![]() sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. William and Marilyn Hoffer are currently working on Torch!, due out in late 2011. Average rating 4.01 14,361 ratings 969 reviews shelved 8,954 times Showing 29 distinct works. Luke Rules is the first in a series of Luke Wilde adventures. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Not Without My Daughter. WARNING: Luke has a bit of an attitude problem. William Hoffer News - Find William Hoffer latest Movies News and Headlines along with William Hoffer Movies List, Birth Date. The husband-and-wife team's latest book is Luke Rules, the adventures and misadventures of Luke Wilde, former Marine Corps sniper turned wily and often contrary private investigator who likes to play by his own rules. Hoffer also wrote a great book about the Andrea Doria sinking (ocean liners are my other transport-related interest). Same with Freefall by William Hoffer, great story which isnt on my list cos its non-fiction. I wish someone would write a jet-age equivalent. It was produced into a motion picture starring William Devane, Shelley Hack and Mariette Hartley. Freefall: From 41,000 feet to Zero - A True Story by William Hoffer and Marilyn Hoffer Lionel Chetwynd Jorge Montesi William Devane Scott Hylands Shelley. William Devane evokes latter-day Glenn Ford as the veteran airline captain charged with keeping. I agree that Fate Is The Hunter is the defintive civil aviation book. William and Marilyn's Freefall is the nail-biting thriller recounting the near-tragedy of Air Canada Flight 174 that ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet. The book became a stunningly successful international phenomenon, and was produced into a motion picture starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina. William and his wife Marilyn worked with Betty Mahmoody to write Not Without My Daughter, the story of Betty and her daughter's desperate and dangerous escape from Iran. He collaborated with Billy Hayes to chronicle the exciting escape from a Turkish prison in Midnight Express, which was later produced into an Academy Award-winning motion picture starring Brad Davis, John Hurt and Randy Quaid. What people are saying - Write a review We. In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation. William Hoffer has been spinning out international bestsellers for more than 20 years. It is the story of how pilot Bob Pearson guided the powerless jet, with its full crew and 61 passengers, to safety.
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