One passenger may be able to get the bottom of the strange curse and ensuing foreboding events-and deaths-that follow.

What more could possibly go wrong? As the ship’s constable notes, the “crew is comprised of malcontents, murderers, and thieves to a man.”ĪLSO IN BOOKPAGE: How Stuart Turton learned to banish demons on the Internet. 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. Stuart Turtonwill be released in the UK onġst October, 2020.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. Thanks to Netgalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for providing a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. The brilliantly constructed ending provided a strong sense of satisfaction which tied up the intricacies of the mystery and made me long for more. I was right to anticipate this novel highly! Though there is a section in the middle which slows ever so slightly, the overall novel is fascinating, intelligent and at times, rather frightening. The plot is a highly complex mystery, with many twists and unexpected revelations set against a historical backdrop which left me breathless at times. The duo are assisted in their investigations by a feisty female heroine and her teenage daughter, while blighted by other passengers and select persons from the crew. As they board the ship, the crew and passengers behold a demonic premonition of the problems which will besiege the ship in the coming weeks, and the promise of a terror which may (or may not) be supernatural. He is accompanied by his bodyguard, Arent there are similarities between these two and Holmes/Watson, though there are MANY more differences, which makes these characters uniquely compelling. Set in the 1600's, the plot follows 'Problematory' Samuel Pipps, who has been imprisoned for a crime he may or may not have committed, aboard a ship setting sail from Batavia to Europe. Having read and loved Stuart Turton's debut, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, I was very excited to be able to read and review The Devil and the Dark Water.I knew from the start that this would be a very different story.

The devil and the dark water book