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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

By Stuart Turton

At Blackheath, a decaying English country estate, a house party is approaching the moment when Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Aiden Bishop must identify her killer if he hopes to escape—but he is trapped in a repeating day and awakens each time inside a different guest. Every host gives him new access, abilities, weaknesses, and prejudices, turning detection into a struggle over perspective as well as evidence. Meanwhile, rival investigators pursue their own freedom, a murderous footman stalks the estate, and Aiden’s missing memories conceal another mystery. Stuart Turton combines the clue-driven architecture of a country-house whodunit with a speculative time loop and body-swapping narrative. The result is an intricate puzzle about identity, observation, guilt, punishment, and whether people can become more than the worst things they have done.