Stuart Turton
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English
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At a gala party thrown by her parents, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed--again. She's been murdered hundreds of times, and each day, Aiden Bishop is too late to save her. Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden's only escape is to solve Evelyn Hardcastle's murder and conquer the shadows of an enemy he struggles to even comprehend--but nothing and no one are quite what they seem.
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"Compulsively readable."--New York Times Book Review The extraordinary new thriller from Stuart Turton, author of the bestselling murder mystery The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award. A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may...
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English
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" Solve the murder to save what's left of the world. Outside the island there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders,...
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Español
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Una extraordinaria mezcla de Agatha Christie, Atrapado en el tiempo, Origen y Black Mirror
Lo que comienza como una celebración termina en tragedia. Los Hardcastle han organizado una fiesta en Blackheath, su casa de campo, para anunciar el compromiso de su hija pequeña, Evelyn. Al final de la noche, cuando los fuegos artificiales estallan en el cielo, la joven es asesinada.
Pero Evelyn no morirá una sola vez. Hasta que Aiden Bishop, uno de los...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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'We have work to do,' he says. 'I have a puzzle which requires a solution.' 'I think you've mistaken me for someone else,' I say. 'I'm 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 won't be returned until you leave.' Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden can identify...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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Español
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"Un crimen imposible, un demonio y un viaje maldito. Corre el ąo 1634 y Samuel Pipps, el detective m̀s famoso del mundo, est̀ prisionero en el Saardam rumbo a ℓmsterdam, donde se enfrenta a un juicio y a la horca. Junto a ̌l viajan su fiel amigo, Arent Hayes, decidido a probar la inocencia de Pipps, y Sara Wessel, la esposa del gobernador general de Batavia, en las Indias Orientales. S͠bitamente, una serie de misteriosos sucesos desconcierta...
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2023.
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English
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The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories, authored by some of today's most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction, are all centered on Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret, these stories are your ultimate companion for frosty...