I also guessed the twist at the end easily - not a huge problem for me as a reader, but a bit disappointing. The pieces of the story didn't come together as easily as I would have hoped and I think more detail in some cases might have helped to persuade me.

Aaron’s deceased client’s artwork will be showcased aboard the Vigil as a unique art auction at sea, and the night of his auction will take place during the phenomenon known as “midnight sun” where the sun doesn’t set. She is currently working on her next adult thriller, continuing to draw inspiration from her adventures. We have a growing occurrence of incidents that contribute to the sense of unease and we build to a tense and dramatic finale.The premise definitely appealed to me, as a cruise ship is one of those either you love it or you hate it experiences, and I myself went on a similar cruise 10 years ago, which I absolutely loved, and to choose this as a setting for another chiller of a thriller seemed like a perfect choice.

There were certainly enough moments that could have been incredibly scary but instead stayed in the lite-thriller genre. Combines an intricate murder mystery with lyrical passages describing ice cliffs and spectacular skies. Midnight is chillingly atmospheric, with sub-zero tension and a creeping plot that makes it impossible to look away. Het verhaal liet me echt op het puntje van mijn stoel zitten en ik heb het boek ook in één avond uitgelezen, omdat ik moest weten wie er achter alle gebeurtenissen zat. I feel mainly the fault lay in how focused the story was on the character, Olivia, herself and the personal growth that she needed from this trip, to overcome the mental and emotional trauma that has so severely plagued her in the past.

I could feel her frustration when she was told to just try and have fun, when she was clearly worrying about what’s happened to her boyfriend. Het verhaal heeft een vrij hoog tempo en de wendingen en gebeurtenissen volgen elkaar snel op, daarbij zijn er verrassende wendingen.

cries* And to make it even worse it was such a cliché of a reason why that I got even more annoyed by it all! Midnight is an utterly addictive novel by Amy McCulloch, which takes place in one of the remotest parts of the world, Antarctica, on the maiden voyage of a recently refurbished luxury cruise liner. Het is overigens wel heel duidelijk dat de auteur zelf ook naar Antarctica is gereisd (dit lees je in het dankwoord), want ze weet er veel over te vertellen en hierdoor werd het verhaal ook realistischer.I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt that between her great fears, isolation, and mounting panic that she wasn’t firing on all cylinders. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. AMY McCULLOCH is the author of Breathless, as well as eight novels for children and young adults, including the internationally bestselling YA novel The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow. Daarbij zit er een vrij hoog tempo in de verhaallijn en zitten er enorm veel wendingen en gebeurtenissen in het verhaal die je als lezer geboeid houden.

A chilling, atmospheric rollercoaster of a read filled with clever unpredictable twists and beautiful imagery of Antarctica. The classic locked-room mystery, with a finite number of suspects and a chillingly hostile environment. I liked how the protagonist was cut off from the majority of technology - it made the story more claustrophobic and gripping. Suddenly Olivia thinks she sees the strange man from the night before who was arguing with Aaron, he seems to be a staff member onboard the ship, but she feels uneasy about him. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.

Overall though, this was a decent atmospheric read, and if you’re looking for your next locked room mystery with a chilling setting, you’ll find it here. She’s as shaky as it gets so one is meant to wonder if she’s an unreliable narrator or is someone toying with her as their next victim. Aaron is due to organise an art exhibition onboard, but he fails to make it back to ship before it sets sail. There are hints as to the identity of the source of the danger, but there’s a pleasing number of potential suspects.