***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK *** Get ready to meet your favourite new detective duo...
Downton Abbey meets Knives Out in this witty and gripping historical cosy crime series. 'A
tantalising whodunnit with some of the funniest dialogue I've read in a while' Jennie Godfrey
bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things 'A joy from start to finish. This is crime
writing at its best' Janice Hallett bestselling author of The Appeal Cornwall 1910. On a
remote tidal island the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for what
he believes will be the apocalypse. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom but what the
foolish Viscount has failed to take into account is the danger that lies within... By morning
he will be dead in his sealed study murdered by his own ancestral crossbow. All eyes turn to
Stephen Pike the newest member of staff. Fresh out of Borstal for a crime he didn't commit he
is the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. His unlikely ally? Miss Decima
Stockingham the fearless foul-mouthed eighty-year-old matriarch who relishes chaos and
puzzles alike. A murder is just the thrill she's been waiting for. Together this mismatched
duo must navigate secret passages buried grudges and rising terror to unmask the killer before
it's too late... Praise for The Murder at World's End : 'Fans of P G Wodehouse will enjoy
this!' Alexander Armstrong 'Devilishly plotted and beautifully executed this is an utter joy
from start to finish' Abir Mukherjee bestselling author of Hunted 'Riotous and deeply
enjoyable' Telegraph 'A witty fleet-footed historical mystery . . . a slice of undiluted joy'
Alex Hay bestselling author of The Housekeepers 'An absolute cracker!' The Sun 'Hugely
enjoyable' Andrew Hunter-Murray author of A Beginner's Guide to Breaking and Entering
