Mile High (adventures at cruising altitude) London to Los Angeles
- Book: Mile High
- Location: London, Los Angeles
- Author: Rebecca Chance
Join the passengers and crew aboard in the maiden flight of Pure Air’s LuxeLiner, Flight 111 from London to Los Angeles. It’s Mile High adventures at cruising altitude with no holds barred when it comes to passenger satisfaction and passenger shenanigans.
This is life at the nose end, First Class Luxury for the elite passengers who have been hand picked by Pure Air’s PR lady, Vanessa. Catalina (first name only) is a Latina pop princess who will be singing at the Oscars. And randy chef Danny Zasio is not only focussed on his corpulent lobsters but is always on the lookout for his next conquest. Add in an Oscar nominated actress, a variety of cabin crew and the head of Pure Air, Richard, er sorry, Lord Tony, and there is a good mix of colourful characters to offer entertainment at 37,000 feet. It is, in fact, like a flying box full of frogs.
At the heart of the plot is Catalina, who is being pursued by a stalker. “Cat is mine” is luridly scrawled at various venues culminating in the final written and graphic assault in her sleeping and living pod aboard the aircraft. The perpetrator is thus confirmed on board the jet. There are two air marshals on board, who grow increasingly wary of the various dynamics that seem to be escalating. Who is the perpetrator?
Learn about the – oftentimes – outrageous life on board, the colour of the tights required, the sleeping arrangements of the crew on long haul, the whiffy air that circulates in the cabin during the flight, and gain an insight into the pecking order amongst airline crew … basically, as a flight attendant you are more than likely to be working your way from the lowly low cost airlines up to first class, ideally on a Boeing 777.
Throw in a bit of humour to the heady plot, combine with some potent pills and you have an inflammatory mix of personalities and situations.
The author has clearly played around with inspiration based on actual airline companies and people – so it is fairly easy to spot the person on whom Lord Tony is based, and go on, guess on whom the tour company Bayes and Cocker is based…
Read more about the inspiration behind the book here and for more books set in the skies check out our Pinterest Board. And Virgin Atlantic share the strangest upgrade requests they have ever had!
This review first appeared on our blog plus author QA
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