A Cafe on the Nile

Anton Rider Trilogy, Book Two

By: Bartle Bull

Narrated by: Fred Williams

Here's an historical novel of bold romance and grand adventure that sweeps from cosmopolitan Cairo to the wild highlands of East Africa.

A nation sits at the brink of war, a city is fraught with conspiracy. It's 1935 in East Africa. In Cairo, at the Cataract Café, they gather: professional hunter Anton Rider, his estranged wife and her Italian lover, the pampered American twins Bernadette and Harriet Mills, an English lord down on his luck, and a German freebooter who has stolen a fortune in silver from the Italian army. Under the knowing eye of the Goan dwarf and café proprietor Olivio Alevado, they lay plots and toast alliances. They plan safaris. And they gamble with destiny.

©1998 Bartle Bull (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"An enthralling novel." (Booklist)
"The action is nonstop, the details are rawly authentic and the whole thing makes for a fast-paced and absorbing...read." (Publishers Weekly)
"Pulses with entertainment value...The sort of yarn that can keep you up late at night...[A] spirited, sensuous, hot-blooded evocation of a rich and eventful historical world." (New York Times)

Great story, well read

The narration of this series is top notch. Mr. Williams clearly understands what tone is needed and handles the variety of accents and characters with great skill.

Couldn't stop

After reading the other reviews, I felt I just had to comment. I listened to the first book (White Rhino Hotel) from the library, loved it, and I just had to get my hands on the next part of the trilogy, which I found just as fascinating. Mr. Williams narrating style took a little time to get used to, but after awhile I found myself really lost in the story. Now I really love to listen to him. I felt like I was really in Africa, and these books make me long to go there myself. These are some of the best audiobooks I've listened to!

Cafe on the Nile A Must listen.

This story is adventurous, captivating, passionate and exciting.
Learn to love the characters, follow their goals and seek into the depths of adventure.

Good story but...

This is a war story. There are graphic descriptions of cruelty to animals and graphic descriptions of torture. You have been warned.

Promises an exciting sequel but falls short.

Once again, the narrator brings down the book.
The continuation of the Anton Rider story leaves out a lot of the intervening years after The White Rhino and brings the reader to other parts of Africa, a war, incredible violence and a lot more of the 'soft porn'.
While I enjoy the stories I do find the narration incredibly difficult to listen to. I thought I would get used to it but, not so much.....