Night Without End

Night Without End

Author: Alistair Maclean




Vicente Forner
4 ESO
1. Monday Midnight

Three men,Dr. Mason, Jackstrow and Joss, work in a scientific station on the North Pole in Greenland. The place is completely isolated from the rest of the world surrounded by ice and snow. One night when theywere already going to sleep, they heard a very loud noise coming from outside. They went out and saw a plane crashing near their station.

2. Monday 1 A.M. to 2 A.M.
They run towards the plane andwent inside the aircraft to help the people. The captain and one of the passengers were dead. The radio operator was injured. The steward was sitting next to him. There were other ten passengers onthe plane. One of the passengers was a priest and there were three women, one of them was injured. She was seating on the back of the plane. Another woman Marie LeGarde was a famous actress. One of themen with white hair and a moustache was very angry. They took everybody to the station. The only means of contact with the outside world, a radio set, is destroyed in a seemingly accidental manner.3. Monday 2 A.M. to 3 A.M.
The scientists suspicion falls on stewardess but she is soon cleared. Dr.Mason orders the radio operator, London, to stay behind and repair the radio so that a fieldexpedition can be contacted

They took everybody to the station and gave them food, then everybody went to sleep. That night the radio operator was murdered during his sleep. They also realized thatthe radio had been broken on purpose.
The situation was very critical and Dr. Mason went back to the plane and found that the captain had a bullet through his back and one of the passengers had abullet through his heart. He also found that drugs were put in the passengers coffee. The question is, who are the murderers? Is Margaret Rose the steward responsible of putting drugs in the...