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The Blurb On The Back:
Somebody’s going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won’t appear to be a murder and so the murderer won’t be caught. Rectify that injustice and I’ll show you the way out.
It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed.
But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden – one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party – can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot.
The only way to break this cycle is to identify her killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is desperate to stop him ever escaping Blackheath …
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The Verdict:
Stuart Turton’s ingenious speculative, high-concept thriller couples QUANTUM LEAP and GROUNDHOG DAY with an Agatha Christie twist that carried me along in an entertaining whirlwind that kept me turning the pages from beginning to end with its clever use of clues and red herrings such that while it’s not a flawless read, it’s nevertheless one of the best books I’ve read in 2018 and I kept thinking about it long after I’d finished.
It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed.
But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden – one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party – can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot.
The only way to break this cycle is to identify her killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is desperate to stop him ever escaping Blackheath …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Stuart Turton’s ingenious speculative, high-concept thriller couples QUANTUM LEAP and GROUNDHOG DAY with an Agatha Christie twist that carried me along in an entertaining whirlwind that kept me turning the pages from beginning to end with its clever use of clues and red herrings such that while it’s not a flawless read, it’s nevertheless one of the best books I’ve read in 2018 and I kept thinking about it long after I’d finished.
