<p><span class="a-text-bold">SOLVE THE MURDER TO SAVE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE WORLD </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<br><br>'</span><span class="a-text-bold">A mind-bending, genre-blending, boy-that-ending mystery unlike any I've ever read' A. J. FINN </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'I loved it' C. J. TUDOR </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'An absolute blast' BENJAMIN STEVENSON</span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Wildly inventive' M. W. CRAVEN </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Believe the hype' ALICE BELL </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Extraordinary' WILL DEAN <br></span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">An </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Observer</span><span class="a-text-bold"> Thriller of the Month</span><span><br><br>Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they’re told by the scientists.<br><br>Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay. <br><br>If the murder isn’t solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island – and everyone on it.<br><br>But the security system has also wiped everyone’s memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer – and they don’t even know it…<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Readers love </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">The Last Murder at the End of the World</span><span class="a-text-bold">: </span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Mind-bending'</span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Absolutely loved it'</span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Captivating' </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Thrillingly fast-paced' </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'New favourite book' </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Another masterpiece' </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Unique' </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Explosive' </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Absolutely unforgettable' </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Unlike anything I've ever read before' </span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Still shocked by the ending' </span><span> <br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Wonderfully imaginative'</span><span><br><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">The Last Murder at the End of the World </span><span class="a-text-bold">was No. 1 in the </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Sunday Times </span><span class="a-text-bold">Hardback Fiction chart w/e 30th March 2024 </span></p>
<h3><span>Review</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <span class="a-text-bold">Excellent </span><span>... I won’t give anything else away as the discoveries are part of the joy, but I was engrossed in this high-concept thriller and </span><span class="a-text-bold">can’t wait to see what Turton does next</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Observer</span><span><br><br></span><p><span class="a-text-bold">Turton’s puzzle box draws on every sci-fi classic from </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Blade Runner</span><span class="a-text-bold"> to </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">2001: A Space Odyssey</span><span>.<br>As a mystery, it is more intriguing than involving. As prognostication, it seems only too likely to be the shape of things to come.</span></p><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Sunday Times</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">The fiction of Stuart Turton gloriously bends both the reader’s mind and the crime genre</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Financial Times</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">This story will grip your attention until the very last page and is sure to be another bestseller</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Glamour</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">A clever dystopian thriller . . . another twisty masterpiece from the </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Sunday Times</span><span class="a-text-bold"> bestselling author</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Woman's Weekly</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">A mind-bending, genre-blending, boy-that-ending mystery unlike any I've ever read </span><span>… I feel, as I read a Turton book, like I'm watching a rocket erupt from the launchpad -- </span><span class="a-text-bold">I've got a grin on my face and my heart in my throat</span><span> -- A. J. Finn<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Combining several genres, but most prominently science fiction and crime, Turton has created what is probably his best piece of work to date</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Buzz</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">This is an ambitious, compelling novel in which nothing is what it seems</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">A smart and suspenseful page-turner </span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">SFX</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">This startlingly original slice of dystopia also serves up a compelling mystery. Genius</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Heat</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">If you have ever had the experience of reading a Stuart Turton novel, you will know what it is like to have your brain fried – in the very best way</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">i</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Turton (</span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">The Devil and the Dark Water</span><span class="a-text-bold">) continues playing fast and loose with genre boundaries in this dazzling postapocalyptic thriller that blossoms into a race against time whodunit</span><span> . . . </span><span class="a-text-bold">This dystopian detective story