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The seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle (costa first novel award winner 2018)
Stuart Turton
- Bloomsbury
- 21 Septembre 2018
- 9781408889510
Can you solve the mystery of Evelyn Hardcastle ?
WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD.
WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG NOVEL AWARD.
A WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR.
LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR.
Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror - the most inventive story you'll read Tonight, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed ... Again.
It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed.
But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden - one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party - can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot.
The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath...
SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, I PAPER, FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPH AND CURRENTLY BEING ADAPTED BY NETFLIX INTO A SEVEN PART SERIES.
The mind-blowing new murder mystery from Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water, is OUT NOW.
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An impossible murder A remarkable detective duo A demon who may or may not exist The extraordinary new novel from Stuart Turton, author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle , winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award.
Praise for The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle :
''Turton has astonishing ambition and narrative skill to match'' Daily Telegraph ''Fiendishly clever'' The Times ''Prepare to have your brain fried and your mind blown'' Daily Express It''s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world''s greatest detective, is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is facing trial and execution for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent, while also on board are Sara Wessel, a noble woman with a secret, and her husband, the governor general of Batavia.
But no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A strange symbol appears on the sail. A dead leper stalks the decks. Livestock are slaughtered in the night.
And then the passengers hear a terrible voice whispering to them in the darkness, promising them three unholy miracles. First: an impossible pursuit. Second: an impossible theft. Third: an impossible murder.
Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes?
With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent and Sara can solve a mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board.>
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The last murder at the end of the world - the dazzling new high concept murder mystery from author of million
Stuart Turton
- Bloomsbury
- 15 Mars 2024
- 9781526634917
Solve the murder to save what''s left of the world.
Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they''re told by the scientists.
Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.
If the murder isn''t solved within 92 hours, the fog will smother the island - and everyone on it.
But the security system has also wiped everyone''s memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer - and they don''t even know it.
The outstanding new high concept murder mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling and Costa Book Award winning author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. An ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, an audacious solution. Available to pre order NOW. -
SOLVE THE MURDER TO SAVE WHAT''S LEFT OF THE WORLD
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
''A mind-bending, genre-blending, boy-that-ending mystery unlike any I''ve ever read'' A. J. FINN
''I loved it'' C. J. TUDOR
''An absolute blast'' BENJAMIN STEVENSON
''Wildly inventive'' M. W. CRAVEN
''Believe the hype'' ALICE BELL
''Extraordinary'' WILL DEAN
An Observer Thriller of the Month
Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they''re told by the scientists.
Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.
If the murder isn''t solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island - and everyone on it.
But the security system has also wiped everyone''s memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer - and they don''t even know it.
Readers love The Last Murder at the End of the World:
''Mind-bending''
''Absolutely loved it''
''Captivating''
''Thrillingly fast-paced''
''New favourite book''
''Another masterpiece''
''Unique''
''Explosive''
''Absolutely unforgettable''
''Unlike anything I''ve ever read before''
''Still shocked by the ending''
''Wonderfully imaginative''
The Last Murder at the End of the World was No. 1 in the Sunday Times Hardback Fiction chart w/e 30th March 2024 -
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But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden - one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party - can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot.
The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath...