Night over Water

Ken Follett

Apr 2004 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes to the skies in this classic novel of international suspense. Set in the early days of World War II, Night over Water captures the daring and desperation of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances—in prose as compelling as history itself. . . . 

September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton,  the world's most luxurious airliner—the legendary Pan Am Clipper—takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the cream of society and the dregs of humanity, all fleeing the war for reasons of their own . . . shadowed by a danger they do not know exists . . . and heading straight into a storm of violence, intrigue, and betrayal. . . .

Ratings and reviews

I thought I'd give Ken Follett one more try. But this book is no different than all of his others. Predictable, not particularly well written, and with essentially the same set of characters: a social outcast, the angry woman who is a victim of society's sexist and unjust constraints, blah, blah, blah. Throw in Follett's obsession with sex and particularly male anatomy and the book is an insult and waste at best

The premise of the story is good, the intrigue of the multiple subplots is above average, the story moves at an engaging pace. My only major complaint is that the climax seemed a bit contrived.

Good read. Mr. Follett may have phoned this one in. Tasting should be 3.5

About the author

Ken Follett is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. 

In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become the author’s most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick.
 
Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.
 
Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.