''The Night Ferry'' is

Michael Robotham Michael Robotham (born 9 November 1960) is an Australian crime fiction writer who has twice won the CWA Gold Dagger award for best novel and twice been shortlisted for the Edgar Award for best novel. His eldest child is Alexandra Hope Robotham, ...

's third novel. Like the previous two, it features ex-Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz, only this time in a supporting role to the main character. The book was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly and the UK Crime Writers Association Steel Dagger awards, both in 2007.

Plot summary

DC Alisha Barba is recovering after breaking her back during a kidnap rescue operation with the

Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

in London 12 months earlier. One day, Alisha receives a message from an old school friend with whom she has lost touch after they fell out. On the night of their school reunion, Alisha meets Cate for the first time in years and Cate is showing off her baby bump. When a crazed driver mows Cate and her husband down an ambulance is called. The paramedics can do nothing for Cate's husband and emergency first aid on Cate reveals her baby bump to be false. With Cate dead, Alisha must confront a deadly trafficking operation that stretches across Europe and into Asia. With former Detective Inspector Ruiz (her old boss) she embarks on the quest for truth and a promise she made to Cate to not let her baby be taken by someone else.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Night Ferry Australian crime novels 2007 Australian novels