The Night Ferry

A heart-in-mouth thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author. Don't miss Michael Robotham's new thriller When She Was Good, out now.Imagine finding out that your unborn child was a lie...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.A gripping thriller, with twists at every turn, The Night Ferry is Michael Robotham's finest novel yet.Praise for Michael Robotham's writing:'I love this guy's books' Lee Child'Will have you turning the pages compulsively' The Times'An absolute master' Stephen King'He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul' Peter James'Heart-stopping and heart-breaking' Val McDermid'The real deal' David Baldacci'Superbly exciting . . . a terrific read' Guardian