The Blue allowed crew members to escape the more unpleasant and mundane realities of life on land, in Lana's case she sought temporary escape from paternal betrayal. A 4 Star review by Sue gives a really good overview of the story and provides the reasons why you should read the book. On an extended holiday from England, Lana and her lifelong best friend Kitty were enjoying the tropics in the Philippines. I put the expression ‘the Authorities’ in scare commas because it is so ambiguous - I wondered that none of characters, especially Aaron who is supposed to have been a barrister, ask Lana the question, ‘What ‘Authorities”?

Lana and Kitty, best friends from childhood escape their boring lives in England to backpack in Asia. Nachdem ich erst letztens auf die Autorin aufmerksam geworden bin und mich eines ihrer Bücher positiv überrascht hat, wollte ich es gleich mit einem weiteren Hörbuch der Autorin versuchen, das mich dieses Mal aber enttäuscht zurückgelassen hat. Given what we learn of his backstory, Aaron has the ingredients for truly tragic status, but we learn too little too late. The crew was in shock and distraught over the tragedy, yet the majority voted not to report the incident to port authorities. Dadurch konnte ich so gar keine Bindung zu den einzelnen Charakteren aufbauen - vielmehr noch: fast alle Protagonisten waren mir durchweg unsympathisch.Written in two threads - Then and Now, events slowly unfold from the early wonder of the trip and the perfect life on board the yacht to the deeper, darker events that eventually lead to disaster for the yacht and its occupants.

While they're at the resort, they meet a group of travelers that have also left their lives behind and are sailing around the world on a fifty-foot yacht- The Blue. BAFTA Scotland award winner Abigail Lawrie ( Tin Star) and Rhianne Barreto ( The Outlaws) are Lana and Kitty respectively.When something does go wrong, not only is their idyllic lifestyle but also their friendship threatened. Die Story kriegt zwar dadurch etwas Spannung, aber hat bei mir meine Abneigung gegen die ohnehin schon unsympathischen Charaktere nur noch verstärkt.