And third an impossible murder.Ĭould a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? Livestock dies in the night.Īnd then the passengers hear a terrible voice, whispering to them in the darkness, promising three unholy miracles, followed by a slaughter. Among the other guests is Sara Wessel, a noblewoman with a secret.īut no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent. 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. "Compulsively readable."- New York Times Book Reviewįrom Stuart Turton, author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, comes an extraordinary new locked-room mystery.Ī murder on the high seas.
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