by S. L. Menear
I am sincerely grateful to my editor extraordinaire, Susan Bryant, whose keen insight and attention to detail is invaluable.
American Airlines B787 Captain Jeff Rowland has my deep gratitude for helping me with the accuracy of the airliner flight scenes, since I’ve been out of the cockpit for over twenty years.
Thank you to Dr. Ira M. Fine, M.D., and Leslie Gosk, R.N., TNCC (retired) for help with the accuracy of medical scenes and to Fire Inspector Thomas Hughes for sharing his expertise.
Special recognition goes to the Islander Grill & Tiki Bar at the Palm Beach Shores Resort. Owners Niko and Meliodora Bujaj, manager Larry Wertz, and the friendly staff have always provided a warm welcome, delicious food, superb live music, and encouragement for my writing; and the resort’s general manager, Sherry Smith, has always been supportive. I can’t thank them enough.
The covered deck at the Hilton on Singer Island is my creative writing nirvana. Thanks to Executive Chef Oscar Carranza for his delicious food and expert advice on martial arts, and to the wonderful managers and staff who provide me with such a pleasant writing and dining experience.
Also by S.L. Menear
The Samantha Starr Thriller Series
Flight to Redemption
Flight to Destiny
Triple Threat
Stranded
Vanished
Life, Love, & Laughter: 50 Short Stories
About the Author
S.L. Menear is a retired airline pilot. US Airways hired Sharon in 1980 as their first female pilot, bypassing the flight engineer position. The men in her new-hire class gave her the nickname Bombshell. She flew Boeing 727s and 737s, DC-9s, and BAC 1-11 jet airliners and was promoted to captain in her seventh year.
Before her pilot career, Sharon traveled the world as a flight attendant with Pan American World Airways.
Sharon also enjoyed flying antique airplanes, experimental aircraft, and Third-World fighter airplanes. Her leisure activities included scuba diving, powered paragliding, snow skiing, surfing, horseback riding, aerobatic flying, sailing, and driving fast cars and motorcycles.
Her beloved timber-shepherds, Pratt & Whitney, were her faithful companions for almost fourteen years, and she enjoyed riding her beautiful black and white paint stallion, Chief.
Sharon has flown many of the airplanes in her debut novel, Flight to Redemption, Flight to Destiny, Triple Threat, and Stranded, Books One through Four in her Samantha Starr Series featuring a woman pilot.
www.slmenear.com