Nicholas Rhea said:
"The idea for this book came about after a trip on a cruise ship to the Arctic. It's a version of the Country House Murder idea where all the suspects are in one place and the detective has to work out the identity of the killer before everyone disappears. I think I have even got the suspects assembled in the library of the ship. Another aspect, of course, is that it allowed me to make use of good old-fashioned detective skills rather than relying on modern scientific assistance."
Murder Under the Midnight Sun
In Murder under the Midnight Sun DS Mark Pemberton embarks on a cruise to the Arctic Circle. He's very much off duty, and simply wants to experience the spectacle of the Midnight Sun and the splendour of the glaciers and fjords.
But then a man is found stabbed in a locked cabin and the captain turns to Pemberton - can he assist in investigating the death without alarming the other passengers?
It's a fraught situation: with the liner still at sea the killer must be on board, and there is no way of knowing if he or she will strike again …
Murder under the Midnight Sun was originally published in 2008.
Second hand copies are available on eBay and AbeBooks.