A prank gone wrong. A secret society in the shadows. A deadly countdown that’s just begun.
When the sleepy halls of Chimneys Manor are disrupted by a mischievous house party prank, no one expects it to end in murder. But when a young guest is found dead with a mysterious clock set to seven by his side, Lady Eileen “Bundle” Brent is thrust into a chilling web of secrets, lies, and danger.
What begins as a lighthearted weekend in the English countryside spirals into a thrilling chase through fog-drenched London streets and behind the closed doors of the powerful elite. All clues point to the elusive Seven Dials—a secret society no one dares to name, and whose next move could shake the very foundations of the nation.
With sharp wit, unrelenting curiosity, and courage to match, Bundle sets out to uncover the truth. But in a world of masked meetings, hidden motives, and coded messages, the line between ally and enemy is never clear.
Can she unravel the mystery before the final dial strikes… and someone else ends up dead?
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.