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 puzzlean extraordinary backdropand an audacious solution. 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 planetkilling anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientistsliving in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fishfarm and feastto obey their nightly curfewto do what they’re told by the scientists. Untilto the horror of the islandersone 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 islandthe only thing that was keeping the fog at bay. If the murder isn’t solved within 92 hoursthe 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 beforewhich means that someone on the island is a murderer–and they don’t even know it. And the clock is ticking.
