THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER - LIMITED SIGNED & NUMBERED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING WITH RED PAGE EDGES

TURTON Stuart

ISBN 10: 1408889641 / ISBN 13: 9781408889640

Published by Raven Books In Association With Goldsboro Books, London, 2020

About this Item

This is the Goldsboro Limited Edition which is in Superb & Unmarked Condition, this Book has been Signed by Stuart Turton to the Limitation Page. To the same page this Book has been Numbered, this being Number 422 out of a Limited Edition of 500 Copies. Both Book and Dust Jacket are in As New condition. There are no inscriptions and the Dust Jacket has not been price clipped. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Publishers number sequence 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 confirms that this book is a first printing. The Jacket is protected by a clear, removable, archival protective covering. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER - LIMITED SIGNED & NUMBERED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING WITH RED PAGE EDGES
• Publisher: Raven Books In Association With Goldsboro Books, London
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408889641
• ISBN 13: 9781408889640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historical Fiction
  • Crime Fiction

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Synopsis

'If you read one book this year, make sure it's this one' Daily Mail

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY EXPRESS AND i PAPER
WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR FICTION
SELECTED FOR THE BBC TWO BOOK CLUB BETWEEN THE COVERS AND THE RADIO 2 JO WHILEY BOOK CLUB


An impossible murder
A remarkable detective duo
A demon who may or may not exist

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. 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.

But no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A strange symbol appears on the sail. A dead leper stalks the decks. Livestock are slaughtered in the night. And then the passengers hear a terrible voice whispering to them in the darkness, promising them three unholy miracles. First: an impossible pursuit. Second: an impossible theft. Third: an impossible murder. Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes?

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.


'A glorious mash-up of William Golding and Arthur Conan Doyle' Val McDermid
'A superb historical mystery: inventive, twisty, addictive and utterly beguiling ... A TRIUMPH' Will Dean

From the author of the dazzling The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award, comes an audacious and original new high concept murder mystery.