A man must solve a murder at a country house party, reliving the same day in the bodies of different guests
Solve the murder to escape
A man wakes in a forest with no memory of who he is. He learns that he is at Blackheath House, where the Hardcastle family is holding a party, and that the young daughter of the house, Evelyn, will be killed at eleven o'clock that night. Each day he relives that day in the body of a different guest. To escape, he must identify the killer, and he is not the only one trying.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who love clever, complex puzzles, classic country-house mysteries and inventive twists on the genre.
What you will get
A dazzlingly inventive, mind-bending murder mystery that combines a classic country-house puzzle with a time loop, keeping you guessing until the final pages.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Mystery & Thriller · Time loop · Country house · Murder mystery
Length
528 pages · ≈ 16 h
More about this book
A mysterious figure dressed as a plague doctor explains the rules: the man, Aiden Bishop, has eight days and eight hosts, each a different guest, from a doctor and a butler to a wealthy banker and a reckless young man. Each host has his own personality, strengths and weaknesses, which affect Aiden's thinking. If he fails to name the killer, his memory will be wiped and the cycle will begin again. And two others are competing to solve the same crime.
Blackheath is a gloomy, decaying estate full of secrets, and the guests are mostly unpleasant people with motives of their own. Aiden is also hunted by a sinister footman who seems determined to kill each of his hosts. He forms an uneasy alliance with a young woman named Anna, while he tries to figure out whom he can trust. Days overlap, and events from one host's perspective are seen again from another's, so readers must pay close attention. There is violence and a dark atmosphere, but the puzzle is brilliantly constructed. It won the Costa First Novel Award.
Complex, original and gripping. About 528 pages in the Raven Books paperback.
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