The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle


The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a novel by Stuart Turton which won the Best First Novel prize in the 2018 Costa Book Awards and reached number one on The Saturday Times Bestseller list and number five on The Sunday Times Bestseller list.
It was published in the UK by Raven Books on 8 February 2018 and in the US by Sourcebooks Landmark on 28 September 2018 It has been translated into 28 languages, sold over 200,000 copies in the UK, and television rights have been optioned.
The Guardian's review said "With time loops, body swaps and a psychopathic footman, this is a dazzling take on the murder mystery", while The Times said "The plot of this complex, fascinating and bewildering murder-mystery is impossible to summarise" and called it "an astonishingly polished debut".

Awards

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle won the Best First Novel prize in the 2018 Costa Book Awards and Best Novel in the 2018 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards, as voted for by booksellers. In the same year, it was shortlisted for a New Writers' Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards, Debut of the Year at The British Book Awards, and longlisted for a New Blood Dagger and Gold Dagger at the CWA Awards. Val McDermid selected Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, to appear on her prestigious New Blood panel at the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival. In 2019, it was shortlisted for Best Debut Novel at the Strand Magazine Critics Awards and longlisted for The Glass Bell Award.

Characters

The following characters are referenced in the book, in order of appearance, without spoilers.
Major characters:
Minor characters:
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle reached number one on The Saturday Times Bestseller list and number five on The Sunday Times Bestseller list, earning extensive critical acclaim from reviewers.
"Complex, fascinating and bewildering.... An astonishingly polished debut" –  Marcel Berlins, The Times
"This book blew my mind It is utterly original and unique. I couldn't get it out of my head for days afterwards" –  Sophie Hannah