The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Let's talk about The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton.

If that author's name sounds familiar, you may have heard of The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Turton's first novel, which was published in 2018 with some sizable commercial success.

I read that one about five years ago, and it had some elements I loved, including a locked room mystery, always a favorite, with some science fiction elements.

The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hargcastle reads like Downton Abbey meets Quantum Leap and was a lot of fun, even if I wasn't wild about the ending.

But I'm only docking a quarter star for it because the characters are strong enough and the story's good enough.

I'd happily take this journey again.

It also goes on to give us a very solid final ending for the characters after the mystery wraps up, something the seven and a half deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle didn't really do for me.

I went between the Kindle and the audiobook, and the narrator for the audiobook is excellent.