The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Complex, fascinating and bewildering.... An astonishingly polished debut -- Marcel Berlins * The Times * This book blew my mind. It is utterly original and unique. I couldn't get it out of my head for days afterwards * Sophie Hannah * Mind-boggling...what a pleasure it is to give oneself up to the book, to be met with discoveries and thrilling upsets at every turn in the labyrinth... its the story that triumphs, with a series of last-minute revelations as dazzling as the finale of a fireworks show * Guardian * The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a mind-bending mash-up of Agatha Christie, Quantum Leap and Groundhog Day. If it isnt made into a film in the very near future, Ill eat my deerstalker -- Jake Kerridge * Sunday Express * As grippingly unputdownable as it was darkly weird . . . I devoured it -- Tom Holland Dazzling Bracingly original, fiendishly clever Quite unlike anything Ive ever read, and altogether triumphant. I wish Id written it * A. J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window * Prepare to have your brain fried and your mind blown... an exhilarating, unsettling and invigoratingly original read -- Charlotte Heathcote * Daily Express * I hereby declare Stuart Turton the Mad Hatter of crime. Seven Deaths is unique, energising and clever. So original, a brilliant read I tore through it * Ali Land, author of Sunday Times bestseller Good Me, Bad Me * Stuart Turtons remarkable debut is something the reader will not have encountered before * Financial Times * Darkly comic, mind-blowingly twisty, and with a cast of fantastically odd characters, this is a locked room mystery like no other * Sarah Pinborough * An original and high concept murder mystery, this is welcome rescue in a sea of psychological thrillers * Stylist, The 20 Must-Read Books of 2018 * One of the most inventive, gripping and electrifying thrillers to be published this year ... This is a novel with the power to revolutionise the thinking of anyone who claims not to enjoy reading. The perfect winter thriller * Attitude * It deserves to be a stonkingly popular hit ...Outstandingly enjoyable and addictive * Sunday Express * Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day in the tightly plotted The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle * Good Housekeeping * Audaciously inventive, gripping and original * Louise ONeill, author of Only Ever Yours and Asking For It * A high-concept genre mash-up with soul Turton has astonishing ambition and narrative skill to match -- Books of the Year * Daily Telegraph * Murder mystery goes into overdrive in this mind-blowingly original debut Its whodunnit heaven * Saga * A huge, crumbling mansion, a masquerade ball, exploding fireworks, a devastating murder, and Stuart Turton has set the scene for this intricate mystery Ingenious * Psychologies * A beautifully written, mind-bending whirligig of a book * Adam Hamdy * 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 * Anna Stephens, author of the Godblind trilogy * Agatha Christie on time-bending substances Mind blowing * Eva Dolan * Gloriously inventive, playful and clever, this is a must for mystery fans. I wish I'd written it myself * Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries * Im green with envy; I wish Id written this book * Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You * Absolute envy-making bloody murderous brilliance * Natasha Pulley, author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street * An incredibly enjoyable read. Reads like a classic golden age mystery, yet utterly original. Very, very good. -- Ragnar Jonasson Wow. Quite brilliant - inventive, fascinating and compulsive * Tom Lloyd, author of the Twilight Reign series * An ingenious dark twist on Groundhog Day Stuart Turtons ingenious, twist-filled debut is a crime novel with a difference * Radio Times * The book

Stuart Turton is a freelance travel journalist who has previously worked in Shanghai and Dubai. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is the winner of the Costa First Novel Award and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Novel. He lives in London with his wife and daughter. @Stu_Turton