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

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Het verhaal heeft een vrij hoog tempo en de wendingen en gebeurtenissen volgen elkaar snel op, daarbij zijn er verrassende wendingen. Olivia is enraged that her boyfriend went unaccounted for when the ship left port, especially as she can’t contact him to find out where he is. Midnight is an adult thriller that follows main character Olivia who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to travel to Antartica on behalf of her art investor boyfriend. 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.

Amy McCulloch definitely made me feel as though I was there on the cruise ship, especially through her descriptions, when she is describing how the ship has recently been refurbished, and she brilliantly makes you feel the danger closing in. Alleen al deze uitnodigende, intrigerende en onheilspellende cover, maakt me erg nieuwsgierig naar het boek. FROM THE AUTHOR OF SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH, BREATHLESS, COMES A SPINE-TINGLING AND GRIPPING NEW THRILLER! De vreemde dingen die gebeuren, zorgen er voor dat deze spanning nog meer toeneemt en de hele tijd wilde ik weten wat er met Aaron was gebeurd.Olivia has been suffering from severe career burnout and panic attacks since failing the last part of her actuary exam, on top of working crazy hours and trying to pay for her mother’s care home bills as well as trying to help out boyfriend Aaron with his foray in to world of art sales. There are hints as to the identity of the source of the danger, but there’s a pleasing number of potential suspects. Mystery and characterization are underwhelming, the heroine is unremarkable, and the art element felt shoe-horned in.

Mystery and suspense are set up straight away, although I wasn't too keen on the art side of the story to begin with - it was hard to connect with it, and it seemed to be getting in the way of the real plot. Het lijkt haar zo'n spectaculaire plek: enorme ijskliffen, een prachtig schip, pinguïns spotten, genieten van diepblauwe golven en de zon die nooit onder gaat. The success of this book is due to the fact that McCulloch took the same trip and could rely on experience.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. Daarbij brengt ze verrassende wendingen in het verhaal en laat ze je als lezer echt mee puzzelen, naar hoe het verhaal in elkaar zit en wie al deze dingen op zijn of haar geweten heeft. Olivia is dealing with some pretty significant trauma related to her father and being on ships, but she has the personality of a wet rag.

Olivia wants to support him in every way she can, especially after the mistake she made a few months ago, but her fear of boats and water after a childhood tragedy make it difficult. He’s arranging an installation of work by his star artist on board the ship, it’s really going to be something special. All day she stared at problems that could be fixed by money – moving it, counting it, acquiring it, giving it away, storing it, investing it – anything but losing it.

Saying that though, the last part of the story was interesting and pretty thrilling, so I’ll definitely give this author another chance. Here, it was so distastefully done to the point where I felt that the author became bored with the storyline and realized they had no choice now but to wrap things up! I was gifted this copy by Vintage Anchor and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

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