Last Ferry Home

Since his wife´s death at sea, San Francisco Police Detective Michael O´Higgins has been paralyzed by grief and shame - unable to care for their teenaged daughter, who saw her mother swept away, and unable to deal with the daily requirements of his job. Almost a year after his wife´s death, O´Higgins takes a ferry ride as part of his therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. On the boat, he meets a charming Indian family: successful young husband, two lovely daughters, and a kind, beautiful wife and mother. O´Higgins has no idea that he will meet this woman again on his first day back after bereavement leave, when he and his partner are called to a Nob Hill mansion to investigate a homicide. The victim is the handsome man O´Higgins met on the ferry, and his wife, Asha Chaundhry, is the obvious suspect. Asha Chaundhry becomes the center of O´Higgins´ investigation. The victim´s father, a prominent Indian politician and business tycoon, is anxious to keep his son´s death out of the public eye, and to have the investigation resolved as quickly as possible. As O´Higgins digs into the Chaundhrys´ business and political dealings, he becomes convinced of Asha´s innocence, while her father-in-law seeks to isolate her from friends and defenders, even sending her children back to extended family in India. Increasingly desperate, Asha turns to O´Higgins for comfort, in a way that threatens both his recovery and his career. LAST FERRY HOME is a riveting novel of grief, obsession, recovery and passion from acclaimed author Kent Harrington, as well as a gripping portrait of a man torn apart by loss, but looking for something, anyone, to believe in.