The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Crime & Thrillers, Fiction, Fiction & Poetry, Crime General
Paperback Published on: 01/10/2018
£9.99
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Pandora's box of puzzles....
What a sorry, within a story. This highly original simple murder case turns into a time travelling. Agatha Christie style total puzzle with Groundhog Day t... READ MORE
This book will Blow your mind!
What an extremely clever, mind blowing, original and remarkable debut by Stuart Turton.
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this book it reminded me so mu... READ MORE
A vivid and gripping mystery
Darkly atmospheric Turton doesn't hang about, throwing the reader straight into the thick of the mystery from page one. Sending them on a murky path of sec... READ MORE
Mind-bending, Christie-esque Mayhem
An astounding and highly original crime/thriller. The often quoted comparison point of 'Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day' is entirely appropriate and be... READ MORE
A maze of a world, with more twists and turns than the spaghetti junction
A maze of a book, with more twists and turns than the spaghetti junction. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle pulls you through a world you think you kn... READ MORE
A phenomenal and ambitious debut, executed brilliantly
Once hooked (and it didn't take long), I never wanted to get off Stuart Turton's wild ride. It's so clever, with some great, genuinely shocking moments and... READ MORE
Breathless and twisty whodunit
First of all: I found the book cover misleading. I expected an Agatha Christie Groundhog Day or a rather weird game of Cluedo. Instead I got a breathless, ... READ MORE
Tricksy and mindbending
I was so excited by the concept of this book, but I was concerned that it would lean too far into the scifi/ timetravel element, and I was very glad to be ... READ MORE
More Stars Needed To Accurately Review This Please
It sounds like exaggeration to call this my favourite book of the year, but that is the absolute truth of it. In fact, I have caught myself honestly profes... READ MORE
Am amazing original book.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is one of the most original books I have read in years. It has a little bit of many genres to suit all tastes. Person... READ MORE
A very different read indeed!
The premise for this book is quite simple, once you get it: you are in a mansion, where a party is taking place, and cannot get out unless you solve a murd... READ MORE
A Murder Mystery With a Twist
Right from the start you are lead to wonder what is going on in this intriguing book and the twists and turns keep you guessing until the final few pages. ... READ MORE
Twists and Turns
This is definitely a great book for those who find it hard to get into books. From the very first page you are in the middle of the action and the story un... READ MORE
How do you solve a death that looks like a suicide?
8 days to solve the death of Evelyn Hardcastle. Aiden Bishop wakes up in the body of someone new each day and keeps on re-living the day of Evelyn Hardcast... READ MORE
Body-Hopping Brilliant!
I had heard how brilliant this book was but had not read the blurb so when I got a sent a copy it took me no time to get addicted.
Starting off in a forest... READ MORE
A whodunnit like no other...
I really enjoyed this book, and although I can’t describe the intricate plot without inadvertently revealing spoilers, I will say that it’s a whodunnit unl... READ MORE
Clever, original and utterly brilliant
Wow… what an absolute corker of a book! I had seen Seven Deaths floating teasingly around on Twitter for a few months, with the promise of a mystery like n... READ MORE
A Superb Debut Novel
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle has an added twist that makes it an unputdownable read: Each day Aiden Smith wakes in the body of another guest at th... READ MORE
Genius, maddening, amazing, fantastic !
I can count with my fingers the number of books that kept me as engaged as this book did.
Its surprising, complex, refreshing plot and the fact that you m... READ MORE
3.5 stars
A little bit of a slow starter for me, it took a while to wrap my brain around the concept. This is a deliciously clever and fast paced spider web of a mys... READ MORE
Phenomenal!
Wowsers!! I don't know where to start - what a book!! I won't lie, I spent a lot of my time reading this book frowning at the pages, but only due to my lon... READ MORE
My book of 2018!
This is the book I recommend to everyone! I am absolutely in awe of Stuart Turton for this one.
Waking up outside on a cold damp floor, Aiden Bishop has t... READ MORE
A bendy, twisty mind stretching 'whodunit!'
I really enjoyed this book, fantastic premise and well executed. A definite must read! A bendy, twisty mind stretching whodunit. Essentially a classic cr... READ MORE
Amazing!
