Murder at 30,000 Feet by Susan Walter #bookreview #earlybuzz

Thank you to ThrillerBookLovers The Pulse and the author, #partner, for an advanced copy of Murder at 30,000 Feet in exchange for my honest review.

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: February 17, 2026

Summary:

Under the cover of turbulence, a killer strikes. With nowhere to land and nowhere to hide, who will save the passengers from this nightmare at 30,000 feet?

It’s a ticket to paradise. Flight 868 with nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Over a dozen tipsy passengers are off to a destination wedding. A team of high school baseball players are headed to a tournament. The plane is packed with people eager to escape their lives, and others who can’t wait to return to their beloved home.

But sweet anticipation turns to terror when a lightning strike short-circuits the avionics and plunges the plane into darkness. When the lights come back on, a passenger is found brutally murdered, with only a bewildered air marshal to solve the crime. He soon realizes that several passengers are harboring dark secrets, but the identity of the murderer eludes him. There’s only one certainty: the killer is on the plane.

Thousands of feet above the earth with thunderstorms closing in, the danger outside is as grave as the mounting threat within. Can the captain outrun the storm? Or will the murderer among them bring the plane down first?

Passion, betrayal, and murder collide in this high-stakes, locked-room mystery. A must-listen for fans of T.J. Newman and Jeneva Rose.

My thoughts:

It’s not secret that I am a fan of Susan Walter’s books and when I heard about her latest book, I knew I had to read it…and let me just say, this just might be my new favorite of her books. Talk about a pulse-pounding, heart-stopping, breath-holding reading experience…this one had me in a choke-hold almost from the get-go and didn’t let up. It’s also one of those books where it’s really hard to talk about without giving too much away! ⁣
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If you love locked-room murder mysteries, books where you suspect just about everyone, stories with multiple POVs multiple plots, this one is for you! It’s got a lot of moving parts and just when you think you might have started to work out some of the strands, the author pulls the rug out from under us & shakes it all up. I could not turn the pages fast enough…nor did I see where or how it would all come together…it was such a stressful, addictive read and one I highly recommend to everyone who loves thrillers! This is not your typical thriller…it’s one wild ride that literally takes your breath away!⁣
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