I read many, many thrillers and don't generally find it too much of a challenge to work out the plot. The characters felt quite flat and the answers both felt pretty obvious or didn’t totally make sense. Olivia boards an Antarctic cruise with her art dealer boyfriend, Aaron, who has negotiated an exhibition for his most famous client on board the ship. 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.

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. Now, add to that, she’s facing one of her greatest fears, open water (stemming from a boating accident when she was young which claimed her father’s life), as she heads off on the maiden voyage of Pioneer Group’s Antarctic trips, which will include a very exclusive art auction of art by an artist who was inspired by the area, an artist managed by Aaron who died suddenly. It's just a shame that the way it was executed was not one that I could have appreciated as much as I would have liked to, making for a rather disappointing read, instead. I also noticed a bit of a plot flaw at one point with one of the supporting characters seemingly in two places at once.

I was underwhelmed by McCulloch's debut thriller, Breathless, but I can't resist thrillers with icy settings - especially when that setting is Antarctica - and I also love a good cruise ship novel, so I had to read Midnight. 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. 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. Also, this book leans heavily into the world of art dealing so if that's not your thing it will bore the hell out of you.

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. A series of events (like attempted murder, ransacking of belongings, feelings of being followed), make it seem like someone on board is out to target Olivia. Midnight is a locked room mystery story that takes place on a cruise ship that is destined for Antarctica, and lasts for 14 days.Wanneer haar leven in Londen uit elkaar valt, wordt Olivia uitgenodigd voor een cruise naar Antartica met haar vriend Aaron. Saying that though, the last part of the story was interesting and pretty thrilling, so I’ll definitely give this author another chance. I also suppose I felt like I kept waiting for something significant to happen while reading this, and despite there being a couple murders and some action towards the very end I was still left wanting more and even felt like this one was actually left a bit open-ended or unresolved, but by that point I didn't really care anymore. Based on a small cruise ship heading to Antarctica, we meet Olivia who is sailing with her boyfriend Aaron.