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The Devil and the Dark Water
A cursed voyage, a locked-room murder and a demon’s warning set sail for Amsterdam.
Genre and trope pairingsMysteryWhodunnitMysteryLocked room mysteryHorrorOccultHorrorIsolationThrillerRace against timeThrillerConspiracy
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About The Devil and the Dark Water
In 1634, imprisoned investigator Samuel Pipps is transported from Batavia to Amsterdam aboard the Saardam with his loyal friend Arent Hayes. After a terrifying warning on the dock, the voyage is plagued by impossible crimes, a ghost ship and the question of whether reason can survive the sea.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- alcoholism
- domestic abuse
- rape mentioned
- immolation
- murder
- animal death
- confinement
- gore
- violence
- colonisation
- torture
- sexism
