It is a historical fiction mystery novel and is published by Raven Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury, on the 1st of October 2020.

A mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board. The Devil and the Dark Water is the second book from Stuart Turton, the first being The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Alternatively titled The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle across the pond). With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger. Livestock is slaughtered.Īnd then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel.Ĭould a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? With their congenial Holmes and Watson act, Sammy and Arent seem on track to emerge as the heroes of this perpetually revealing tale. Overall, The Devil and the Dark Water is a thrilling take of friendship, loyalty, betrayal, and just how far some people will go to protect the innocent. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.īut no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. It would be helpful for the reader to know how he turned from the loving uncle Arent remembers into a cunning and vicious leader and husband. We have 6 read-alikes for The Devil and the Dark Water, but non-members are limited to two results. 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 not, have committed. Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in Lucy Jagos A Net For Small Fishes, a gripping dark novel based on the true scandal of two women determined to create their own fates in the Jacobean court.

The extraordinary new novel from Stuart Turton, author of the bestselling The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award.

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