![]() As passengers arrive, a leper suddenly shouts that the voyage is doomed, and then burns to death. There is never a dull moment in this 480-page whodunit, but readers will be thankful not to be physically aboard for the grueling journey. The Devil and the Dark Water artfully combines intriguing characters, fascinating historical details and a seafaring labyrinth of twists and turns-not to mention a demon named Old Tom. In The Devil and the Dark Water, Turton presents readers with another cat-and-mouse game, but a vastly different setting: A galleon that sets sail from the Dutch East Indies in 1634, bound for Amsterdam. ![]() ![]() With The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, British writer Stuart Turton kept readers guessing Agatha Christie-style as they investigated a mystery with a time- and body-hopping detective named Aiden Bishop. ![]()
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