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    7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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    A million-copy bestseller where one murder victim dies eight times. Stuart Turton's genre-bending mystery - blending Agatha Christie with Groundhog Day - won the Costa Book Award and captivated Netflix. Can you solve the puzzle that's trapped you in a deadly time loop?

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