Synopsis
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 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 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 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.
My Review
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Aiden Bishop is at Blackheath House, attending a party to welcome Evelyn Hardcastle back into her family’s fold. Evelyn has been living in Paris for the past 19 years, but she is now back in England.
However, Evelyn is murdered the night of her party, and it’s up to Aiden to solve the case.
It’s not as clear-cut as it may sound, as each day Aiden wakes up not as himself but as one of the other guests… He has eight days and eight different bodies to put all the pieces together. However, he has rivals who are also investigating Evelyn’s death, and whoever finds the answer first will leave Blackheath.
There is also a footman following Aiden, trying to kill all of his hosts…
This book was INSANELY good. I can’t get my head around the ingenuity and intricacy of the plot. There were twists and turns around each corner. When I thought I knew where the book was heading, the author threw in more plot twists.
At the beginning (first few chapters), I had no idea what was going on, as Aiden was ‘Sebastian Bell’ who wakes up in Blackheath with a memory loss, but as I was reading, the pieces started to gradually come together.
When I wasn’t reading, I was thinking about the book, wondering when I would be able to read more of it. This is so rare for me these days! I hardly ever come across a book that makes me think about it so much.
This was my first book by this author, but it won’t be my last. It’s a perfect homage to Agatha Christie, who is my favourite author of all time.
I definitely recommend it.
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About the Author
Stuart Turton is your friendly neighbourhood author, responsible for The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Devil and the Dark Water, and The Last Murder at the End of the World – which he describes as the ‘not a trilogy’ trilogy. His books have appeared on the Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller lists, and are known for fusing locked-room mysteries with literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Stuart’s books have been translated into forty languages and have sold over a million copies, which would be impressive if every author wasn’t boasting about exactly the same thing.
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