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    The Devil and the Dark Water
    The Devil and the Dark Water
    The Devil and the Dark Water
    Audiobook17 hours

    The Devil and the Dark Water

    Written by Stuart Turton

    Narrated by James Cameron Stewart

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    About this audiobook

    A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist.

    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.

    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. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.

    But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A twice-dead leper stalks the decks. Strange symbols appear on the sails. Livestock is slaughtered.

    And then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel.

    Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes?

    With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger. A mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 6, 2020
    ISBN9781705268445
    The Devil and the Dark Water
    Author

    Stuart Turton

    Stuart Turton's debut novel, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, won the Costa First Novel Award and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards and the British Book Awards Debut of the Year. A Sunday Times bestseller, it has been translated into over thirty languages, and has sold over one million copies in the UK and US combined. The Devil and the Dark Water, his follow up, won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction and was selected for the BBC Two Book Club, Between the Covers, and the Radio 2 Jo Whiley Book Club. Stuart lives near London with his wife and daughters.

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    • 2/5
      I regret using 1 of my audio books for this book since scribed starts restricting books after a few listens. The narrator’s voice is like a monotonous professor that requires active focus to not let it fade into the background. The book itself was slow and boring at times. The premise and ending were interesting but lots of extra padding in the book.

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    • 5/5
      Kept me guessing until the end! Turton’s writing style and character development is on point. I look forward to more of his books in the future!
    • 5/5
      This book is the second that I’ve read by Stuart Turton. I thoroughly enjoyed the melting pot of genres that he created in this story, and loved every advancement of the plot
    • 5/5
      Absolutely fantastic!! I definitely would recommend this read. It’s Sherlock meets Pirates with a twist. I binged the whole book in 3 days
    • 2/5
      This book was ridiculous. It’s too many genres and far too long. I honestly don’t know who would like this. The mystery takes far too long to solve. For a book that makes itself an obvious recreation of a Sherlock Holmes story, it’s a far-cry.

      Once the mystery was solved, I was shocked at how convoluted it became. Honestly stupid.
    • 4/5
      Wanted to like it more since his first book is so good. The characters and homage to Holmes are really fun. The solution to the mystery is clever, although not as satisfying as I'd like. Unfortunately, a lot of the book is just a slog. I think not enough minor mysteries to solve along the way.