In Passport to Peril we meet Ellen, a musician, who is headed to Berlin to perform in a music festival, but on the way she decides to take side trips through Ireland on the way. She soon discovers pubs where her music is appreciated, and where she hears learns local songs. Add to that a budding romance with a local named David, all is wonderful.
Passport to Peril is a wonderful surprising adventure. If it suffers is only that it is marked as a romance. It is a mystery adventure with a touch of romance which wonderfully serves as a way of developing the characters and moving the plot.
In this story, author Block creates a great sense of place; in pubs, and through songs. The pacing of the novel is just right; a perfectly slow beginning with entertaining and “page turning” progression.
Through the writing and narration from the talented PJ Morgan there remains throughout the tale enough tension, enough surprise to make me feel as if I was reading the script for a Hitchcock film.
The innocent Ellen becomes escapee, and later a suspect. Even when the reader feels the story is resolved the question remains, is it? Is everyone who they seem to be? Does one of the local songs she learned contain a clue that can save her?
All of this makes Passport to Peril an engaging and thrilling read.