ABOUT THE BOOK:

Blissfully unaware that Atlantica Flight 1945 from Atlanta to Amsterdam is about to make aviation history, First Officer Danny McSweeney focuses his energies on navigating the turbulent personalities of an eccentric female captain, a co-pilot with a talent for tactless comments and conspiracy theories, and a lead flight attendant with an outsized attitude that definitely exceeds the limits for carry-on baggage.

On the other side of the cockpit door, the unscheduled in-flight entertainment includes a potbellied pig, a jittery diamond courier, and the recently jilted Lucy Meredith, whose personal mantra of “What Would Oprah Do?” will be challenged by the sudden appearance of her ex and his new traveling partner. On her left sits Hank Hazard, whose unusually polite but constant requests–prompted by his covert role as a spy for the airline–test the limits of the crew’s customer service.

But as Lucy and the rest of the crew discover, Hank’s odd behavior is linked to a quiet faith that may play a key role in the fate of everyone on board. Especially when an unexpected traveler sets this already bumpy flight on a course toward the unfriendly skies.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rene Gutteridge is the author of twelve novels, including the Boo series, the Storm series, and the novelization for The Ultimate Gift, as well as Scoop and Snitch, the first two Occupational Hazard novels. She lives with her husband, Sean, and their two children in Oklahoma City.

HEIDI SAYS:
For some reason, this book took me FOREVER to read.  I usually get through a book like this in a few evenings, but this one took me over a week to read.  I thought I would never finish it.  That probably sounds like I didn't like it;  but it did.  It was a good story with alot of eccentric characters that were enjoyable and fun to get to know.  Though there was definitely some suspense, the story had a happy ending.  I believe this was a 3rd book in a series;  however, it worked fine as a stand-alone- I didn't have any trouble picking right up on this one.  Rene's books are different, and I really enjoy that.

THE CONTEST:
I have one copy of Skid to give away.  Please leave a comment telling me what attracts you to this book and I'll put you in a drawing to win.  Winner will be announced on Thursday afternoon.  If you can't wait to find out if you won, you can purchase Skid here.

UPDATE:
The winner of SKID is
CANADIANLADYBUG!

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May. 25, 2008 - Skid

Posted by Morning Rose

Skid sounds like a book my boys would enjoy. We recently read a book about real-life spies.

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May. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

I really liked the first of Rene's books that I read. Would like to try this one also. I love it when a book I enjoy seems to go on forever.....

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May. 26, 2008 - Count me in...

Posted by canadianladybug

I love mystery books... And I have a friend who works for the Canadian Air Army. So my interest in this book is mostly to remember Paul and Trish who moved in Manitoba last year...

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May. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Hank's faith and the quirk characters sound interesting to read about :).

We are also having a book giveaway at our blog for Bringing Home the Prodigals by Rob Parsons at http://www.quiverfullfamily.com/blog if you'd like to come and enter!

Thanks!
jennifer(at)quiverfullfamily.com

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