High Wire

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: Anyone with or without interest in aviation would love this book! You just can't get enough of it. I would recommend this book to anyone and I guarantee that you'll love it! I would like to thank the author, Mr. Majd, for writing this great book! :)

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Summary: A Teriffic Read
Review: High Wire is an easy read with a compelling plot line. Industrious pilot Kate Gallagher finds herself in the center of controversy, and only she is interested in determining the real truth. She is tough, sharp, and most if all, believable.

The story moves quickly, and I just about read the book straight through, without much of a break. It's that absorbing!

This is quite a first book for Kam Majd--it sure doesn't read like a first effort. I can't wait to find out what she gets herself into next in High Impact!

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Summary: Great Book, Dont like to read but finished this book!
Review: I am not much of a reader but sometimes I get in my moods and pick up a book. Lately every book I picked up I cannot finish. Its to boring or dull. This book I couldnt put down. It had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I was looking forward to getting the free time to read it.
Very easy to understand and read even for the reader who doesnt read much!

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Summary: high wire
Review: It is exciting to see the inside creative views and thoughts coming from an actual airlines pilot in a novel. Its time is here for sure and should get great interest in inner-workings of an aircraft in light of the past few months occurrances.

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Summary: A remarkably well paced first novel
Review: Kate Gallagher is piloting a commercial jet into Kennedy airport on her way home to her five year old daughter. Trouble from both a blizzard and mechanical problems put her in a precarious position with a choice to either land the plane at Kennedy or fly elsewhere. Unfortunately, her choice to land the plane proves disastrous. Kate is blamed, yet, she knows it wasn't her fault. In an effort to clear her name, she looks into why the plane failed. The result, we soon find out, is due to a computer virus that incapacitates a pilots ability to control the plane. Under threats to herself, her friends and her family, Kate undertakes a quest to find out the reason behind the virus and to prevent further events from occurring.
Kam Majd has written a taut suspense thriller. The concept of a virus in the computer of a plane is original. However, the strength of the book is the authentic feel of the aviation descriptions. Mr. Majd is a pilot and is able to interject much realism into the passages involving the workings of the commercial jet. As a thriller, the book works well with a tightly woven plot and is remarkably well paced for a first time novel. It is, however, simply not extraordinary enough for the Edgar recognition it received. I am curious to read the next book by Kam Majd. Once again, it features pilot Kate Gallagher. I want to see the rationale for a pilot to repeatedly solve crimes.

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Summary: From the view of a female pilot...
Review: Thankfully, this lost out in the Best First Novel category to The Blue Edge of Midnight by Jonathon King and, quite frankly, really is a weaker entry in the overall list. This is a good beach or porch read and can be blown through in about a day and a-half - the chapters are short and the line-spacing deep.

The story centres around a suspended commercial pilot who tries to get to the bottom of the runway crash that resulted in the aforementioned suspension and the deaths of several passengers.

The book, without doubt, is a real page turner, but you'll have to truly reign in your disbelief as the book winds down to its conclusion over the eastern seaboard. Nonetheless, if you've ever read Sidney Sheldon (he of TV fame), you'll enjoy this . . . but be forewarned, Chapter 39 is arguably the hokiest and most soap opera-like ever committed to print.

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Summary: Fun read.
Review: The first 80% of Kam Majd's debut novel "High Wire" is nearly impossible to put down. The final 20% needs a suspension of disbelief equal to that of a James Bond movie. No matter, it is an entertaining ride.

Essentially a techo-thriller featuring a ticking clock with a cat and mouse chase (the hunted hunting the hunters). Creatively written, filled with nonstop tension and shifting loyalties, it is easy to get hooked.

"High Wire" truly deserves its Edgar nomination.

I liked the way Mr. Majd developed his characters. The protagonists are resourceful, the villains especially devious and their crime quite ingenious.

Looking forward to more in this series.

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Summary: Gripping
Review: This outstanding book kept me on the edge of my seat I could hardly put it down. I think that Mr Majd captured the strength and courage of this young pilot Kate Gallagher. I couldnt wait until the next struggle that this woman had to endure...and all with fantastic strength. Mr Majd's experience as a pilot was surely evident in this book. I could feel as though I was right there in the cockpit. This would make a great movie.
Cant wait for HIGH IMPACT.

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Summary: Tops! Right up there with the big name authors!! LOVED IT!
Review: This read was a wonderful surpise!! I'd never heard of Majd before this book & it literally had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Very talented author who will be HUGE one day VERY soon! Characters were very authentic & the technological expertise on Majd's part was stunning! That's what really made the book so fabulous! Especially since the 9/11 attack to see a Mom up there in a plane trying to land it with the chance of dying & speaking to her daughter on the phone--it had me crying,too!! I can't wait for the next book--if it's half as good as this one I'll buy it the DAY it comes out!!