The Murder at World’s End
$58.40
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2025
Summary
The Viscount’s Last Stand: A Tithe Hall Mystery
Cornwall, 1910. Atop a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall frantically prepares for the apocalypse, convinced Halley’s Comet heralds the world’s end. He seals the manor, oblivious to the danger lurking within.
By morning, he’s dead in his locked study, felled by his own crossbow.
Suspicion falls on Stephen Pike, the new under-butler, fresh out of Borstal and seemingly guilty by association. His only ally is …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241766163 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241766168 |
| Author: | Ross Montgomery |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 750g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 40mm |
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A tantalising whodunnit with some of the funniest dialogue I’ve read in a while. I enjoyed it immensely – Jennie GodfreyIngeniously plotted and highly addictive. Fans of P G Wodehouse will enjoy this! – Alexander ArmstrongGet ready to add this to your Book of the Year list. This is impeccable writing, with a plot as sharp as cut glass and characters that jump right out of the pages. A joy from start to finish – Janice Hallet
About The Author
Ross Montgomery
Ross Montgomery is the author of award-winning books for children. His novels have been twice shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book of the Year and twice selected for the Waterstones’ Children’s Book of the Month, as well as chosen for the Sunday Times ‘Top 100 Modern Children’s Classics’. His latest, I Am Rebel, was an immediate bestseller, chosen by Waterstones as their Children’s Book of the Year 2024. He lives in London with his wife, a baby, and a cat named Fun Bobby. The Murder at World’s End is his first adult novel.
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