The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: Winner of the Costa First Novel Award: a mind bending, time bending murder mystery

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A brilliantly original high concept murder mystery from a fantastic new talent: Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day, by way of Agatha Christie We have work to do, he says. I have a puzzle which requires a solution. I think youve mistaken me for someone else, I say. Im just a doctor. You were a doctor, he says. Then a butler, today a playboy, tomorrow a banker. None of them are your real face, or your real personality. Those were stripped from you when you entered Blackheath and they wont be returned until you leave. Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden can identify her killer. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different person. And some hosts are most helpful than others...

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This book blew my mind. It is utterly original and unique. I couldn't get it out of my head for days afterwards * Sophie Hannah, bestselling author *

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Stuart Turton is a freelance travel journalist who has previously worked in Shanghai and Dubai. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is his debut novel. He is the winner of the Brighton and Hove Short Story Prize and was longlisted for the BBC Radio 4 Opening Lines competition. He lives in West London with his wife. @Stu_Turton