The Murder at the World’s End by Ross Montgomery💙📚
Jodi Taylor #BookRecommendation
As you can see, I’m still on the mass slaughter at Christmas thing – and I thought I’d give this one a whirl. I haven’t finished it yet but it’s pretty good so far.
Set in England 1910, Halley’s Comet is on the way – the population is reacting with its usual calm good sense – and everyone is preparing for the end of the world and the annihilation of all life. The World’s End of the title is an island frequently cut off from the mainland – obviously – and Tithe House is the scene of the murder. To protect the residents from the comet’s supposed poison gasses, the owner, an eccentric aristocrat, has ordered the house to be locked, the windows boarded up and everyone, guests and servants alike, to be sealed in their rooms. Until the danger has passed and they can begin new lives
Naturally, at some point in the dark night, the owner is murdered. Crossbow bolt through the eye – as per Harold at Hastings, apparently.
The police are ineffective so solving the crime falls to an irascible old lady – oh, how I identify – together with her maid and Stephen, the second footman.
I’m really enjoying it so far. Give it a go and see what you think.
Have you enjoyed this book too?