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Midnight: The gripping ice-cold thriller from the author of Breathless

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The narrative was so character-driven in that aspect that in all moments where there would be an unexpected twist or reveal, the attention would immediately divert to a glimpse of Olivia's past and how she's been so painfully distraught about these conflicting thoughts that I couldn't bring myself to care. Niet veel later gebeuren er meer vreemde dingen op het schip en Olivia vraagt zich af of ze zelf ook nog wel veilig is. A twisty, multilayered thriller that sees a social media influencer stuck on an Antarctic cruise where people keep turning up dead and she can't escape the fact that she may be the intended target. Het leven van Olivia lijkt in te storten, wanneer ze dan ook wordt uitgenodigd voor een cruise met haar vriend naar Antarctica kan ze haar geluk niet op.

She's carrying a heavy burden, one which she was able to shed through the difficult tasks she was confronted with, and I did appreciate how she applied her own nautical expertise to good use, while navigating the treacherous waters. The danger and the tension intensify in the novel as the voyage gets underway, and soon, some shocking events that take place on board, leave Olivia in turmoil. Without divulging too many details and spoiling, for some reason I couldn't really connect with our protagonist who, as a profession was an actuary, and any of the other characters weren't developed enough to even have an opinion. You couldn’t get a better location for a thriller, where the characters really are cut off from the rest of civilisation, and Amy McCulloch brilliantly raises the stakes in her book, especially when it becomes clear that there is a killer on board.She also summited the highest mountain in the Americas, Aconcagua, in -45C and 90kmph winds, and has visited all seven continents. I also guessed the twist at the end easily - not a huge problem for me as a reader, but a bit disappointing. The classic locked-room mystery, with a finite number of suspects and a chillingly hostile environment.

The storyline for me, however, was very slow and whilst I enjoyed the beginning part of the story where it introduces us to Olivia and Aaron, I found, as the book moved on, I struggled to maintain my interest in their stories. 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. Biography: Amy McCulloch is the Chinese-White author of Breathless, an international bestseller and Waterstones Thriller of the Month selection.The characters felt quite flat and the answers both felt pretty obvious or didn’t totally make sense. And while I didn't feel McCulloch fully exploited the atmospheric potential of her setting, it was enough to keep me going.

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