The Survivors
Bestseller McCall's latest romantic thriller has all the elements that  her fans have come to expect, though some readers may find she goes over the  top with her high-velocity plot. A tragic plane crash in the Appalachian  mountains brings together a disparate group of survivors—Patrick Finn and  Darren Wilson, two U.S. senators who happen to get adjoining seats on the  doomed flight; Johnny O'Ryan, a young boy whose grandparents perish in the  crash; and Molly Cifelli, a young child welfare worker. Wilson already holds a  furious grudge against the other senator, who refused to vote for legislation  that would have gotten the mob off Wilson's back. In the wreckage of the downed  plane, the other two survivors witness Wilson murder Finn, leading to a  desperate game of cat and mouse as the killer seeks to eliminate the loose  ends. Local psychic Deborah Sanborn has visions of the crash and its aftermath  that help several generations of O'Ryans in their rescue efforts, and in the  process she falls for Johnny's father. Though it can feel contrived—the  coincidental seating of the political adversaries in particular—those with a  well-developed suspension of disbelief should enjoy the ride.(Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.