Compulsively readable.--New York Times Book ReviewThe extraordinary new thriller from Stuart Turton, author of the bestselling murder mystery The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award.
A murder on the high seas.
Livestock dies in the night.
And then the passengers hear a terrible voice, whispering to them in the darkness,.
A dead leper stalks the decks.
A strange symbol appears on the sail.
Among the other guests is Sara Wessel, a noblewoman with a secret.
But no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage.
Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.
A demon who may or may not exist.
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.
A remarkable detective duo.
Compulsively readable.--New York Times Book ReviewNamed a Best Book of 2020 by The Guardian, Daily Mail, Financial Times, The Independent, Publishers Weekly, and more.
The extraordinary new thriller from Stuart Turton, author of the bestselling murder mystery The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award.
A murder on the high seas.
And third an impossible murder.
Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes?With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent and Sara can solve a mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board.
For fans of Steven King, The Devil and the Dark Water brings a chilling new spin to the Sherlock Holmes detective duo in a thriller of supernatural horror, occult suspicion, and paranormal mystery on the high seas.
Second an impossible theft.
First an impossible pursuit.
And then the passengers hear a terrible voice, whispering to them in the darkness, promising three unholy miracles, followed by a slaughter.
Livestock dies in the night.
A dead leper stalks the decks.
A strange symbol appears on the sail.
Among the other guests is Sara Wessel, a noblewoman with a secret.
But no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage.
Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.
A demon who may or may not exist.
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.
A remarkable detective duo.
Compulsively readable.--New York Times Book ReviewThe extraordinary new thriller from Stuart Turton, author of the bestselling murder mystery The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award.
A murder on the high seas
