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How to Solve Your Own Murder: A Novel (Castle Knoll Files)

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club Finalist for 2024 |
A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist | A GMA Buzz Pick | A USA Today Bestseller

One of Jimmy Fallon's favorite books for Spring 2024,
The Top LibraryReads pick for March 2024, A Publishers Marketplace 2024 BuzzBook, One of NPR's Books We Love


Frances Adams always said she’d be murdered. She was right.

In 1965, Frances Adams is at an English country fair where a fortune-teller makes a bone-chilling prediction: One day, Frances will be murdered. It is a prediction that sparks her life’s work—trying to solve a crime that hasn’t happened yet.

Nearly sixty years later, Annie Adams is summoned to a meeting at the sprawling country estate of her wealthy and reclusive great-aunt Frances. But by the time Annie arrives in the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, Frances is found murdered, just like she always said she would be. Annie is determined to catch the killer, but thanks to Frances’s lifelong habit of digging up secrets and lies, it seems every endearing and eccentric villager might just have a motive for her murder.

Can Annie safely unravel the dark mystery at the heart of Castle Knoll, or will dredging up the past throw her into the path of a killer? As Annie gets closer to the truth, and closer to danger, she starts to fear she might inherit her aunt’s fate instead of her fortune.

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Published Mar 25, 2025

384 pages

Average rating: 7.27

315 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Kdiggity
Jul 16, 2025
7/10 stars
Always kept you guessing on who done it. Very well written.
Symmie
Jun 09, 2025
10/10 stars
I couldn’t put it down! It was a beautifully tangled up mystery without obvious answers that didn’t leave loose ends.
louyyyyy
Apr 28, 2025
7/10 stars
A cute mystery! I liked how it resolved and I’m interested in reading the next book in the series.
LouB1985
Apr 23, 2025
10/10 stars
Loved this book, the twists, the characters, the past and present context. Read it in days as I couldn’t put it down. Great read!
Julie MK
Mar 31, 2025
10/10 stars
Enjoyed this book. Kept me guessing! Intriguing storyline and though some readers have reported getting confused with the number of characters and the time lines of past and present, I find these add interest to the book.

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