and talented photographer. Janey arrives in Hawaii determined to find out what happened to aviation pioneer and dare devil Sam Mallory. He was flying a plane for the loyalist forces duri......more

Goodreads review by Annette on August 28, 2020

California, 1928. Irene Lindguist is “athletic, a natural at surfing and pretty much any sport.” The story begins with a lot about beach, waves and surfing. That’s not something I was connecting with. Kauai, 1947. Janey Everett, a photojournalist, doing research on forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mall......more

Goodreads review by Karen on October 27, 2024

If you start this book, prepare to get lost in it. When photojournalist Janey set out to write a biography about famous pilot, Sam Mallory, she didn't realize she was embarking on the adventure of a lifetime! After years of frantic searching, an unexpected source leads Janey to Sam's remains in a Sp......more

Goodreads review by Howard on August 16, 2021

2.5 Stars for Her Last Flight (audiobook) by Beatriz Williams read by Cassandra Campbell. This seemed like it could have been a interesting book. It looks like it’s an adventure story. But the pacing was just too slow for me. And then it’s split up between two timelines which drags it out even more.......more