With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent and Sara can solve a mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board. Third: an impossible murder.Ĭould a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? Its 1634, and Samuel Pipps, the worlds greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or. His trusted friend and bodyguard, the mercenary Arent Hayes is traveling with him to ensure his physical integrity during the long trip.
He brings his wife, Sara, and a motley crew with him in his cramped galleon, as well as a mysterious object, The Folly. Bloomsbury The Dutch East India Company has called the governor general of Batavia (present day Jakarta) back to Amsterdam. Livestock are slaughtered in the night.Īnd then the passengers hear a terrible voice whispering to them in the darkness, promising them three unholy miracles. Samuel Pipps, a world-renowned detective is sent from the town of Batavia to Amsterdam in order to be tried for an undisclosed crime he committed. 'The Devil and the Dark Water' by Stuart Turton. Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent, while also on board are Sara Wessel, a noble woman with a secret, and her husband, the governor general of Batavia.īut no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. It’s 1634, and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam, where he is facing trial and execution for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. The extraordinary new novel from Stuart Turton, author of the Sunday Times best seller, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award. Bloomsbury presents The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
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