The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

Solve the murder to save what's left of the world.Outside the island there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched.On the island: it is idyllic. O...ne hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And then they learn that the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay. If the murder isn't solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island—and everyone on it.But the security system has also wiped everyone's memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer—and they don't even know it.And the clock is ticking.From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes an inventive, high-concept murder mystery: an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, and an audacious solution.
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Knihu napísal Stuart Turton, nesie názov The Last Murder at the End of the World (Slovenský spisovateľ, 2025) a ide o postapokalyptickú detektívku. Celý svet zahalila hustá hmla a zostal jediný ostrov s 122 obyvateľmi; keď je jeden z vedcov brutálne zavraždený, kolabuje ochranný systém a ten vymaže všetkým spomienky na predchádzajúcu noc, pričom majú stosedem hodín na vyriešenie vraždy, inak ostrov pohltí hmla. Recenzentka priznala vysoké očakávania, no považuje úvod za mätúci, dej za prekombinovaný a štýl za často nezaujímavý; vyšetrovanie prichádza neskoro, čítanie bolo pre ňu náročné a výsledné hodnotenie knihy je 1/5 (hodnotenie obálky 4/5).

Solve the murder to save what's left of the world.

Outside the island there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched.

On the island: it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists.

Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to death. And then they learn that the murder has triggered a lowering of the security system around the island, the only thing that was keeping the fog at bay. If the murder isn't solved within 107 hours, the fog will smother the island—and everyone on it.

But the security system has also wiped everyone's memories of exactly what happened the night before, which means that someone on the island is a murderer—and they don't even know it.

And the clock is ticking.

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Water comes an inventive, high-concept murder mystery: an ingenious puzzle, an extraordinary backdrop, and an audacious solution.