Layover by David Bell
It's no secret that I have loved Bell's work since I first discovered him a few years ago, but this one was not quite as good as all of his others.
It starts out in the Atlanta airport (which is where my own traveling debacle started while I was reading this). Joshua travels a lot for work, despite the anxiety that traveling by air gives him. While waiting in line to buy a book, he runs into Morgan, who intrigues him from the start. They end up going to a bar before their flights, and hit it off. Morgan gives him the kiss of his life before telling him he'll never see her again. This prompts him to change flights so that he can be with her and get to know her better. But, when he sees her on the plane, she denies knowing him.
Josh doesn't know what to make of this, but when he lands, he sees a news report for a missing person, and that missing person is Morgan. What ensues is a game of cat and mouse that involves theft and murder.
I don't know if this didn't hold my attention because the story was lacking something, or if it is because I read the first half during a series of flights to Europe and the last half on flights home a week later or what, but this just didn't grab me and hold on like all of his other books did.
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