This book got me out of a reading slum! It was amazing! I haven't read anything like it. The twist and turns you won't see coming! A great spin on the 'tim... READ MORE
Synopsis
Described as Gosford Park meets Inception, by way of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, this is a novel unlike any other. One of the most highly-anticipated debuts of 2018, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle merges the glamour and intrigue of classic murder mystery tropes with an innovative, chinese box narrative that leaves the reader guessing until the very end. A brilliantly original high concept murder mystery from a fantastic new talent
Somebody's going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won't appear to be a murder and so the murderer won't be caught. Rectify that injustice and I'll show you the way out.'
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 killed. But 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 shot.
The 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 Blackheath...
‘Original’, ‘unique’, ‘fiendishly clever’ and ‘remarkable’: critics have been knocked for six by Stuart Turton’s mind-blowing take on the country house thriller. The setup – a murder, a set of assembled guests – seems familiar, but the execution is anything but. Simply unmissable.
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN: 9781408889510
- Number of pages: 544
- Weight: 366g
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Customer Reviews
View allYou are cordially invited to Blackheath House...
This mystery will hold your attention. Somebody is going to be murdered at the ball tonight. The characters are actors in a play doing the same thing night... READ MORE
Agatha Christie meets The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
The premise of this book caught my attention right away: someone repeats a day again and again in a different body each time, until he can solve a murder. ... READ MORE
Contrived and unappetising.
I read about one third of this book before I just lost interest. The structure is contrived, as if the author is trying to be clever to win an award. The... READ MORE
Fantastic!
A man wakes up in a forest. He has no idea who he is or where he is. There’s only one thing on his mind, a name. “Anna”. Seconds later he’s chasing another... READ MORE
A genre-bending masterpiece!
This could well be the best book I'll read all year. It is truly a novel which I wish I could go back and revisit all over again with no knowledge of havin... READ MORE
Exhilaratingly original and absorbing
The more I read of this book, the more irrevocably immersed in the mystery I became. It is unlike anything I've ever read before and I was completely blown... READ MORE
Repeat Offender
Top marks for mind bending originality set amongst a typical murder mystery setting. It is easy to get lost in the detail and remembering what has been wit... READ MORE
Disappointed.
This has nothing to do with Agatha Christie, nothing, so ignore anything said about being inspired by her as a child. It's boring. I'm amazed at some of ... READ MORE
Not to be missed
This is the sort of book I could imagine studying alongside one of Agatha Christie's in a GCSE/A-level English class.
This book is very cleverly written,... READ MORE
It is filled to the brim with red herrings, twist and turns, and a plot that you are never sure where Mr. Turton is going to take you
Aiden Bishop awakes to find himself, or rather the body of someone else, in a forest and hears himself shouting the name Anna, although he doesn’t know who... READ MORE
Tedious!
No doubt more learned people will find this fascinating, I thought it was a chore, I liked the idea that it had been inspired by reading Agatha Christie as... READ MORE
This book will keep you guessing until the very end.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I always enjoy books told through multiple different characters and this one ha... READ MORE
A Truly Excellent Murder Mystery.
Imagine if Groundhog Day and Quantum Leap were squished together with a few Agatha Christie novels thrown in, that is the only way I can describe this real... READ MORE
A Very different book !
I have never read a book like this before .A mystery , murders, body swapping and time travel all thrown into the mix .I did find the story very long and c... READ MORE
Step into this world with an open mind. Be sure to suspend your disbelief at the door.
I Tweet that I’ll soon be reading The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. It isn’t long before I receive the following replies:
"I recommend a murder board... READ MORE
Wonderfully bold and original - Agatha Christie meets David Mitchell...
Well, where to begin?! The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is one of the most complicated but compelling thrillers I’ve ever read: it’s ingenious! Readin... READ MORE
Amazing body-swap, murder mystery book.
I don't usually pick up books with this genre but I was so intrigued by the premise of a body-swapping murder mystery storyline that I just had to read it.... READ MORE
An English Country House murder mystery - with a twist
This is an excellent debut! It shakes up the genre of 'cosy crime', injeniously injecting a supernatural element into the mystery.
This story's narrator ... READ MORE
An intriguing and entertaining fusion of genres
The basic premise of this novel is clearly set out in it’s own précis - essentially “Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day”.
