Karma

by Nancy Deville

While having a seemingly harmless glass of tea at a bazaar in Istanbul, Meredith Fitzgerald, a beautiful soon to be married American doctor finds her privileged world turned upside down. As she's waiting for the police to arrive to collect an abandoned gypsy girl left in her keeping, Meredith's vision starts to blur and the bazaar music turns into a high-pitched whine. She recognizes too late that the tea was spiked with chloral hydrate, rendering her helpless.

In this gripping novel, a confusing scenario grows yet more frightening as Meredith realizes that she has been abducted and swept into the dark world of the human sex trade. The once confident, self-reliant doctor finds herself trafficked to Mumbai and trapped in a brothel compound where she's expected to work as the doctor. But maybe, just maybe, she is not as helpless as she appears.

Genres: Fiction

237 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 30, 2009

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

While attending a medical seminar in Istanbul, Meredith Fitzgerald, an engaged, beautiful, blonde, young lady is duped by her taxi driver in the old, city bazaars. Intent on spending one last day exploring Istanbul before leaving for India, to sprinkle her father’s ashes in the Ganges, she allows her guard down in the market environment. Instead of engaging in a tourist-style adventure she finds her tea laced with choral hydrate. Having been slipped a Mickey she slips into unconsciousness. When she awakens she finds herself naked, imprisoned in a dark room and realizes she has been raped.
Her feats mount as she realizes she has been taken prisoner by a sex-trade trafficker who, along with his American companion and bodyguards, conspire to move her to Mumbai, India. Fitzgerald gives up hope of being found, knowing her fiancé, Paul, will be searching in Turkey, not across the border in India, for her.
By making herself personal physician to Mrs. Pawar, Fitzgerald tries to curry favor and to place her in a situation where she can escape, not just from the ritual daily raping from her immediate kidnapper, but from under the noses of her Indian task-masters.
An on-the edge-of-your-seat, unforgettable adventure that takes us to the edge of madness and back and shows that with perseverance, and a never-say-die attitude, even the most evil circumstances can be triumphed over

[Peaches · Rating 5 out of 5]

Karma was an Sad, Insightful look at Sex Trafficking, Greed, Inhumanity, Cruelty & Human Abuse. In my opinion People who engage in and profit from Sex Trafficking deserve the Death Penalty.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

I couldn't put it down even though it was disturbing and totally not what I was expecting. Not something I'd normally go for- All the same a page turner / human trafficking and worse.

[La Femme Readers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Karma was a hauntingly intense novel that will captivate readers from start to finish. Nancy Deville is very courageous for taking such a sensitive subject and turning it into an enlightening read. Meredith Fitzgerald, an American doctor protagonist, visits Istanbul for a medical conference. During a trip to the bazaar she falls victim to a sex trade. The graphic nature of the process was grueling. Her strength throughout the novel was extraordinary. Meredith did not once stop fighting. The novel is written from Meredith's perspective which gave me the opportunity to quickly connect with her emotions. I was truly touched by her determination and heartbroken for the predicament that she was in. Since she was a doctor, a lot of fascinating medical explanations were introduced, which was pretty cool.

After reading this book, I feel like I am more educated on the subject of sex slavery. I couldn't help but think about that movie 'Taken' because the plot was about a father trying to find his daughter who was sold into a sex trade. However, Meredith had her fiance looking for her, so she wasn't alone fighting the battle, even though she wasn't aware of it at the time. This book not only opened my eyes to how young girls and women are treated in foreign countries but definitely made me more cautious. Overall, a heartbreaking yet dark journey through a world of human trafficking. I have to warn my young readers this book is not for you, this is an adult book with graphics details.

[Mohit · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a bad read but start only if you are done withe some of the known best sellers ...