Heavily pregnant Frannie is facing a crisis. An English woman living in Germany, her marriage is failing, her language skills are hopeless, and she feels like a fish-out-of-water in a foreign country.In a positive effort to tackle her problems she learns to drive so she can cope when her baby is born and build a sense of independence. After passing her test she takes her car out in the early hours of the morning to gain experience on the eerily empty streets.But a chance encounter with a Polish motorcyclist looking for his missing sister sucks Frannie into a terrifying world of shady nightclubs, autobahn prostitutes and organ trafficking. And when she crosses serial-killing truck driver Stigelegger, there's no turning back...A most unlikely heroine, this nervous Night Driver must stay one step ahead of her pursuer on the darkest of roads in order to survive.