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Night Driver- Marcelle Perks

Frannie is learning to drive whilst heavily pregnant so that when the baby arrives she
is not stuck in the village with no shops or cafes. She is in a foreign country and
although can understand some of the language it doesn’t come easy to her. Frannie
and her husband Kurt appear to have grown apart since she fell pregnant and he
doesn’t appear to care what happens to her- as is shown when having her final
driving lesson before her test. She hates and is frightened of driving when it’s busy
so once she gets her licence she finds the best time to drive is at night when the
road’s are clearer.  She finds a friend searching for his sister and so gets inveigle into
a web- a web she can’t see her way out of. There are occasional words in German
which I felt could have done with a translation even if just the once. Some I got the
gist of, others I had to guess. There are some dark scenes of sex and violence -
not my cup of tea. A story of deceit and murders, of lies and lives. Of the good in
someone wanting to help their fellow man.
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 Marcelle Perks - About the Author Marcelle Perks is a British author and journalist living in Germany. She specializes in
writing sexually-themed guide books, but also writes short stories. As a film journalist,
she has contributed to such publications as British Horror Cinema, Fangoria, The
Guardian and Kamera. Night Driver is her thrilling debut novel. Social Media links: Website: http://marcelleperks.com/4481.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marcelleperks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcelleperks/


Synopsis:

Heavily pregnant Frannie is facing a crisis. An English woman living in Germany, her marriage is failing, her language skills are hopeless, and she feels like a fish out of water in a foreign country.
In a positive effort to tackle her problems she learns to drive so she can cope when her baby is born and build a sense of independence. After passing her driving test she drives in the early hours of the morning to gain experience on the eerily empty streets.
But when she encounters a Polish motorcyclist looking for his missing sister, she becomes sucked into a terrifying world of shady nightclubs, autobahn prostitutes and organ trafficking. And when she crosses serial-killing truck driver Stigelegger, there's no turning back.
A most unlikely heroine, this nervous Night Driver must stay one step ahead of her pursuer on the darkest of roads in order to survive.

Book info: 
Publication Day: 2nd August 2018
Publisher: Urbane Publications
ISBN: 978-1911583967
Pages: 376
Category: Fiction, Genre: Thriller / Crime / Psychological
Buying links:
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2JB9CfN
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2HyVYNV
Foyles: http://bit.ly/2Kp3M2a
Waterstones: http://bit.ly/2HERd1b 

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