This flight manifest is really not very different (only much longer) than the first book Hailey conscripted with John Castle, Runway Zero-Eight, here amplified to grand Hotel proportions. Writing up a storm--that is a blizzard--at Lincoln International, this cross-sections some of the personnel's lives and loves throughout the emergency, ending with a crash due to one Guerrero carrying an explosive device for insurance benefits (you do remember that one). On hand, among others--Mel Bakersfield whose marriage to the petulant Cindy has become uneasy; his brother contemplating suicide, suffering from the guilt of a previous crash; a little old lady stowaway and a pregnant stewardess (via the pilot); etc. etc. All perfectly smoothly lubricated and pressurized for certainly part of that audience he maitre d'h'd on the best seller list.