The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle: A Novel [B1897]

2018 french-flap PB with minor cover wear. A brilliantly original high concept murder mystery from a fantastic new talent: Gosford Park meets Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express. 'Somebody's going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won't appear to be a murder and so the murderer won't be caught. Rectify that injustice and I'll show you the way out.' It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden - one of the guests summoned to Blackheath for the party - can solve her murder, the day will repeat itself, over and over again. Every time ending with the fateful pistol shot. The only way to break this cycle is to identify the killer. But each time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different guest. And someone is determined to prevent him ever escaping Blackheath...

From recent mixed Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This was a wild ride of a story. Usually for me when there are a lot of characters, I often get lost and lose interest but for whatever reason, I was able to grasp each character and who was what in this book. I almost gave up but I'm glad I didn't. Definitely an interesting read."; "Very creative. Couldn't put it down."; "I think I liked this book but it was very confusing!!"; "This is Clue meets Groundhog's Day. It took me a bit to get into it but the mystery kept the pages turning."; "Love a time loop mystery. One less star for the trouble I had keeping track of all those ding dang characters."