The grand halls of Ashcombe Manor have seen their share of secrets—but none so deadly as the one discovered in its fabled Map Room.
When historian Dr. Leonard Briggs is found dead, slumped across a centuries-old chart with a dagger in his back, the case seems as baffling as it is brutal. Every guest at the manor had reason to want him silenced, from rival academics to family members with too much to lose.
Detective Clara Hensley is called in to untangle the puzzle. But the deeper she ventures into the manor’s hidden passages and forgotten records, the more she realises that the murder is only part of a larger game—one that someone has been planning for a very long time.
As storm clouds gather outside and the suspects close ranks within, Clara must solve the riddle etched in the maps before the killer strikes again.
Atmospheric, clever, and brimming with intrigue, Murder in the Map Room is a mystery that proves the past is never really past—and some secrets are worth killing for.
