Night Over Water by Ken Follett

Follett tends to fall into the same category for me as Baldachi, Grisham, Cornwell, etc. etc…you know what you are getting when you dive into one of his books.  Its going to be compelling, well written, most frequently long enough to be worth the effort, and ultimately, forgettable.  Classic escapism.  It did not disappoint.  This copy of the book has been on my shelf for years, unread, most likely one a host of books I inherited from my father-in-law when he purged his book shelves a couple of years back and I took anything I thought I might want to read someday.  The story takes place on a plane flying the overnight route from Europe to America with a cast of characters straight out of a, well, a novel…you have your ne'er-do-well young rouge running from the law, your wealthy family with its haughty mother, overpowering father, petulant but relatable daughter and impish but lovable son, the mysterious trench-coated lawman, etc. etc.   There is a love story, a mystery, a tale of murder and mayhem…all while this Titantic of the sky makes its dramatic last journey before the plane is commandeered into military service when the US in inevitably drawn into World War II.

No snob am I, sometimes a good ole paperback novel is all you want. 

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