A Most Puzzling Murder

A Novel

by Bianca Marais

On Sale: 06/10/2025

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A Most Puzzling Murder

A Novel

by Bianca Marais

On Sale: 06/10/2025

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How do you solve a murder that hasn't happened yet?

Destiny Whip is a former child prodigy, world-renowned enigmatologist and very, very alone. A life filled with loss has made her a recluse, an existence she's content to endure until a letter arrives inviting her to interview for the position of Scruffmore family historian. Not only does an internet search for the name yield almost nothing, it's a role she never applied to in the first place!

After she decodes the invitation's hidden message with ease, the promise of her family secrets being revealed is too powerful a draw for the orphaned Destiny, who soon finds herself on Eerie Island. It's a place whose inhabitants are almost as inhospitable as the tempestuous weather. The Scruffmores themselves turn out to be not much better, a snarled mess of secrets and motives connected by their mistrust for one another.

Their newly arrived guest proves to be just as much an enigma to them as they are to her. While Destiny slowly works to unravel the mysteries hidden throughout the ominous castle, she struggles to interpret disturbing nightly visions of what is to come. In the midst of cryptic ciphers, hidden passages, and the family's magical heritage and line of succession, Destiny is certain of two things: one of the Scruffmores is going to die and she's running out of time to stop it.

Interspersed with riddles and puzzles that both Destiny and the reader must solve, A Most Puzzling Murder is a one-of-a-kind mystery that will leave you guessing and gasping until the very last page!

Critical Praise

“I love, love, loved this book! I was hooked from the very first line, “Destiny Whip’s bedside table could easily be mistaken for a miniature graveyard,” right to the final line or “lines,” and I’m not going to spoil anything by explaining further. The intrepid Destiny attempts to solve a murder that hasn’t happened yet, and there are enough twists and turns along the way to give you whiplash. I’m hoping for a series, or at least a sequel.” –Ian Ferguson, co-author of Mystery in the Title, a Miranda Abbott mystery. -