Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER n n n WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD n WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG NOVEL AWARD n SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS n SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT OF THE YEAR n LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR n n n Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror - the most inventive story you'll read this year n n Tonight, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed ... Again n n 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. n n 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. n n 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... n n SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, I PAPER, FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPH n