A thrilling new short story collection in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series. Featuring six marvellous mini-mysteries, including four original, brand-new and never-seen-before stories:The Case of the Second Scream: set aboard the ship carrying Daisy and Hazel back from Hong KongThe Case of the Uninvited Guest: Uncle Felix and Aunt Lucy's wedding is the target for an unlikely threatThe Hound of Weston School: the Junior Pinkertons investigate a mysterious arrival The Case of the Deadly Flat: introducing Hazel's little sister May, who's determined to be the greatest spy everThe Case of the Missing Treasure: the detectives crack fiendish codes to catch a daring thief who is targeting London's famous museumsThe Case of the Drowned Pearl: murder follows the Detective Society wherever they go, even on holiday... The perfect book for all Detective Society fans and avid readers of the Murder Most Unladylike series.Praise for Murder Most Unladylike'Ripping good fun' The Times'Plotting is what sets this book apart' Telegraph'Enormous fun' Irish Times 'A skilful blend of golden era crime novel and boarding school romp . . . Top class' Financial Times 'I absolutely loved it' Susie Day

 

 

This book is part of a book series called The Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-14 years.

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Robin Stevens has a pet cockapoo called Howl, whos named after a book by her favourite author, Diana Wynne Jones. She was born in California, and moved to England when she was three. She grew up in Oxford, across the road from Alice in Wonderland. She went to an English boarding school, Cheltenham Ladies College. And SHE really did sleep in a dorm, and learn Latin, and have school on Saturday mornings. She did an MA on crime fiction and used to work as an editor, helping other authors get their books published.