I thought I’d absolutely love i... READ MORE
Confusing for the sole sake of being confusing
★★★✰✰ 3 stars
Whodunnits, Agatha Christie, mysteries, and puzzles are all favourites of mine...so I was pretty excited to read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn ... READ MORE
A haunting tour de force
“If this isn’t hell, the devil is surely taking notes.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself. If, after reading the first few chapters, you find yourself ... READ MORE
Sisyphean
This was a major effort to finish. It started badly and got worse, not helped by the constant repetition of the narrative. The characters were a mess, it... READ MORE
Seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
I pride myself on being a varied reader but this book just confused me on every page I would think I had the characters in my mind but the next chapter tot... READ MORE
Anachronisms make it hard to love
I've got a little way into this book, wanting to read it as I gave it as a birthday present to a friend. I wish I'd read it first (I wouldn't have given it... READ MORE
No!
Sorry, I clearly missed the whole point of this book. It's the worst book I've read in years!
Not for Me
Aiden Bishop is a guest at a ball in Blackheath house, which is being thrown by Evelyn Hardcastle's parents. Evelyn is murdered at the ball and Aiden is ta... READ MORE
Not up to hype
Found this started well but as it progressed all the strands got mixed up involving lots of page corner turning
A mystery set in a manor!
This was one heck of a puzzle – a fine fine read. How on earth the author thought of this and managed to write it up so it made sense is beyond me. It’s t... READ MORE
The character dialogue is not good
I respect anyone for writing a book but unfortunately this just wasn't very well written. I was laughing through the first 4 chapters and it's not a comedy... READ MORE
Like a traditional Agatha Christie grand house murder mystery on acid
This book is like a traditional Agatha Christie grand house murder mystery on acid and it is brilliant.
Aiden Bishop is our protagonist, condemned to repe... READ MORE
Amazing
This book amazed me, i'm not sure what i expected of it but the book surpassed my expectations. Which I don't always find with these highly review booker p... READ MORE
Would make a great TV series
Too clever for its own good. Although l must admit, the experience of reading the novel cleverly mirrors that of the main protagonist who wakes up each day... READ MORE
Breathless rollercoaster of a crime story
Sebastian Bell wakes in a wood, yells "Anna!" and swears he saw a woman shot before his eyes. Waiting, chasing, he hears a stranger approach behind him, sl... READ MORE
Twisted brilliance
This is the novel Agatha Christie would have written if she was on mindbending drugs! It was hard to keep up with the twists and turns and remember which b... READ MORE
shockingly inventive!
Firstly, I must congratulated Mr. Stuart Turton on the expert level of complexity of this novel! I don't think I've ever read such a tightly woven yarn ful... READ MORE
Enveloping, entertaining, exuberant escapism
4.5 stars
Evelyn Hardcastle is going to die seven times. And it’s up to Aiden Bishop to prevent her death. Aiden finds himself waking up in the body of ... READ MORE
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Oh.My.Gosh! How to review this delightfully odd, somewhat insane and utterly beguiling piece of crime fiction…? *Pondering. I’m pondering here people, give... READ MORE
The seven deaths. Of evelyn hardcastle
This is a great book it keeps. Readers gripped. To the end it is an amazing. Book it is a pandora box with mystries and it is hugely enjoyable.
An enjoyable read.
It is quite a strange, yet enjoyable read, very Agatha Christie like and a puzzle to solve along the way. There are plenty of characters at your disposal, ... READ MORE
The seven deaths of Evelyn hardcastle
Very difficult to get into , even when I went to the back of the book still had no idea what’s what or whose who.
Daft
What is the point of posting a review if 86 people already have. And I wouldn't dream of recommending books to people I've never met.
Enjoy the journey!
I was a bit sceptical picking it up.. can you make something so tangled and complicated a good read?Turns out you can!
It's such a page turner, I couldn't... READ MORE
Full of brilliant twists and turns.
(Disclaimer: a copy was kindly sent to me at Waterstones Barnet.)
I couldn't put this book down. It is a true original - an incredible mix of Agatha Chris... READ MORE
Labyrinthine Excellence
This is an old fashioned who-dun-it style crime story but with a fantasy twist. No year is mentioned but I feel it is set around 1900 – give or take a dec... READ MORE
Great mystery
This is a unique mystery. It’s Groundhog Day meets Freaky Friday in an Agatha Christie novel.
I couldn’t put this book down for hours. There were loads of... READ MORE
A fantastic book that will keep you guessing until the very end
“Somebody’s going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won’t appear to be a murder so the murderer won’t be caught. Rectify that injustice and I’ll show ... READ MORE
One of my favourite books of 2018
‘For once, it would be refreshing to find somebody in this place who was exactly what they appeared to be’. Solving a murder is hard enough but Aiden is gi... READ MORE
Cunning twists and turns
This book delivers a brain-bending, mind-blowing, high-stakes story that blows all expectations of the murder mystery genre out of the water. The reader is... READ MORE
Never read anything like it before
I always love a different concept and this book certainly has that.
