Midnight - by Amy McCulloch (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In this pulse-pounding thriller, a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica--to camp beneath the legendary midnight sun--becomes a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to follow their prey to the ends of the earth.

THE SUN NEVER SETS AND THIS KILLER NEVER SLEEPS

In the frigid summers of the Antarctic continent, the sun never sets, and Olivia Campbell has long dreamed of spending a sunlit night in this beautiful, remote place. So when her boyfriend--a high-powered art dealer with a taste for the finer things in life--decides to stage an ostentatious, career-making auction aboard a luxury cruise liner to Antarctica, Olivia can hardly believe her luck. That is, until the ship sets sail and her boyfriend is nowhere to be found, and she is left to manage both the auction and her own creeping fear of the open ocean entirely alone. And as though that weren't enough, the first bodies turn up soon after.

It seems like a terrible accident. This is the Drake Passage, after all, one of the most notorious bodies of water on the planet, and there are always risks in such extreme conditions. But as the situation deteriorates, it soon becomes clear that there is real danger on board--and that the closest help is hundreds of miles away. With tensions rising and temperatures plummeting, Olivia wonders whether she's booked a fabulous adventure . . . or a one-way ticket to her own destruction.

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Praise for Amy McCulloch's Midnight

"Enthralling. . . . Combines an intricate murder mystery with lyrical passages describing ice cliffs and spectacular skies. . . . [McCulloch] has an eye for edgy and unusual settings, and the new novel is easily as good as her first." --Sunday Times (UK)

"Amy McCulloch is the ice queen of the stone-cold, twisting thriller. Midnight is chillingly atmospheric, with sub-zero tension and a creeping plot that makes it impossible to look away. I will never not read what she writes!" --Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The Appeal

"Chills, thrills and intense suspense. . . . Midnight is a clever mystery, a twisting page-turner, and a blistering adventure." --Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End

"A chilling, atmospheric rollercoaster of a read filled with clever unpredictable twists and beautiful imagery of Antarctica. I loved it! Amy McCulloch is the queen of the adventure thriller! --Claire Douglas, author of The Girls Who Disappeared

"In Midnight, Amy McCulloch takes us on her most adrenaline-fuelled adventure yet. Transportive, absorbing and perfectly paced. You won't want to miss it!" --Lucy Clarke, author of One of the Girls

About the Author

AMY McCULLOCH is the author of Breathless and Midnight, as well as eight novels for children and young adults, including the internationally bestselling YA novel The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow. She is the youngest Canadian woman to climb Manaslu in Nepal--the world's eighth-highest mountain. She has also summited the highest mountain in the Americas, Aconcagua, participated in the Marathon des Sables in the Sahara Desert, and visited all seven continents. She lives outside of London.