As the ship makes its way onto the open seas, Arent is determined to use every ounce of skill he has acquired from solving cases at Sammy’s side to uncover the (scurrilous?) charges and absolve his friend of them. To the rest of civilisation, the prisoner is known as Samuel Pipps, the world’s greatest detective.
To his assistant, bodyguard, and close friend Arent, the prisoner is simply known as Sammy, and he requires Arent’s help to prove his innocence. The prisoner’s crime is being kept a secret by his accusers, but his fate is not. The VOC ship, The Saardam, is about to journey to Amsterdam to deliver various cargo and one prisoner. This might be your triumph dear author, but it feels like the pleasure was all mine, and I thank you for it.ġ634, Batavia (now known as Jakarta, Indonesia). It was one of the stars of the show, making Mr Turton a shoo-in for not only the best new-to-me author I read that year but also my auto-buy author list. (It’s not a pretty sight, I confess.) And if it isn’t already transparently obvious, The Devil and the Dark Water more than did its part in keeping that gloom away. While it was a horrible year in most aspects, books were a shining light in the dark, providing the very escapism I needed time and time again with a stellar line-up of stories read. Published: 1st October 2020 by Raven Books (Bloomsbury Publishing, UK), 6th October 2020 by Sourcebooks Landmark (US)Ĭunningly crafted and delightfully devilish, the Devil and the Dark Water is not only a masterpiece of a mystery novel but also the most fun I had between the pages in 2020.Īnd that right there might be all I need to say. The Devil and the Dark Waterby Stuart Turton
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