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<\/a><\/figure>\nHere I am on the blog tour for a new and fun-to-read novel: A Most Puzzling Murder<\/em>, by Bianca Marais, complete with puzzles and choose your own next step! Just a note that I recommend getting this one in a physical copy as I personally struggled with my older Kindle in navigating the pages and also clearly seeing the puzzles. That said, this was great fun and something that I would have enjoyed as an older teen as well. Definitely a unique choice that was fun and engaging \u2013 thank you for my copy and having me as part of the tour!<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the scoop:<\/p>\n A Most Puzzling Murder<\/strong><\/p>\n Bianca Marais<\/strong><\/p>\n On Sale Date: June 10, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n 9780778368601<\/strong>, <\/strong>0778368602<\/strong><\/p>\n Trade Paperback<\/strong><\/p>\n $19.99 USD, $23.99 CAD<\/strong><\/p>\n Fiction \/ Myster & Detective<\/strong><\/p>\n 480 pages<\/strong><\/p>\n About the Book:<\/strong><\/p>\n Interspersed with riddles and puzzles that both Destiny and the reader must solve,\u00a0<\/strong>A Most Puzzling Murder is a one-of-a-kind mystery that will leave you guessing and gasping until the very last page!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 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\u2019s 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\u2019s a role she never applied to in the first place!<\/p>\n She decodes the invitation\u2019s hidden message with ease, and its promise to reveal her family secrets proves too powerful a draw for the orphaned Destiny, who soon finds herself on Eerie Island. It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s magical line of succession, Destiny is certain of two things: one of the Scruffmores is going to die and she\u2019s running out of time to stop it.<\/p>\n About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n BIANCA MARAIS cohosts the popular podcast The Shit No One Tells You About Writing, which is aimed at helping emerging writers get published. She teaches creative writing through the podcast and was named a winner of the Excellence in Teaching Award for Creative Writing at the University of Toronto\u2019s School of Continuing Studies. She lives in Toronto, where she loves playing escape-room games and writing about strong female protagonists.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Social Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Author website: https:\/\/www.biancamarais.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/biancamaraisauthor<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/biancam_author\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/biancamarais_author\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Buy Links:<\/strong> (not affiliated with BBNB)<\/p>\n Amazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Most-Puzzling-Murder-humorous-mystery\/dp\/0778387690<\/a><\/p>\n Barnes & Noble: https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/a-most-puzzling-murder-bianca-marais\/1146847363<\/a><\/p>\n Bookshop: https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/a-most-peculiar-tale-indeed-original-bianca-marais\/21435438<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Books-A-Million: https:\/\/www.booksamillion.com\/p\/9780778368601<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Kobo: https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/a-most-puzzling-murder<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n AppleBooks: https:\/\/books.apple.com\/us\/book\/a-most-puzzling-murder\/id6501987778<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Google Play: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/A_Most_Puzzling_Murder.html?id=rbs7EQAAQBAJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Libro.FM: https:\/\/libro.fm\/audiobooks\/9781488233814-a-most-puzzling-murder<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Indigo: https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/a-most-puzzling-murder-a-quirky-humorous-locked-room-murder-mystery-with-riddles-and-puzzles-for-the-reader-to-solve\/9780778368601.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/a><\/figure>\n