***A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ***Get ready to meet your favourite new detective duo…Downton AbbeymeetsKnives Outin this witty and gripping historical cosy crime series.A tantalising whodunnit withsome of the funniest dialogue Ive read in a whileJennie Godfrey, bestselling author ofThe List of Suspicious ThingsA joy from start to finish. This iscrime writing at its bestJanice Hallett, bestselling author ofThe AppealCornwall, 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 forThe Murder at World’s End:Fans of P G Wodehouse will enjoy this!Alexander Armstrong’Devilishly plotted and beautifully executed, this isan utter joy from start to finish’Abir Mukherjee, bestselling author ofHunted’Riotous anddeeply enjoyable’Telegraph’Awitty, fleet-footed historical mystery . . .a slice of undiluted joy’ Alex Hay, bestselling author ofThe Housekeepers’An absolute cracker!’The Sun’Hugely enjoyable’Andrew Hunter-Murray, author ofA Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering