Falling by T.J. Newman

Pilot Bill Hoffman thinks that the biggest problem of his day is that his wife, Carrie, is mad at him for agreeing at the last minute to an LA-NYC flight and missing their son Scott's baseball season opener. However, after taking off, Bill gets a message saying he must crash the plane, or else his family will die. He receives a photo of Carrie and Scott bound and gagged, with Carrie wearing a suicide vest. Bill is determined to not take the plane down--and to save his family. Will he succeed? In Falling, debut author Newman writes a novel that's hard put down, told through the eyes of Bill, Carrie, Jo (a senior flight attendant), and Jo's nephew, FBI agent Theo. A great read-alike for Siege, Do Not Become Alarmed, and No Exit.