In another twist on an Agatha Christie classic, it is the spring of 1910, and we are off the Cornwall coast in the house of a Viscount who has every room in his mansion sealed off because he fears the noxious gases that will emanate from the passage of Halley’s Comet. The night—and the comet—pass, as does the Viscount who is found with a crossbow bolt in his eye. He has met his maker in exactly the same manner as his father did two decades earlier. Suspicion falls on the newly arrived Stephen, whose baggage includes a criminal record. He must find the murderer and will do so in conjunction with the person he spent the night with in the attic nursery—bat-crazy old Aunt Decima, who is probably smarter than everyone in the building. They team up with the maid, Temperance, and are miles ahead of the dimwitted nitwit Scotland Yard sends. Off they go on a fun-filled investigation that leads to the murderer. And best of all, it’s the first in a series.
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