ONE DEAD BODY. TWELVE SUSPECTS. TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DARKNESS.
In the most inhospitable environment on earth – cut off from the rest of the world – there’s a killer on the loose.
A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she’s offered the opportunity to be an emergency replacement at the UN research station in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance. The previous doctor, Jean-Luc, died in a tragic accident while out on the ice.
The move seems an ideal solution for Kate: no one knows about her past; no one is checking up on her. But as total darkness descends for the winter, she begins to suspect that Jean-Luc’s death wasn’t accidental at all.
And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes . . .
‘Outstanding … Haughton writes vividly about a claustrophobic community … her novel really is a superlative locked-room mystery‘ – SUNDAY TIMES (Crime Book of the Month)
‘Haughton has created a fantastically atmospheric setting … it’s a chilling race to the finish to discover whodunnit’ – OBSERVER
‘A sense of growing menace pervades … the freezing wasteland and claustrophobic workings of the research station are finely rendered’ – FINANCIAL TIMES
‘Exciting and involving, this has the makings of a classic thriller‘ – LITERARY REVIEW Review
‘A modern-day Agatha Christie on ice, you’ll get shivers as you read it’ – WOMAN & HOME
‘Anyone who loves a genuine page-turner with hugely believable characters at its core will adore it ‘ – ON MAGAZINE
‘This claustrophobic locked room mystery will definitely give you chills‘ – REAL PEOPLE MAG
‘Gripping‘ – HEAT
‘Perfect‘ – GRAZIA
‘This tension packed story is like a Christie whodunnit on ice. The creeping dear and icy setting leaves you gasping’ – THE PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH
‘Fantastic and atmospheric debut thriller, dark in more ways than one’ – NB MAGAZINE
‘Great characterisation, possible unreliable narrator, increasingly tense plot‘ – MARIAN KEYES
‘The kind of heart-pounding, sleep-stealing read that you want to recommend to everyone you meet. An absolutely thrilling book’ – CASS GREEN
‘Chilling and atmospheric . . . had me turning the pages late into the night’ – MARK EDWARDS
‘Tense, thrilling and unpredictable, with one of the most unique and dangerous settings imaginable’ – ALLIE REYNOLDS
‘Set against the dangerous sub-zero temperatures end endless night of the Antarctic… Brilliantly atmospheric and terrifying‘ – CATHERINE COOPER
‘Tense, twisted and quite literally chilling – a locked room mystery in a unique setting where no one can be trusted’ – SUSI HOLLIDAY
‘Atmospheric, original and full of tension‘ – AMANDA JENNINGS