• The Flight

  • Coroner Jenny Cooper, Book 4
  • By: Matthew Hall
  • Narrated by: Sian Thomas
  • Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (298 ratings)

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The Flight

By: Matthew Hall
Narrated by: Sian Thomas
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Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates… A tragic accident or a terrible crime? When Flight 189 plunges into the Severn Estuary, Coroner Jenny Cooper finds herself handling the case of a lone sailor whose boat appears to have been sunk by the stricken plane, and drawn into the mysterious fate of a ten year-old girl, Amy Patterson, a passenger on 189, whose largely unmarked body is washed up alongside his.

While a massive and highly secretive operation is launched to recover clues from the wreckage, Jenny begins to ask questions the official investigation doesn’t want answered. How could such a high tech plane – virtually impregnable against human error – fail? What linked the high powered passengers who found themselves on this ill-fated flight? And how did Amy Patterson survive the crash, only to perish hours later? Under pressure from Amy’s grieving mother, and opposed by those at the very highest levels of government, Jenny must race against time to seek the truth behind this terrible disaster, before it can happen again…

©2012 M. R. Hall (P)2013 Pan Macmillan

Critic reviews

”As premises go, this one’s a killer . . . It’s a terrific series, meticulously researched, sharply plotted and peopled with sympathetic characters, led by Cooper, who is always aware of the human consequences of failure” (Financial Times)

”The Flight is M R Hall's fourth story to feature clever coroner Jenny Cooper. His investigation of a plane crash in the Severn estuary is as complex and impressive as his debut The Coroner” (Sunday Telegraph)

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Read these books!!

My fellow audible listeners- I don’t know if you are like me - looking to see how many positive reviews a book has before you spend the credit ... but, at least this one time - don’t do that!!!

This author is wonderful - I listened to the first book because it was in the Plus Catalog and free - and fell in love with this authors writing. I’ve purchased all of his other books - and have binged on them! I wish there were 40 more to buy - wonderful series - love the author - give it a try!!!

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Absolutely fascinating -- and terrifying

This is not a book to read on an airplane -- in terms of 'airline disaster' books, this is right up there with John Nance's "Turbulence" or Nelson DeMille's "Mayday". Excellent, just excellent -- not told from a passenger's point of view, but rather from the standpoint of the coroner, in this case, the intrepid Jenny Cooper, a clear candidate for the world's "human being most likely to lose her job" award. Not that she should lose her job -- just that she manages, as always, to get the world's most powerful people clamoring for her head. Attached to her body or not.

Through a complicated situation, Jenny Cooper finds it necessary to find out why Flight 189 plunged into the Severn Estuary killing everyone on board, plus at least one (part of the plot) on the ground. Although technically barred from investigating the cause of the crash itself -- something the Powers That Be most definitely do NOT want investigated -- Jenny edges into the investigation because the body of a young girl who was on the flight washes up into her territory. It's a battle royal, not only to find out what made the plane crash, but for Jenny to stay alive while she does it. After all, hundreds of people are already dead. What's one more?

If you haven't read the M. R. Hall series, of which this is the 4th book, you've got a treat in store. The tension just doesn't let up -- but what's even more interesting in this book was the amount of technical information included along the way. I'm not an engineer -- still can't quite believe how anything that big can fly -- but there are several testimonials from people who do know such things that M. R. Hall -- a male author who hails from Wales -- did a lot of research, and they say what Hall describes is perfectly possible even if highly unlikely. I thought all the airline trivia details were fascinating -- not just of the crash itself, but of how airline companies work, what pressures the employees are under, and how the whole airline culture functions.

Of course there's a human element, too -- the scenes with Jenny's dying father, with whom she was never close, ring true, as does her interaction with her seriously difficult secretary Allison. I suspect that many of us have had to deal with an "Allison". Mine was named Pauline, and some of the interaction between Jenny and her moody and obnoxious staffer made me laugh at some of my own difficult situations all over again.

I really love this series, and am astonished when I hear people say, "M. R. Hall" Who's that?" Hall is a top notch author who deserves to be at the top of everyone's list -- just don't bring this one on an airplane if you know what's good for you.

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If you love airplanes you may really enjoy this book. If you would like to
indulge in what may slam onto a
movie screen near you - you will
love this book. If you would like to explore 21st century flight's
electronics, politics, some oopsies-
airbuses and Skyhawk pilots buy this book. I really like this author but I am
not interested in flight.





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forgettable storyline but very well read

Would you try another book from M. R. Hall and/or Sian Thomas?

I'd probably try another

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Add more gritty content

What about Sian Thomas’s performance did you like?

Excellent English accents!

Do you think The Flight needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No, the story didnt really have any where to go to

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British accents and women readers

What made the experience of listening to The Flight the most enjoyable?

The plot

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Not really, due to the reader

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Sian Thomas?

ANY man with an American accent. She probably is perfect for European listeners, but in America we need a Scott Brick.

Any additional comments?

Perhaps its me, but my American ears have trouble following a pronounced British accent. The only way I can follow the narration is to concentrate absolutely, to the exclusion of anything else. Since I normally do my work (I'm a bookbinder) while listening, I often lose the story and have to back track. In addition, her different voices are so close that I lose track of who is talking. Finally is my admitedly prejudiced opinion that women can't do men's voices (women, feel free to boo). Men have no trouble doing women's voices, but women seem to either growl or as in this case, don't even bother to make it distinct. Miss Thomas is probably charming and competent, but she has a limited range of distinct voices and all come out sounding the same.

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A heroine to root for!

The more books I read in the Jenny Cooper Series the more I admire her. Life is messy but fighting for the truth is so important!

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I love Jenny

I love all of the Jenny Cooper stories. This one was a little too heavy on the airplane tech- I think it had to be for the story to make sense. I like being able to work out what has happened and this topic limited that but they are enjoyable always!

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Like the series, but this one the least

I like this series very much, but this particular story was not as enjoyable for me. Maybe too much about airplanes and pilots…

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Extremely drawn out

So much aircraft talk. I felt through 50+% of the book it was drawn out with aircraft talk. Sometimes it's hard to follow.

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Great story.

This series is one I like but always have a bit of a love annoy relationship with. The main character is delightfully flawed. But sometimes I want to shake her and scream - get your act together! In the book she seems to have managed it much better than in prior outings.

I truly loved the premiss of the novel and applaud the timeliness of the story. I wasn’t sure exactly what was happening until it was revealed.

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