fires on all cylinders</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Publisher's Weekly</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Even better than </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle</span><span>. </span><span class="a-text-bold">Turton's cemented his reputation as the king of the mind-blowing mystery</span><span> -- Gareth Rubin, author of Sunday Times bestseller, THE TURNGLASS<br><br>An extraordinary novel. </span><span class="a-text-bold">Midsommar meets Station Eleven meets The Mist meets a fresh post-apocalyptic murder mystery</span><span>. Audacious and utterly mind-blowing. </span><span class="a-text-bold">Stu Turton is one of the most inventive writers working today</span><span> -- Will Dean<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Stuart Turton’s literary pyrotechnics are on full display in this magnificently sly novel. </span><span>Part Holmesian deduction, part Shyamalan level twists - </span><span class="a-text-bold">Turton somehow manages to reinvent both himself and the mystery genre with every book. An absolute blast</span><span> -- Benjamin Stevenson<br><br>Stu Turton has done it again. I finished </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Last Murder at the End of the World</span><span> last night and </span><span class="a-text-bold">it might just be his barmiest, cleverest and creepiest mystery yet. Buckle up, because you’ve never read a whodunnit like this one</span><span> -- Tom Hindle<br><br>Stuart Turton is a reliably excellent and inventive thriller writer and his new novel ... is full of his usual </span><span class="a-text-bold">clever, unpredictable twists </span><span>and skilful pacing ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Independent</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">The Last Murder at the End of the World</span><span class="a-text-bold"> is wildly inventive. Stuart Turton is a unique talent</span><span> -- M. W. Craven<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Stuart Turton is the master of intricately plotted, brilliantly imaginative murder mysteries</span><span>. His latest delivers all that wonderful head-scratching complexity in a darkly-drawn future world with a message about what makes us human at its heart. </span><span class="a-text-bold">I loved it</span><span> -- C. J. Tudor<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">[Turton] has returned with possibly the most audacious hook of his career</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Set The Tape</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">The Last Murder at the End of the World</span><span class="a-text-bold">combines post apocalypse with a good ol’ who dunnit. The results? Now that would be giving it away... </span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Good Reading, Australia</span><span><br><br>Set in a post-apocalyptic world, with a literal village full of incredible characters, this is an original take on the murder mystery and </span><span class="a-text-bold">I loved it. Unique, thought-provoking but, above all, addictive</span><span> -- Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City and Miss Aldridge Regrets<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">BELIEVE THE HYPE about this book.</span><span> I absolutely raced through.</span><span class="a-text-bold"> Such a great sharp little jigsaw of a sci-fi mystery</span><span> -- Alice Bell<br><br>The latest book from rising literary star Stuart Turton is another impressive mixture of mystery and high-level science fiction concepts</span><span class="a-text-bold">. Perfectly utilising a unique set-up, this book is a complex read that will have you guessing until the end</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Canberra Daily, AUS</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Fans of Turton’s high-concept fiction will be familiar with his unique, carefully constructed mysteries, and this rollercoaster of a sci-fi/detective tale might be the best one yet</span><span> -- PA Media<br><br>Stu Turton has done it again with The Last Murder At The End Of The World, the mad, alchemy-embracing bastard. </span><span class="a-text-bold">A murder-mystery wrapped in a sci-fi allegory, it's utterly gripping, </span><span class="a-text-bold">constantly confounding and will be another monster hit</span><span> -- Adam Simcox<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">A unique, intricate murder mystery absolutely full of heart</span><span>, </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Last Murder at the End of the World</span><span> is a </span><span class="a-text-bold">heartbreaking exploration of what it means to be human</span><span> -- Vikki Patis<br><br>PRAISE FOR </span><span class="a-text-italic">THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE</span><span>: '</span><span class="a-text-bold">Audaciously inventive, gripping and original</span><span>' -- Louise O'Neill<br><br>PRAISE FOR </span><span class="a-text-italic">THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE</span><span>: 'This book blew my mind. It is </span><span class="a-text-bold">utterly original and unique. I couldn't get it out of my head for days afterwards</span><span>' -- Sophie Hannah<br><br>PRAISE FOR </span><span class="a-text-italic">THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER</span><span>: 'An</span><span class="a-text-bold"> absolute treat</span><span> from the </span><span class="a-text-bold">most original voice</span><span> in crime fiction' -- Ragnar Jonasson</span> </div> <h3><span>About the Author</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <span>Stuart Turton's debut novel, </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle</span><span>, 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 </span><span class="a-text-italic">Sunday Times</span><span> bestseller, it has been translated into over thirty languages, and has sold over one million copies in the UK and US combined. </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Devil and the Dark Wate</span><span>r, 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.</span> </div>
