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BETWEEN THE COVERS AND THE RADIO 2 JO WHILEY BOOK CLUB An impossible murder A remarkable
detective duo A demon who may or may not exist It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps the world's greatest
detective is being transported from the Dutch East Indies to Amsterdam where he is facing
trial and execution for a crime he may or may not have committed. Travelling with him is his
loyal bodyguard Arent Hayes who is determined to prove his friend innocent while also on
board are Sara Wessel a noble woman with a secret and her husband the governor general of
Batavia. But no sooner is their ship out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A
strange symbol appears on the sail. A dead leper stalks the decks. Livestock are slaughtered in
the night. And then the passengers hear a terrible voice whispering to them in the darkness
promising them three unholy miracles. First: an impossible pursuit. Second: an impossible
theft. Third: an impossible murder. Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes? With
Pipps imprisoned only Arent and Sara can solve a mystery that stretches back into their past
and now threatens to sink the ship killing everybody on board. 'A glorious mash-up of William
Golding and Arthur Conan Doyle' Val McDermid 'A superb historical mystery: inventive twisty
addictive and utterly beguiling ... A TRIUMPH' Will Dean From the author of the dazzling The
Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle winner of the Costa Best First Novel Award comes an
audacious and original new high concept murder mystery. **STU TURTON'S NEXT NOVEL THE LAST
MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD IS AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW**
