THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'A mind-bending, genre-blending, boy-that-ending mystery unlike any I've ever read' A. J. FINN
'I loved it' C. J. TUDOR
'An absolute blast' BENJAMIN STEVENSON
'Wildly inventive' M. W. CRAVEN
'Believe the hype' ALICE BELL
'Extraordinary' WILL DEAN
An Observer Thriller of the Month
Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.
Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.
If the murder isn't solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island – and everyone on it.
But the security system has also wiped everyone's memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer – and they don't even know it...
Readers love The Last Murder at the End of the World:
'Mind-bending'
'Absolutely loved it'
'Captivating'
'Thrillingly fast-paced'
'New favourite book'
'Another masterpiece'
'Unique'
'Explosive'
'Absolutely unforgettable'
'Unlike anything I've ever read before'
'Still shocked by the ending'
'Wonderfully imaginative'
The Last Murder at the End of the World was No. 1 in the Sunday Times Hardback Fiction chart w/e 30th March 2024
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'A mind-bending, genre-blending, boy-that-ending mystery unlike any I've ever read' A. J. FINN
'I loved it' C. J. TUDOR
'An absolute blast' BENJAMIN STEVENSON
'Wildly inventive' M. W. CRAVEN
'Believe the hype' ALICE BELL
'Extraordinary' WILL DEAN
An Observer Thriller of the Month
Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.
Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And they learn the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay.
If the murder isn't solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island – and everyone on it.
But the security system has also wiped everyone's memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer – and they don't even know it...
Readers love The Last Murder at the End of the World:
'Mind-bending'
'Absolutely loved it'
'Captivating'
'Thrillingly fast-paced'
'New favourite book'
'Another masterpiece'
'Unique'
'Explosive'
'Absolutely unforgettable'
'Unlike anything I've ever read before'
'Still shocked by the ending'
'Wonderfully imaginative'
The Last Murder at the End of the World was No. 1 in the Sunday Times Hardback Fiction chart w/e 30th March 2024
Critiques-
-
Starred review from March 18, 2024
Turton (The Devil and the Dark Water) continues playing fast and loose with genre boundaries in this dazzling postapocalyptic thriller that blossoms into a race against time whodunit. A small island in the middle of the ocean has become the last refuge against the deadly, insect-filled fog that’s been covering the globe for the past 90 years. The 122 villagers who live and work on the island rarely question their regulated way of life, the elder scientists who keep them safe, or the disembodied voice named Abi beamed into their heads to coax them to sleep each night when the curfew bell rings. When the violent death of a teacher named Niema triggers a 12-hour memory wipe on all of the island’s residents, plus a fail-safe that will shut down the island’s defenses in 38 hours unless her killer is identified, villager Emory, armed with a curiosity nearly all of her peers lack, sets out to investigate. In the process, she unravels distressing secrets about the origins and operations of her supposed paradise. Turton smartly fortifies his themes of freedom and control by utilizing Abi, a manipulative HAL 9000 figure, as a semi-omniscient narrator, and he drops in enough clues for mystery fans to stay half a step ahead of Emory’s sleuthing without undercutting the impact of each reveal. This dystopian detective story fires on all cylinders. Agent: Harry Illingworth, DHH Literary. -
James Cameron Stewart's masterful performance whisks listeners into a postapocalyptic world shrouded in buried secrets and impending mayhem. There's a haunting quality in his portrayal of the villagers on an idyllic island that is run by three scientists and inhabited by 122 survivors of a deadly fog. Stewart's expressive voice conveys the villagers' bewilderment and growing suspicions when one of the scientists is murdered. His resonant tone combined with an unhurried pace conveys the tenacity of the main character, Emory, and adds tension to the edgy story. Atmospheric and chilling, Stewart's suspenseful narration is perfectly paired with this multifaceted mystery for fans of dystopian and psychological thrillers. M.F. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine
-
Sunday Times
Turton's puzzle box draws on every sci-fi classic from Blade Runner to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
As a mystery, it is more intriguing than involving. As prognostication, it seems only too likely to be the shape of things to come. - Financial Times The fiction of Stuart Turton gloriously bends both the reader's mind and the crime genre
- Woman's Weekly A clever dystopian thriller . . . another twisty masterpiece from the Sunday Times bestselling author
- Publisher's Weekly If you have ever had the experience of reading a Stuart Turton novel, you will know what it is like to have your brain fried – in the very best way
- Independent Turton (The Devil and the Dark Water) continues playing fast and loose with genre boundaries in this dazzling postapocalyptic thriller that blossoms into a race against time whodunit . . . This dystopian detective story fires on all cylinders
- Set The Tape Even better than The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Turton's cemented his reputation as the king of the mind-blowing mystery
- Good Reading, Australia An extraordinary novel. Midsommar meets Station Eleven meets The Mist meets a fresh post-apocalyptic murder mystery. Audacious and utterly mind-blowing. Stu Turton is one of the most inventive writers working today
- Canberra Daily, AUS Stuart Turton's literary pyrotechnics are on full display in this magnificently sly novel. Part Holmesian deduction, part Shyamalan level twists - Turton somehow manages to reinvent both himself and the mystery genre with every book. An absolute blast
