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Airframe
  • Published: 3 October 1997
  • ISBN: 9780099556312
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $26.99

Airframe



A nailbiting airline thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Jurassic Park.

A pilot calls into the control tower to reqest an emergency landing. Following a mystery incident, the plane's cabin is virtually destroyed, ninety-four passengers are injured and three are dead.

Investigating this fatal accident for the airline, Casey Singleton must find out the truth before the multi-million dollar business goes bust in the face of a huge meda backlash. Further lives are at stake and it seems everyone is against her - even her own colleagues - and everyone has something to hide.

Airframe is a fast-paced, adrenaline-fuelled thriller from the master of high-concept storytelling.

  • Published: 3 October 1997
  • ISBN: 9780099556312
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $26.99

About the author

Michael Crichton

MICHAEL CRICHTON first trained as a doctor before going on to become one of the most successful writers in the world. In 1994 he achieved a feat unmatched by any other writer: by having simultaneously a number one TV series, book and movie with, respectively, ER (which he created), Disclosure and Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park, on its release the highest-grossing film of all time. He also directed several movies, including The Great Railway Robbery with Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland. His high-concept thrillers were international bestsellers, and in total his books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.

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Praise for Airframe

His best since Jurassic Park

New Yorker

A deftly-woven tale of corporate skulduggery, media deceit and sleuthing

Daily Express

A first rate thriller

Sunday Times

A compulsive page-turner ... Crichton dazzles the reader

Financial Times