A mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board. With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger. Livestock is slaughtered.Īnd then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel.Ĭould a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? Stuart Turton’s second novel, The Devil and the Dark Water, sails into bookshops in October this year, in the wake of his triumphant debut The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Set in 1634, it features a detective trying to solve a series of inexplicable crimes aboard an East Indiaman ship. The Devil and the Dark Water: The mind-blowing new murder mystery from the author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Kindle Edition by Stuart Turton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 5,486 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.71 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.īut no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. The Devil and the Dark Water is a 2020 genre-bending novel by Stuart Turton, combining elements of historical fiction, murder mystery, and horror. It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. The extraordinary new novel from Stuart Turton, author of the bestselling The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award.
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