Novels · Crime thriller
The Midnight Ferry
by E. L. Chase
A midnight ferry, no names and no questions. Cal Rourke took a hundred-dollar bribe from a woman in gloves. Now something aboard can burn everyone.
About the book
Cal Rourke thought he was running cargo. Then Tessa slips him a ticket and a problem: the wrong people want her caught or dead, the captain runs the ship like a prison, and something has been planted below deck. It moves from the engine room to the docks of Red Hook.
The feel of the read
Most of the book takes place aboard one ship, which keeps the cast small and the danger close: there’s nowhere for Cal Rourke or Tessa to go once something below deck turns out to be a problem. That confinement is the engine of the tension rather than a large cast or a sprawling city.
Who this book is for
A good match for readers who like a contained, pressure-cooker setting over a globe-trotting plot, and who enjoy smuggling and waterfront-noir atmosphere: fog, diesel, docks.
Format, price and where to read it
The Midnight Ferry is $5.99 on Kindle, free to read with Kindle Unlimited, and also available in paperback.
Tropes and themes
- Confined setting
- Woman on the run
- Smuggling
- Fog and diesel noir
- Trust or die
Read this if you like
- claustrophobic thrillers
- waterfront noir
- short, sharp reads
Questions
Where can I buy The Midnight Ferry?
The Midnight Ferry is available as a Kindle eBook on Amazon US and Amazon UK and as a paperback. It is enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, so members can read it at no extra cost.
Who wrote The Midnight Ferry?
The Midnight Ferry is a standalone novel by E. L. Chase.
Is there a paperback edition of The Midnight Ferry?
Yes. The Midnight Ferry is available in paperback on Amazon US and Amazon UK, in addition to the Kindle eBook.
