The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

"This book blew my mind! Utterly original and unique."―Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling authorA murder mystery novel inspired by Agatha Christie with a dash of Groundhog Day and a hint of Quantum Leap and Downton Abbey.The Rules of BlackheathEvelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m.There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit.We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer.Understood? Then let's begin...Aiden Bishop knows the rules. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until he can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest at Blackheath Manor. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others.The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a breathlessly addictive locked-room mystery that follows one man's race against time to find a killer, with an astonishing time-turning twist that means nothing and no one are quite what they seem.From the author of The Devil and the Dark Water, Stuart Turton delivers inventive twists in a thriller of such unexpected creativity it will leave readers guessing until the very last page...Praise for The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle:Sunday Times BestsellerCosta First Novel Award 2018 WinnerStylist Magazine's 20 Must-Read Books of 2018Harper's Bazaar's 10 Must-Read Books of 2018The Guardian's Best Books of 2018Buzzfeed's 17 Mystery Books You Won't Be Able to Put DownBookRiot's 10 Mystery and Thriller Authors like Agatha Christie

A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Woman in the Window

"Dazzling. A revolving door of suspects (and narrators); a sumptuous country-house setting; a pure-silk Möbius strip of a story. This bracingly original, fiendishly clever murder mystery ― Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day ― is quite unlike anything I’ve ever read, and altogether triumphant. I wish I’d written it."

Kirkus Reviews

"Turton's debut is a brainy, action-filled sendup of the classic mystery."

Booklist

"This novel is so ingenious and original that it’s difficult to believe it’s Turton’s debut. The writing is completelyimmersive...there are certainly echoes of Agatha Christie here, but it’s Christie ramped up several notches, thanks to the malevolent twist on the Groundhog Day theme. Readers may be scratching their heads in delicious befuddlement as they work their way through this novel, but one thing will be absolutely clear: Stuart Turton is an author to remember."

International bestseller Sophie Hannah

"This book blew my mind! Utterly original and unique."

Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author

"If Agatha Christie and Terry Pratchett had ever had LSD-fuelled sex, then The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle would be their acid trip book baby. Darkly comic, mind-blowingly twisty, and with a cast of fantastically odd characters, this is a locked room mystery like no other."

Ali Land, Sunday Times bestselling author Good Me Bad Me

"I hereby declare Stuart Turton the Mad Hatter of Crime. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is unique, energizing, and clever. So original, a brilliant read."

Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author

"Agatha Christie meets Downton Abbey with a splash of red wine and Twin Peaks. Dark and twisty, lush and riddled with gorgeous prose, part of me will always be trapped in Blackheath."

Matthew Sullivan, author of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

"A kaleidoscopic mystery that brilliantly bends the limits of the genre and the mind of the reader. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is urgent, inventive, creepy and, above all, a blast to read!"

Sarah J. Harris, author of The Color of Bee Larkham’s Murder

"Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! It’s a work of sheer genius. An amazing, unique book that blew my mind."

Imran Mahmood, author of You Don’t Know Me

"This book had me mesmerized from the very first page to the last. A totally unique premise and a beautifully plotted tale told with breathtaking skill. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Every page either sparkles or fizzes with beauty or danger. This is a real mind-melter of a novel from a writer who has complete mastery over his work. If more people could write like this, who’d need cinema?"

Sarah Cation, Canadian Living

"My favorite mystery so far this year, it’s Agatha Christie, Groundhog Day, and Black Mirror mashed up into the kind of tale you just can’t put down."

Louise O’Neill, author of Only Ever Yours and Asking For It

"Audaciously inventive, gripping, and original."

Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You

"I’m green with envy; I wish I’d written this book"

Natasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

"Absolute envy-making bloody murderous brilliance"

Foreword

"Atmospheric and unique, this is a mystery that adds "Who am I?" to the question of whodunit, with existentially suspenseful results."

Robin Stevens, author of the Wells and Wong mystery series

"Gloriously inventive, playful and clever, this is a must for mystery fans. I wish I'd written it myself..."

Anna Stephens, author of The Godblind Trilogy

"Stuart Turton’s debut novel is dazzling in its complexity, astonishing in its fiendishness, and shocking in its sheer audacity. Every page, every character, and every deliciously dark secret is an absolute treat. Turton is going places."

About the Author

STUART TURTON is a freelance journalist who lives in West London with his wife. Stuart is not to be trusted―in the nicest possible way. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is his first novel.

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