![]() The atmospheric and brilliant setting of the Sardaam is a marvelous way to set the scene and I was immediately transported onboard the ship and eager to discover how the mystery would unfold. While The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle contained a large mix of eccentric characters and the wild element of time travel, The Devil and the Dark Water focuses more on the voyage and setting but still manages to captivate from the beginning. It is listed in the genre of both Historical Fiction and Mystery but this is where the similarities between this book and Stuart Turton’s last book end. The Devil and the Dark Water is a saga consisting of a long and treacherous journey on the Sardaam, a ship travelling from Batavia to Amsterdam. A mystery that stretches back into their past and now threatens to sink the ship, killing everybody on board.” With Pipps imprisoned, only Arent can solve a mystery that connects every passenger onboard. ![]() Livestock is slaughtered.Īnd then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel.Ĭould a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent.īut no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. ![]() ![]() “It’s 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. ![]()
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