![]() ![]() “I thought it’s either going to really work, or really not - and it really works.” “That sounds mad,” Purcell remembered thinking, when she first heard about Seven Deaths. With each repetition he hopes to get closer to solving the mystery and saving Evelyn Hardcastle’s life. The protagonist embodies one character for the duration of a day, before starting all over again in a different character’s body. It’s your favourite murder mystery, but with a sci-fi twist. Shortlisted for The Costa Book of the Year Award, Turton’s debut, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, merges Agatha Christie with Groundhog Day and Quantum leap. According to Turton, it’s a novel “that you can give to almost every reader and they will find enjoyment in it.” Purcell’s The Corset is a “gothic chiller” set in Victorian London. ![]() “But they’ve both got a bit of a gothic link.” “Our books aren’t similar in any way really,” Purcell said, when I asked why they were touring their new novels together. I met Laura Purcell and Stuart Turton before the first show of their joint UK book tour. ![]()
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