“The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle”
By Stuart Turton

Aiden Bishop can’t remember anything except the name “Anna.”   He wakes up running through the woods to a huge estate known as Blackheath. When he gets inside, he is met with a guest of the house who tells him his name is Sebastian Bell and he is also a guest for the Masquerade Ball, hosted by the Hardcastle family. Their daughter, Evelyn, will be murdered that evening at 11 p.m. Aiden doesn’t know it yet, but he will be given eight days with eight different guest perspectives to solve the murder, or the loop starts again. Aiden is quick to trust the other guests, until it becomes quite clear that it is every man for himself, and everyone is wearing a mask.