Dark Fall: A Novel
About this ebook
When a commercial flight from Lagos crashes near Nigeria’s northern border with Niger, all 113 people aboard are killed. The airline is quick to blame Captain Aisha Bako, one of the few female pilots in the country, suggesting she deliberately brought the aircraft down. Determined to clear her name, Aisha’s family turns to Philip Taiwo for a discreet, independent investigation into what really happened and why the airline seemed so certain Aisha was responsible.
As Philip and his trusted partner, Chika, dig deeper, they discover that critical information about the flight has not been made public. Powerful interests have reasons to keep it that way. What begins as an investigation into one pilot’s actions becomes something far more troubling as Philip uncovers a chain of decisions, failures and secrets that made the disaster possible.
Philip must decide whether uncovering the truth and preventing another disaster is worth risking his life and the lives of the people he loves.
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About the author
Femi Kayode holds an MA in Creative Writing – Crime Fiction from the University of East Anglia, where his debut novel, Lightseekers, won the Little, Brown/UEA Crime Fiction Award. Lightseekers went on to be longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, nominated for the Strand Critics Award for Best Debut Novel, and selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. His second Philip Taiwo novel, Gaslight, was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and featured on the Zoe Ball BBC Radio 2 Book Club. He recently completed his PhD in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, UK. Femi lives in Windhoek, Namibia, with his family and four rambunctious dogs.
