![]() ![]() That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it at all, I just didn’t find it as pleasing. So I was really looking forward to his new book and I’m sorry to say I didn’t find it quite as successful as Seven Deaths. ![]() I was incredibly impressed by Turton’s debut novel, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, if for nothing more than the sheer amount of work that must have gone into keeping all the plot lines straight. With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent and Sara can solve a mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board … ![]() Third: an impossible murder.Ĭould a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? Livestock are slaughtered in the night.Īnd then the passengers hear a terrible voice whispering to them in the darkness, promising them three unholy miracles. ![]() Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent, while also on board are Sara Wessel, a noble woman with a secret, and her husband, the governor general of Batavia.īut no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is facing trial and execution for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing for providing me with an e-copy of this book via NetGalley. Highly atmospheric and fiendishly clever, but missing something for me. ![]()
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