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B006U13W The Flight (Jenny Cooper 4) nodrm

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by M. R. Hall


  Next time you fly – or perhaps you are in a plane right now? – do remember that a short drive through town remains statistically far more dangerous than your flight by a factor of many thousands to one. The most perilous parts of your journey are the ones to and from the airport. I am reliably informed that you are precisely eighty-seven times more likely to choke on the ice cube in your gin and tonic than to perish in a crash. So sit back and enjoy the movie – the numbers say it’ll never happen to you.

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  I would like to thank David Swan, who between being a busy pilot and father to a young family, found time to advise me on the intricacies of modern passenger aircraft and to read drafts of my manuscript while criss-crossing the globe (though only once safely on the ground). It’s always a challenge for a rigorous professional to accept the writer’s need to serve the interests of story-telling alongside factual accuracy, but he did so with grace and patience. I am deeply grateful.

  Also in M. R. Hall’s Coroner Jenny Cooper series

  The Coroner

  The Disappeared

  The Redeemed

  First published 2012 by Mantle

  This electronic edition published 2011 by Mantle

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  ISBN 978-0230-76117-9 EPUB

  Copyright © M. R. Hall, 2012

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