Midnight
A Thriller
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
From the bestselling author of Breathless comes another pulse-pounding thriller: a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica to camp beneath the midnight sun becomes a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to follow their prey to the very ends of the earth.
With twenty-four hours of daylight, there is nowhere to hide...
Olivia has always dreamt of spending a "white night" on the frigid Antarctic continent, but as an actuary who assesses risk for a living, she never thought she'd have the chance. So when her career takes an unexpected turn after her high-powered art-dealer boyfriend decides to stage an ostentatious, career-making exhibition on a luxury expedition to the polar desert, she is thrilled.
But things soon begin to seem strange; in addition to the wealthy clients, Olivia unexpectedly finds they'll be travelling with the beleaguered employees of the company running the expedition and their charismatic, divisive CEO. And then ominous connections to her and her boyfriend's past begin to appear.
The first deaths seem at first a dreadful accident. But as the situation on board heats up and the temperatures plummet, Olivia starts to wonder if she has booked a one-way ticket to her own demise.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The art world meets the high seas in this unwieldy thriller from McCulloch (Breathless). Actuary Olivia Campbell is shakily recovering from a work-induced nervous breakdown, which has filled her with guilt because it interfered with her art curator boyfriend, Aaron's, recent auction. Now, Aaron is planning to stage a crucial exhibition aboard a luxury cruise to Antarctica for his recently deceased star artist. Though Liv is terrified of the ocean due to her father's death at sea, she agrees to join Aaron, both to relax and to apologize. Her spirits are high until Aaron fails to board the lavish vessel, leaving her to run his exhibition herself between bouts of seasickness and extreme anxiety. Suspicious accidents and deaths ensue, and her shipmates, both the ritzy guests and the blue-collar employees of Pioneer Adventures, whose controversial CEO organized the cruise, begin behaving strangely. McCulloch manages plenty of awe-inspiring descriptions of Antarctica, and her setup is strong, but she comes up short in the character development department, and the big reveal is a disappointment. This sails straight to the middle of the pack.
