Book details
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
2018 · Sourcebooks Landmark
About the book
Aiden Bishop wakes up in the middle of a forest at Blackheath Manor with no recollection of his identity. He soon learns he is trapped in a temporal loop, forced to relive the same day eight times through the perspectives of eight different guests. To escape this cycle, Aiden must identify who kills Evelyn Hardcastle at the evening gala. Each morning, he inherits the physical limitations and personality traits of a new host, ranging from a cowardly doctor to a brutal man of action, while competing against rival investigators hidden within the house.
Agatha Christie enthusiasts and fans of high-concept logic puzzles will find this story particularly satisfying. It functions as a complex social deduction game where the reader must track clues across fragmented timelines and shifting viewpoints. Readers gain a granular understanding of how perspective alters objective facts and witness the mechanical precision of a closed-circle mystery. The book offers a rigorous mental exercise in piecing together a vast, interconnected narrative map where every character is both a suspect and a potential vehicle for the truth.
Details
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks Landmark
- ISBN
- 9781464282775
- Language
- EN