Stuart Turton
Stuart Turton is a British crime writer whose debut The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle won the Costa First Novel Award and was praised as the most inventive locked-room mystery in years. His novels are ambitious structural puzzles that experiment with the conventions of the genre while delivering genuine thriller plotting.
Works
- The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn HardcastleLocked-room mystery with time-loop structure and multiple death investigations
- The Devil and the Dark WaterDark fantasy mystery set aboard a plague ship in colonial waters
- The Last Murder at the End of the WorldLocked-island murder mystery where detective is trapped with one killer