Did struggle at t know times remembering which character was which, but did find this b... READ MORE
'a classic British Murder Mystery'
I received this book from Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Best book I have read in a while .
This book sucks you into a world of thrilling intrigue . If you are looking for something completelydifferent ,then this is the book for you.
Fantastic!
Intruiging
A proper page turner, I couldn't put this book down and raced through to its conclusion. If you love Christie and novels with a twist then you must read th... READ MORE
The seven deaths of evelyn hardcastle
This book will keep the reader gripped. This is a wonderful page turner and it is a pandora box. With mysteries and the reader of this book will enjoy stua... READ MORE
Agatha Christie 2.0
Highly recommend! Amazing plot twist! Can see why this would take years to write.
Very original read
This book was recommended to me by a friend and it didn’t disappoint. The highly original story followed many twists and turns and you are picking up piece... READ MORE
Exquisitely written crime drama
Gripping to the very end and at times a challenge to keep pace with all the character twists and turns. Exquisitely written with a wonderful use of simile ... READ MORE
One of my favourite books ever!
I read this quite a while ago and often don't remember books I've read some time ago, but this has stayed with me and I've even bought it for friends & fam... READ MORE
Absoulty-Fantastic!
This book is nothing like I’ve ever read before, I could not put it down, I had to know what was going to happen. I am re-reading this again as it was that... READ MORE
Original and very clever
4.5★s
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is the first novel by British freelance travel journalist and author, Stuart Turton. When Aiden Bishop wakes, i... READ MORE
Original, smart, and a great ending!
Wow! I loved this book, and can honestly say I’ve never read anything quite like it! The setting feels like a classic murder mystery, with guests gatheri... READ MORE
My Favourite book of 2020 if not of all time!!!
Incredible book. I read it so slowly as I didn't want it to end. I wish I could read it again for the first time. What an absolute gem.
Fantastic
Reading some of these reviews, I’m not sure we read the same book.
What a brilliant book , plot is so clever how it all ties together. First couple of ... READ MORE
A Whodunnit on steroids
This is a whodunnit with rocket boosters. The characters live in a cycle of repeating the same day – think of the film ‘Groundhog Day’. The detective lives... READ MORE
Exceptional
Exceptional, all that is needed..
the seven deaths of evelyn hard castle
congratulations to stuart turton one of the best books i have read interest kept all the way through.
A 500+ book that I couldn't put down and read in 2 days!
The comfort of an Agatha Christie but the twist of a Groundhog Day style plot and as such we have 2 interweaving plot lines - the one in which the murder n... READ MORE
Unique mystery
Wow this is complicated - think Agatha Christie tossed up in the air and brought down in seven different places all at once.
Aidan Bishop inhabits eight d... READ MORE
Mind blowingly amazing
Wow.
I’ve not read anything this brilliant for a very long time. I finished the whole book in 3 days, I kept finding time to go back to it because I co... READ MORE
Odd, twisty and pulls you in.
I doubt I have ever read anything like this before , it goes beyond unusual .
It is a very difficult book to sum up without saying too much about the plo... READ MORE
Very clever, unusual reading!
Applauses to the author! It is rarely that you encounter such a twisted masterpiece, where nothing and no one is what it seems. Through some weird mastermi... READ MORE
How lost do you have to be to let the devil lead you home?
Really great debut novel that quickly became one of my favorite reads. An interesting take on the reliving the same day scenario with loads of twists and t... READ MORE
Unexpected but a fantastic journey
It definitely took a moment to catch on to the story but that was part of the enjoyment - you feel like you are stumbling into a mystery and can really und... READ MORE
(No Spoilers)
I was slightly sceptical about this book at first as the complexity of plots that include time loops often results in books that aren't well thought-out or... READ MORE
Amazing
Wow! What a book! Just when you think
You’ve solved it they throw in another twist! Absolutely amazing read!
Murder mystery fans will love this
If you love murder mystery, crime and a hint of fantasy this is perfect for you! I wouldn’t say it’s the easiest book to follow but any proper mystery fan ... READ MORE
Draws you in
I read this on holiday and couldn't put it down.
I found it interesting how the mystery is solved through different point of views. All the characters ... READ MORE
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