The Last Murder at the End of the World

by Ross Montgomery, Stuart Turton · 2024

In 1910 Cornwall, the eccentric Viscount of Tithe Hall obsessively seals his remote manor against the predicted apocalypse of Halley's Comet. When the doors are locked and the night falls, the Viscount is found dead in his study, killed by his own ancestral crossbow. The only witnesses are Stephen Pike, a newly hired under‑butler freshly released from Borstal for a crime he didn’t commit, and Miss Decima Stockingham, the sharp‑tongued, eighty‑year‑old matriarch who thrives on chaos. Together this unlikely pair must navigate hidden passages, long‑buried grudges, and a house bristling with secrets to uncover the murderer before the sealed manor’s terror becomes permanent. Ross Montgomery delivers a locked‑room whodunit that blends the intrigue of a period estate with the clever, fast‑paced sleuthing of a modern mystery.