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The Night Ferry

By: Michael Robotham
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
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Best-selling author of the critically acclaimed Suspect, Michael Robotham pens a dark mystery that uncovers the shadowy world of human exploitation.

Police detective Ali Barba receives an urgent letter from her estranged friend Cate. Startled by the letter's alarming tone and eager to atone for egregious past actions, Ali meets Cate at their high-school class reunion. The obviously pregnant Cate begs Ali to stop those who are trying to take her baby. But the plot takes a bizarre twist when a careening car kills Cate - and Ali discovers the truth about Cate's pregnancy.

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Compelling Mystery • Unexpected Twists • British Accent • Excellent Narrator • Socially Aware Storyline • Great Pacing
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I read The Suspect first, and chose this too hastily, hoping for another O'Loughlin book. It is taking place some time after Suspect, with Ruis from The Suspect, now retired and friendly ex-colleagues with Alicia, the feisty protagonist.

Once into it, I came to enjoy Robotham's writing again. The story tells a grim truth about human trafficking, baby selling, and attendant ugly human realities, and a woman sikh D.C.'s effort to wind her way through the knots of a complex set of agendas.

The protagonist is both good and annoying (to me) as Robotham portrays her. She's bright, incisive, aggressive and well trained as a DC. But he wrote her into many scenes requiring too much willing suspension of disbelief for me. He has her behaving like a naively brazen provocateur of bad guys who'd likely kill her instantly. She too often assumes she will be believed and taken seriously by males in the police world, thinking they'll do the right thing, when in fact, the usual self-interest reigns supreme. This naiveté didn't work for me, but there was enough of a good story to keep me engaged.

The narrator was good in Alicia's voice, but not very skilled with male voices.

I'll keep reading Robotham, hoping for more stories with the psychologist.

Well written but not a Joe O'Loughlin book...

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I am thankful from the author to do all these research to open our minds about dark life of people who live in Afghanistan! Sadness and harshness of life is not imaginable for people in first world country! I appreciate his effort to show us the struggle these people face. Sad story, happy ending and informative book! Love it like always.

Thank you for touching the life of people that no one knows about them

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Im glad to hear this picks up after the 1st half. I only got half way through so will revisit! (Great review majulatr by the way .. sums up the book nicely)

Very disappointing compared with Lost which I would highly recommend. Great story, great pacing, great narration.

Skip this one, but pick up his other two.

Yep its just ok.

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I struggled to finish "The Night Ferry" by Michael Robotham, and I'm glad it was part of the Audible Plus catalogue, so no credit was wasted. The narrator, Clare Corbett, is a favorite of mine, and she did an excellent job bringing the characters to life. Unfortunately, the story dragged on and on, failing to captivate me. The plot follows Alisha Barba, a former competitive runner and police woman, as she returns to work after a severe injury. A message from an old friend entangles her in a complex and devious scheme. While the premise had potential, the execution fell flat for me. I appreciate that others may enjoy this book, but it wasn't my cup of tea. As my mentor, editor and friend once wisely said, "If everyone liked the same things, the world would indeed be a boring one." RIP Dan Di Leo

A disappointing listen

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I repay enjoyed this book and I love Clare Corbett! She does such an amazing job narrating!!!

Great Book!

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This was my first time reading this author. His style was pretty straightforward, and I found that a bit tedious.

Unique and Intriguing

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Another excellent story by Michael Robotham. Thoroughly enjoyed the Ruiz crossover; great narrator. Looking forward to future books by this author.

Fantastic!

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This is a compelling story with a stellar performance by Clare Corbett. Enjoyable from start to finish.

Unexpected twists throughout

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nothing special. does not really grsb you AMD suck you in. just s good time passer

OK

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Robotham is, well, he’s brilliant. This novel is focused on a fiercely persistent Sikh detective in London who with the help of Vincent Ruiz, brings down a huge group of sex traffickers.

While Joseph O’laughlin and more recently Cyrus Haven are the main characters in his novels, (and in this novel Ali Barba), Vincent Ruiz is the best detective character in fiction, despite the fact he’s always in the role of a supporting character. He makes Ali and O’ Laughlin better in every regard.

Nevertheless, Ali Barba is a determined, if flawed detective I wish we’d hear more from in subsequent novels.

Brilliant!

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