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The murder at world's end / Ross Montgomery.

Van Pelt Library PR6118.O867 M87 2026
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Montgomery, Ross (Fiction writer), author.
Contributor:
William Morrow and Company, publisher.
Series:
Montgomery, Ross (Fiction writer). Stockingham and Pike.
A Stockingham & Pike mystery ; [1]
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Murder.
Nobility--Fiction.
Nobility.
Butlers--Fiction.
Butlers.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Secrecy.
Aristocracy (Social class)--Fiction.
Aristocracy (Social class).
Cornwall (England : County)--Fiction.
Cornwall (England : County).
Halley's comet--Fiction.
Halley's comet.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Physical Description:
323 pages : black and white illustrations, maps on endpapers, genealogical table, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Edition:
First US edition
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]
Summary:
"Cornwall, 1910. On a remote tidal island, the 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 window, chimney, and keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the pompous, dishonest 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, Tithe Hall's newest under-butler. 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 foul-mouthed, sharp as a tack, eighty-year-old family matriarch. Fearless and unconventional, she relishes chaos and puzzles alike, and 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..." -Dust jacket
ISBN:
9780063458772
0063458772
OCLC:
1514525342

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