The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

As funny, clever, and warm as we’ve come to expect from Robin Stevens, The Ministry of Unladylike Activity is such a delight – Louise O’NeillRobin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children: her books have all the rich satisfactions, all the twists and pleasures and the enormous delights of instant mystery classics. I am always hungry for the next one – Katherine Rundell on the Murder Most Unladylike seriesEmotionally involving, enjoyably logical and engaging … The sense of place, time and voice are carefully created, and whether you solve the mystery before May, Eric and Nuala or not, you will make the 400-page journey - despite deaths on the way - with a spring in your step – Nicolette Jones * Times *A new crew of resourceful children takes the helm … Meticulous, lightly worn research and sharp character observation – Imogen Russell-Williams * Guardian *The author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series is returning to what she does best, which is creating a fictional world full of child detectives, period details, sumptuous settings and, yes, murder … Spirited and fun, this is a must for young murder mystery fans * Bookseller *Expect excitement, intrigue, friendship and a puzzling mystery – Week JuniorMuch superb Agatha Christie-style whodunnitry * Observer *This is an exciting book full of suspense … I give it 10⁄10! – Lizzie, aged 8 * Nat Geo Kids *Rip-roaring stuff * Daily Mail *A fiendishly plotted, astutely observed novel that’s equally perfect for avid Stevens fans and new readers. Absolutely thrilling! – Louie Stowell

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.