The 7.5 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle-Stuart Turton

Sebastian awakes to find that he has no memory.of who he is or where he is. In fact he

isn’t even Sebastian at all. As he comes round he finds himself shouting “Anna”.

Who Anna is he has no idea but she is running through the woods and then there is the

sound of a gunshot. The next day he awakes as the butler and sees “himself” arrive at

the door exactly as he did the day before. Think period drama groundhog day. On day

three, in yet another guise, he sees the plagues doctor whom he briefly saw beforehand.

He tells him that a murder is to be committed and that the guises will keep happening

a total of eight times.  He will spend 24 hours in each however if they fall asleep or die

he will then either move back to one he hasn’t completed or onto a new one. He has to

find whom the murderer is to escape the scenario within the time frame. There are also

two others whom this is happening to. Only one can escape from Blackheath.

This is not as complicated as it sounds. Each chapter gives which day (and part in some

cases). A very different way of telling a crime story and a very interesting one at that.

Characters pick up various clues and Aiden (the person whose mind is in all of the

bodies/guises) can remember these clues.In the questions and answers with the author

at the back, Stuart mentions the TV programme Quantum Leap- if you are of the age to

remember this- then this will all make sense.  One of the most imaginative, and creative

books I have read for a long time One to keep the grey matter active.

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