Germany''s king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying and twisted new novel.
You know your fear is irrational, you''ve checked the statistics. Flying is safer than driving - nineteen times safer. Irrational, perhaps. But you''re not wrong.
Mats Kr-ger is terrified of flying. But his daughter, Nele, is about to give birth to his first grandchild, so, for once, he''s taking the risk and making the thirteen-hour flight from Buenos Aires to Berlin.
Of course, he''s taken precautions. He''s bought the five statistically safest seats on the plane, as well as seat 7A - the spot where you are most likely to die in a plane accident - so no one can sit there. Just in case.
But Mats has to give up seat 7A to another passenger. Moments later, he receives a phone call. Nele has been kidnapped. The caller has a single demand.
Convince the pilot to crash the plane. Or Nele dies.
