ONE DEAD BODY. TWELVE SUSPECTS. TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DARKNESS.
''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
In the most inhospitable environment - 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 checkin