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Stuart Turton (born 1980) is an English author and journalist. His first novel, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018) was a bestseller internationally and won a number of awards including the First Novel Award at the 2018 Costa Book Awards. His books have sold over one million copies in the US and UK. Early life Turton was born and raised in Widnes, England and educated at The University of Liverpool, where he received a BA (Hons) in English and Philosophy. After graduating, he spent a year working as a teacher in Shanghai, before becoming a technology journalist in London. He moved to Dubai to become a travel journalist, living there for three years until he returned to London to write his first novel. Career Turton's debut novel, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (released in the US as The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle) won the First Novel Award at the 2018 Costa Book Awards and has sold in 28 languages. Since publication, it has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK. In an interview given to The Guardian, he described writing the book as "just awful".The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle received a number of other accolades. It won Best Novel in the 2018 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards. That 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 Crime Writers' Association Awards.Val McDermid selected Turton to appear on her New Blood panel at the Theakstons Old Peculier 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. The Japanese edition of the novel, translated by Kazuyo Misumi and published in 2019, was shortlisted for the Best Translated Honkaku Mystery of the Decade (2010-2019).Turton's second novel, The Devil and the Dark Water, was published in October 2020. It won the 2020 Books Are My Bag Fiction Award, and was shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Dagger at the Crime Writers' Association Awards. It was Waterstones Thriller of the Month, and selected for Between the Covers, a seven-part book TV programme on BBC Two hosted by Sara Cox. It has sold in 20 countries. The Japanese edition of the novel, translated by Kazuyo Misumi and published in 2022, was nominated for the 2023 Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Mystery Fiction in Translation.In December 2020 it was announced that Netflix had bought the rights to a seven-part series adaptation of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, produced by BBC Studios-owned House Productions, and to be created and written by Sophie Petzal. But in January 2023 Netflix canceled its planned adaptation.In April 2021, The Devil and the Dark Water was optioned for television by Urban Myth. It will be written by Howard Overman, with Turton serving as an executive producer on the project.In November 2020, Turton signed a contract to write two more "high-concept" mystery novels for Bloomsbury. The first of these will be called The Last Murder at the End of the World. He has described them as "nuts". Bibliography Novels The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018) The Devil and the Dark Water (2020) The Last Murder at the End of the World (2024): ISBN 9781526665089)References External links Stuart Turton on Twitter. Discover the Stuart Turton popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Stuart Turton books.
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The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
C.S. Robertson'A dark, disturbing and highly original thriller' MARK BILLINGHAM'Haunting, twisted and compelling' C.L. TAYLOR'Clever, dark, unusual and full of genuine surprises' LOUISE BEECH'On...
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The Winter Spirits
Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Natasha Pulley, Jess Kidd, Andrew Michael Hurley, Elizabeth Macneal, Laura Purcell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Stuart Turton, Catriona Ward, Laura Shepherd-Robinson & Susan Stokes-ChapmanFROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVERBEFORESEEN GHOSTLY TALES.'Terrific every bit as good as an MR James collection' ROSIE ANDREWS, author ...
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Letters from the Dead
Sam Hurcom'Gothic, claustrophobic, and wonderfully dark' GUARDIAN on Sam Hurcom's Thomas Bexley novels...The next stifling, atmospheric gothic crime novel following one of the world's first ...
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Silberne Geister
Silvia Moreno-GarciaBedrohliche Séancen, hochentzündliche Filmrollen und ein untoter Okkultist der Nazis – und mittendrin eine ungewöhnliche Protagonistin mit einer Vorliebe für Horrorfilme.Die kluge ...
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Supper For Six
Fiona Sherlock'A wellplotted and immersive whodunnit that will you engrossed. If you enjoy the TV show Only Murders in the Building, this is for you' SUNDAY INDEPENDENTWhen Lady Anderson invites...
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The Taken
Alice Clark-PlattsA tense and powerful police procedural set in the city of Durham where a murdered preacher may be more monstrous than his own killer.There's the lost.There's the missing.And there'...
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Twelve Motives For Murder
Fiona SherlockONE MURDER. TWELVE SUSPECTS. TWELVE MOTIVES FOR MURDER . . .Sit back and become a real armchair detective.A murder mystery told entirely through interviews.Private Investigator Eli...
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The Last One
Will DeanAn unputdownable lockedroom thriller about family, trust, and survival from the acclaimed author of the “utterly thrilling” (Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Firs...
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The Appeal
Janice HallettINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New York Times, Air Mail, and more!“[W]itty, original…a delight.” The New York TimesPerfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa...
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Die Tochter des Doktor Moreau
Silvia Moreno-GarciaDieser Dschungel verbirgt die dunkelsten Geheimnisse: Nach »Der mexikanische Fluch« der neue Bestseller von Silvia MorenoGarcia!Mexiko, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: Carlota Moreau wä...
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The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
Robert Goddard'One of the finest crime writers of any generation' Daily Mail'He's the high priest of plot ... deftly woven, but also beautifully written ... I loved it' Mel GiedroycUmiko Wada ha...
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The Twyford Code
Janice HallettThe mysterious connection between a teacher’s disappearance and an unsolved code in a children’s book is explored in this new novel from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Ti...
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The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House
Stephanie LamThis stunning debut novel is a gripping read laced with mystery, secrets and love perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Tracy Chevalier and Sarah Waters. There are secrets hiding b...
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The Golden Spoon
Jessa Maxwell“This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bake Off kept me turning the pages all night!” Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling authorOnly Murders in the Bu...