The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
A murder mystery set in a time loop where the protagonist inhabits different bodies each day, trying to solve the killing of Evelyn Hardcastle before his eight chances run out.
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Aiden Bishop wakes in the woods near Blackheath, a crumbling 1920s English country house, with no memory. A masked man tells him he has eight days to solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle at the house's masked ball, and he will live each day inside a different guest's body until he gets it right.
Yes. The novel is published as The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle in the UK and as The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle in the U.S. The contents are identical.
Yes. The novel won the Costa First Novel Award in 2018. It was Stuart Turton's debut novel.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle was written by Stuart Turton, published in 2018 by Tropen.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is 526 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a standalone novel by Stuart Turton, not part of a series.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
