The Last Murder at the End of the World: The Number One Sunday Times bestseller (Paperback) - Stuart Turton

On a seemingly idyllic island surrounded by the poisonous fog that wiped out the rest of the world, an isolated group of villagers must solve a murder which no one can remember to keep the fog from engulfing them all. A dazzlingly original murder mystery from the author of the bestselling The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE AND THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER

'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

THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN

Abi keeps them safe.

One hundred and twenty-two islanders and their three beloved scientists live in harmony, kept safe from a poisonous security barrier with the help of Abi's instructions.

Niema keeps the islanders occupied.

Niema is one of the scientists who remembers what life was like before the fog. She ensures that all of the islanders have a job to do, and everyone loves her. Almost everyone.

Emory can't stop asking questions.

But then one of the scientists is found dead, and their murder triggers the dropping of the security barrier. The only way to reinstate it is to find the killer. But can Emory ask the right questions?

They have 107 hours to solve the murder before the fog sweeps in. Can they stop the end of their world?

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

About the Author

Stuart Turton's debut, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, won the Costa First Novel Award and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards and the British Book Awards Debut of the Year. It was a Sunday Times bestseller, and it has been translated into over thirty languages, selling over one million copies in the UK and the US combined.

The Devil and the Dark Water, his follow-up, won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction and was selected for the BBC Two Book Club, Between the Covers and Jo Whiley's Radio 2 Book Club. Stuart lives near London with his wife and daughters.