A Most Puzzling Murder

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The Glass Onion meets Wordle in this quirky, humorous locked room murder mystery in which historian Destiny Whip uncovers the truth behind a mysterious death in the wealthy Scruffmore family. Readers are encouraged to join Destiny as she decodes the clues that will lead to the identity of the murderer and reveal secrets about Destiny's own past.

A closed room murder mystery with fantasy elements from the bestselling author of THE WITCHES OF MOONSHYNE MANOR, A MOST PUZZLING MURDER, sees world-renowned cryptologist Destiny Whip summoned to Scruffmore Castle where she finds herself at at the center of a murder mystery connected to her own enigmatic past.

As Destiny Whip, struggles to uncover the secrets of her past, which are somehow inextricably intertwined with the Scruffmore family's own dark machinations, she will be tasked with solving myriad cryptic clues, puzzles, and riddles.

The reader can do the same alongside Destiny, perhaps even beating her in the race to figure it all out. Readers are given insider information that Destiny isn't privy to and in some instances, will actually become different characters in the 'Choose Your Own Outcome' chapters. Pay attention, because almost everything is a clue. This most peculiar tale positively demands that you engage with it.

Now, if getting down with your bad codebreaking self is not your thing, please don't panic. You can skip the actual puzzles and just flip to the back for the answers in each instance.

Author Bio

Bianca Marais is the author of the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh (Putnam, 2017 and 2019). She teaches at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies where she was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing in 2021. A believer in the power of storytelling in advancing social justice, Marais runs the Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices Initiative to empower young Black women in Africa to write and publish their own stories, and is constantly fundraising to assist grandmothers in Soweto with caring for children who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. In 2020, Marais started the popular podcast, The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, which is aimed at helping emerging writers become published. She's an experienced public speaker who is in great demand for various events. Marais lives in Toronto, Ontario.