Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 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 they learn 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.
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781526634924
Publisher: Raven Books
Excellent ... I won't give anything else away as the discoveries are part of the joy, but I was engrossed in this high-concept thriller and can't wait to see what Turton does next ― Observer
Turton's puzzle box draws on every sci-fi classic from Blade Runner to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
As a mystery, it is more intriguing than involving. As prognostication, it seems only too likely to be the shape of things to come.― Sunday Times
The fiction of Stuart Turton gloriously bends both the reader's mind and the crime genre ― Financial Times
This story will grip your attention until the very last page and is sure to be another bestseller ― Glamour
A clever dystopian thriller . . . another twisty masterpiece from the Sunday Times bestselling author ― Woman's Weekly