The Last Murder at the End of the World

Hardcover, 354 pages

English language

Published April 17, 2024 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

ISBN:
978-1-5266-3495-5
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4 stars (3 reviews)

2 editions

The Last Murder at the End of the World

4 stars

I enjoy a good mystery novel on its own, but when one brings in enough worldbuilding that can stand on its own, it makes the mystery so much sweeter. Tainted Cup is one book I read earlier this year that did this to great effect, and The Last Murder at the End of the World strikes a different blend that kept me engaged the whole way through. Unlike Stuart Turton's previous time loop-esque murder mystery, I found this one to be temporally more straightforward and the worldbuilding to be much stronger and more intriguing. There's still plenty of red herrings, questions, and multilayered deceptions.

The premise is delightful. The first quarter of the book is an intriguing worldbuilding and character introduction. The earth is covered in a deadly fog and a single Greek island is the only part free from the apocalypse. The villagers and elders who live on this …

Decent

3 stars

I liked everything about this book. The premise, the story, the characters, the intrigue, the suspense. It was all there. For whatever reason though, this book just didn't pull me into it. While I was reading, I wanted to keep going to see what was happening and why, but as soon as I put the book back down, I didn't have a drive to pick it up and continue. Maybe it's just the timing that I chose to read it at, but I wouldn't tell others to not read it because it didn't grab at me the way I would have liked. As I said, I really did like everything else about the book.

Review of 'Last Murder at the End of the World' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The last bastion of humanity at the end of the world, post-apocalyptic plague—and the murder mystery that unravels it all.

Stu Turton has done it again! His books don’t follow a set genre, and this time we have a sci-fi/dystopian murder mystery—he calls it a ‘locked island’ scenario. In a world beset by a fatal fog, a group of villagers and the elders they rely upon eke out a meager existence on a small Greek island. However, this delicate balance is thrown into chaos when one of the elders is found murdered. Our protagonist, Emory, puts her years of reading detective stories to work and takes the case—not only to get justice for her friend, but to save the lives of everyone on the island.

Although Emory was not my favorite character, I did appreciate her sense for details and ability to puzzle together the various bits of evidence. What …

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