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"DEARIE ME! A MURDER AT WORLD'S END. MY OWN NEPHEW, SLAUGHTERED UNDER THE GRISLIEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES. A TICKING CLOCK. A HOUSE FILLED WITH SUSPECTS…"

CORNWALL. 1910.

On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for what he believes to be the apocalypse. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom – every window, chimney and keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the foolish Viscount has failed to consider 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…