The Murder at World’s End

Secrets,murderand mayhem collide as this unlikely sleuthing duo–an under-butler and a foul-mouthed octogenarian–hunt a killer in a manor sealed against the end of the world. Cornwall1910. On a remote tidal islandthe Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley’s Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom–every windowchimneyand keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the pompousdishonest Viscount has failed to take into account is the danger that lies within… By morninghe will be dead in his sealed studymurdered by his own ancestral crossbow. All eyes turn to Steven PikeTithe Hall’s newest under-butler. Fresh out of Borstal for a crime he didn’t commithe is the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. His unlikely ally? Miss Decima Stockinghamthe foul-mouthedsharp as a tackeighty-year-old family matriarch. Fearless and unconventionalshe relishes chaos and puzzles alikeand a murder is just the thrill she’s been waiting for. Togetherthis mismatched duo must navigate secret passagesburied grudgesand rising terror to unmask the killer before it’s too late…