| International Standard Book Number |
9780063458772
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063458772
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| Personal Name |
Montgomery, Ross (Fiction writer), author.
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| Title Statement |
The murder at world's end : a Stockingham & Pike mystery / Ross Montgomery.
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| Edition Statement |
First US edition.
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| Imprint |
New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Pulishers, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
323 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps on end pages ; 24 cm.
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| Series Statement |
Stockingham & Pike mystery ; Book 1.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Cornwall, 1910. On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley's Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom--every window, chimney, and keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the pompous, dishonest 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, Tithe Hall's newest under-butler. 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 foul-mouthed, sharp as a tack, eighty-year-old family matriarch. Fearless and unconventional, she relishes chaos and puzzles alike, and 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." -- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Secrecy Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Nobility Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Aristocracy (Social class) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Butlers Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Halley's comet Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Cornwall (England : County) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Series Added Entry-Personal Name |
Montgomery, Ross. Stockingham & Pike mystery ; Book 1.
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