A tea party takes a poisonous turn leaving Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this "first-rate whodunit, reminiscent of a game of Clue [that's] terrific preparation for the works of Agatha Christie" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party isn't about Daisy after all--and she is furious. But Daisy's anger falls to the wayside when one of their guests falls seriously and mysteriously ill--and everything points to poison. It's up to Daisy and Hazel to find out what's really going on.

With wild storms preventing everyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a very dangerous place to be. Not a single person present is what they seem--and everyone has a secret or two. And when someone very close to Daisy begins to act suspiciously, the Detective Society does everything they can to reveal the truth...no matter the consequences.

Previously published as Arsenic for Tea in the UK.

 

 

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

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Simon & Schuster .

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.