Murder Most Unladylike, 9780141369761
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Schoolgirl detectives, a missing body, and a deadly Deepdean mystery.

Murder Most Unladylike

a murder most unladylike mystery

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    7 August 2019

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Summary

Murder Most Unladylike: A 10th Anniversary Mystery

A super-special 10th anniversary edition of the first gripping, award-winning mystery starring schoolgirl detectives, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. With new never seen before bonus content!A super-special 10th anniversary edition of the first gripping, award-winning mystery starring schoolgirl detectives, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. With a new introduction from the author and new bonus content!

When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141369761
ISBN-10:0141369760
Series:A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery
Author:Robin Stevens
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Puffin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:7 August 2019
Weight:246g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

Ripping good fun

Angela Brazil meets Agatha Christie all mixed up with some Sherlockian tips and winks that made me snuggle down and read with a contented smile. It is a jacket potato on a winter’s day book; warm, satisfying, filling … This is such a glorious book and it is one which has reinterpreted the school story for the contemporary reader and opened it up with a swift moving and accessible plot line. In Star Trek terms, it is the next generation as compared to the original series. It is very, very gorgeous. Daisy is glorious. Hazel is awesome. I want more, please. It’s as simple as that * Did You Ever Stop to Think *Irresistible … It feels both delightfully old-fashioned and current - a difficult balance to pull off, but it’s been done with style here. Imagine Agatha Christie visiting Malory Towers and add in some modern sensibilities and you are about there. The plot twists and turns like nobody’s business and I didn’t guess the real culprit for a very long time, but the real draw is the relationship between the two main characters. Daisy and Hazel are like chalk and cheese but they are perfect foils for one another and together, they make a brilliant detective duo * The Bookbag *I absolutely loved it - it’s charming and witty and there’s so much in terms of in-jokes and she really grabs hold of all the traditions of this type of story and runs with them. You’ve got bunbreak, squashed fly biscuits and dormitories … but at the same time as this thrilling murder mysteryRipping good fun * The Times *A skilful blend of golden era crime novel and boarding school romp … The novel works both as an affectionate satire and an effective murder mystery, and Stevens can go places Enid Blyton never dreamt of … Top class * Financial Times *Friendship, boarding school and a murder worthy of Agatha Christie * The Bookseller *Plotting is what sets this book apart; this is about who was where at the time of the murder, and it’s about finding the chink in the alibi * Telegraph *An addictive debut, full of wit, panache and iced-bun breaks * Metro *Enormous fun * Irish Times *Part murder mystery, part diary, and a pitch-perfect snapshot of adolescent friendship … A sharp-witted debut for Stevens, one that will leave readers eagerly awaiting subsequent instalments * Publishers Weekly *

About The Author

Robin Stevens

Robin Stevens was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. She has been making up stories all her life. When she was twelve, her father handed her a copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and she realised that she wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie when she grew up. She spent her teenage years at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, reading a lot of murder mysteries and hoping that she’d get the chance to do some detecting herself (she didn’t). She went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then she worked at a children’s publisher.

Robin is now a full-time author and the creator of the internationally award-winning and bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series, starring Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong, and the brand-new Ministry of Unladylike Activity. She still hopes she might get the chance to do some detecting of her own one day. She lives in England.

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