Set during the outbreak of the Second World War, Night Over Water is a feat of s
torytelling from the bestselling master of the historical thriller, Ken Follett.
On a bright September morning in 1939, two days after Britain has declared war,
a group of privileged but desperate people gather in Southampton to board the la
rgest, most luxurious airliner ever built - the Pan American Clipper, bound for
New York: an English aristocrat, fleeing with his family and a fortune in jewels
; a German scientist, escaping from the Nazis; a murderer under FBI escort; a yo
ung wife running away from a domineering husband; and a handsome, unscrupulous t
hief ...'Master of the romantic thriller' Daily Telegraph 'The opulent interior
of the first airliner on a transatlantic flight from England to New York in war-
darkened 1939 is the setting for Follett's high-flying caper, guaranteed to hold
the reader in their seat ...the master of epic suspense spins an excruciatingly
taut drama, a whirlwind of romance and intrigue ...His best since Eye of the Ne
edle' Publishers Weekly
