23. The Night Ferry - Michael Robotham

audio read by Clare Corbett
2007 Recorded Books
11 unabridged cds (12.25 hrs.)

384 pgs.

Finished on the road 

Genre: Murder Mystery

Goodreads Rating: 3.75

My Rating: Very, very good (4.5)

Acquired through PBS

Setting: London, England and Amsterdam

Goodreads Review:  "Alisha Barba's dreams of being a detective were shattered when a murder suspect broke her back across a brick wall. Now on her feet again, with her police career in limbo, she receives a message from an old school friend, Cate Beaumont, who is eight months pregnant and in trouble.On the night they arrange to meet, Cate is mown down by a car that kills her husband instantly. As paramedics fight to save her life they discover there is no baby. Her pregnancy is an elaborate lie, a cruel deception.  Why? What happened? As Alisha sets out to answer these questions she is drawn deeper and deeper into a dangerous quest that will take her from the East End of London to Amsterdam's red light district and into a murky underworld of sex trafficking, slavery and exploitation."

My comments on Goodreads: Very, very good - I'll give it five stars - it kept me interested and guessing for over 2000 miles on the road 'cross country.  I particularly enjoyed the lilting, British-accented reader, her performance added realism to an already interesting story.  I enjoyed the British and Dutch settings as well. Great read.  (I really loved the last line - "The end of one story is merely the beginning of the next.")