On the Ice
A Mystery
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On the Ice
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Keaton McGruder
A chilling, complex mystery about a screenwriter's feverish search for her missing brother on an Antarctic research station by debut author Keaton McGruder.
Ellie Best wins a coveted grant to write a screenplay while staying at the Antarctic research station of McMurdo, and the best part is that her brother Leo, a climate scientist, is leading a research expedition there. But when she arrives, Leo has gone missing . . . and no one can survive for long out on the ice.
Ellie is desperate to find out what happened to Leo, and whether he could still be alive. Everyone is a suspect in the isolated, claustrophobic research station with so few people staying for the winter season. The scientists and support workers Leo knew were changed by the months of darkness, forming a tangled web of relationships, lovers, enemies and secrets. And when there’s a deadly fire on the base that echoes the script Ellie is writing, she realizes that danger is still lurking in the station—and she could be the next target.
Told in dual perspectives, in Leo’s polar winter in pure darkness and Ellie’s austral summer in constant light, On the Ice is a layered mystery about wilderness, isolation, and the need for human connection and love. It’s also a homage to the extraordinarily beautiful but deadly Antarctic, and the scientists exploring the changing polar world.
Critic reviews
“An isolated research station amidst the unforgiving Antarctic wilderness. A missing scientist. And a sister determined to find him. On the Ice is a sharply plotted, propulsive thriller that explores the beauty and brutality of love, grief, and the natural world.”—Kelsey Cox, bestselling author of Party of Liars
“Welcome to McMurdo Station, where the world’s best scientists are working desperately against a ticking clock—and not just the melting of the ice caps. When a leading climate scientist goes missing, there’s a race against time to find him before he freezes. Unless, of course, someone doesn’t want him found. Much like its remote, unforgiving setting, On the Ice takes no prisoners.”—Melissa Larsen, USA Today bestselling author of The Lost House
“On the Ice is a tense, exciting journey to what feels like the end of the world. Most of us will never be in a research station in Antarctica, and after reading Keaton McGruder’s debut, I’m not sure I would want to be! The long, deadly Antarctic winter is too powerful. Even a group of isolated climate scientists find their training isn’t enough to stop the darkness from exposing their worst secrets, weaknesses and fears. When you read On the Ice, dress warm, drink something hot, and enjoy a harrowing journey to Antarctica that you might be glad you’ll never make except in the pages of this wonderful debut!”—Anika Scott, internationally bestselling author of The German Heiress