THE FLIGHT
Book ID/图书代码： 11701211B44376
English Summary/英文概要： When an Airbus A380, the world’s most sophisticated fly-by-wire airliner, crashes into the Severn Estuary with the loss of all 600 passengers on board, it’s not just a human tragedy, it is a threat to the whole of commercial aviation. The pinnacle of modern technology, the A380 is meant to rule out the possibility of pilot error, yet that is exactly what it seems brought the plane down.
A major official investigation is launched into the disaster and is tightly controlled by the full
machinery of State. But a little upstream, the bodies of two passengers wash up in the territory of fiercely independent coroner, Jenny Cooper. She comes under pressure to give up jurisdiction, but,
refusing to bend, she persists in digging into the circumstances surrounding the crash and starts to make connections which lead to dark and sinister conclusions. Among the passengers on board were a young female pilot with an obsession with air accidents and the vulnerabilities of fly-by-wire technology, a leading Chinese entrepreneur, a dealer in sophisticated armaments and a brilliant young scientist. Something seems to link them all, and connect them to the reason for the tragedy.
With the help of an emotionally scarred ex-military pilot, Michael Sherman, Jenny risks her career and personal safety to delve deep into the airline industry, uncovering a disturbing series of unexplained incidents on the world’s most technically complex aircraft and attempts to cover them up. Far from being infallible, she discovers that even the most modern planes in the sky are deeply vulnerable. And then in a shocking denouement, the tragedy threatens to repeat itself …
Chinese Summary/中文概要：
傳說中用高科技製造，不會墜落的飛機，189航班，墜落在塞文河口。這不只是一場事故，其背後一定藏有原因。
一個水手因船被飛機的殘骸擊沉而死，驗屍官Jenny Cooper在處理他的屍體時發現一個小女孩的死亡非常離奇。十歲女孩Amy Patterson是189航班上的乘客，她本是飛機失事的倖存者，但幾小時後，她的屍體卻與水手的屍體同時沖上岸邊。
Jenny因此心生疑惑。同時官方開始秘密處理此事，企圖掩蓋飛機事故的所有線索。Jenny卻問出了令官方調查組難堪的問題：這架用高科技建造的飛機，原本說能避免一切人為失誤，現在怎麼會失事？此次航班上的頭等艙乘客又怎會提前知道事故會發生？Amy Patterson怎會逃過飛機失事，卻幾小時後又喪命？Amy 傷心欲絕的媽媽給當局施加了巨大的壓力，遭到政府高官抵觸。Jenny正努力爭取時間，查出悲劇背後的真相，以免事故再次發生。(Celia)
Awards/获奖情况：入圍英國犯罪小說作家協會（CWA）金匕首獎shortlist“M R Hall has written three novels in the highly acclaimed thriller series featuring coroner, Jenny
Cooper. Hall shows with aplomb that a coroner is just as able to become a detective (and, in this case,advance into the world of spooks) as the forensic pathologists of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs”
Sunday Times Culture
About the Author/作者介绍：
M.R. Hall原本是刑事律师，现在他是犯罪小说作家、编剧家和制作人。他毕业于赫里福德大教堂学校和伍斯特学院。为BBCI 和ITV写了超过四十小时的电视剧，均在黄金时间播放。他的第一本书《验尸官》入选2009年金匕首奖最佳小说最终决选。他的其他小说包括《The Disappeared,》、《The Redeemed》
M.R. Hall (http://www.m-r-hall.com/) studied law at Oxford and worked as a criminal barrister. He has since become a full time screenwriter and author. His first novel, THE CORONER, was shortlisted for the 2009 CWA Golden Dagger Award.
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