56 pages 1 hour read

Stuart Turton

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Part 3, Chapters 18-37

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 3: “50 Hours Until Humanity’s Extinction”

Part 3, Chapter 18 Summary

Hephaestus wakes up in his bunker to an alarm sounding. He sees dried blood on his clothes, and Abi tells him to go to the village.

Part 3, Chapter 19 Summary

Emory wakes up from curfew and sees smoke billowing from the warehouse. As she runs through the exercise yard, she sees that someone trampled the flower beds. Abi tells her that someone is in the warehouse, so Emory rushes inside. Emory finds Niema’s body lying under a beam that appears to have crushed her skull.

Part 3, Chapter 20 Summary

Clara wakes up and sees that Hui is not in bed. Magdalene tells her that Emory found Niema’s body in a burning warehouse. Clara notices numbers written on her wrist, but she does not remember writing them. Clara finds Emory kneeling over Niema’s body as the villagers put out the fire. Emory shows her a wound in the middle of Niema’s chest.

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