Germany\'s king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying and twisted new novel.
He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife..
He writes novels, narrative non-fiction, short stories and screenplays, as well as translating from German to English.
Steve Anderson is a writer and translator.
He lives with his family in Berlin.
Sebastian Fitzek was the first German author to be awarded the European Prize for Criminal Literature.
His books have sold 13 million copies, been translated into more than thirty-six languages and are the basis for international cinema and theatre adaptations.
About author(s): Sebastian Fitzek is Germany\'s most successful author.
As the plane nears its destination, Mats must make an impossible choice and face the fact he might be the arbiter of his own worst fear.
The caller has kidnapped his daughter and will murder her - and her unborn child - unless Mats convinces the pilot to crash the plane, killing everyone on board.
But shortly after take-off, Mats receives a worrying phone call.
If no one is sat there, surely nothing will go wrong.
That\'s why on his first plane journey in 20 years - to be with his only daughter as she gives birth - he\'s booked Seat 7A, so no one else can sit there.
He also knows that if something does happen on a plane, the worst place to be is Seat 7A.
He knows that flying is nineteen times safer than driving.
Psychiatrist Mats Krüger knows that his irrational fear of flying is just that - irrational.
Germany\'s king of the thriller takes to the skies with a terrifying and twisted new novel
