Author: Stevens, Robin
Reading age: from c 9 years
Published on 18 February 2016 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery' series.
Paperback | 368 pages, B+W maps, chapter head a/w.
193 x 123 x 22 | 260g
The second thrilling mystery in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series. Now with a brand-new introduction by the author, and a gorgeous, collectible new package with silver foil detail and sprayed edges.
'Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children' Katherine Rundell‘This is that rare thing: a series that gets better with every book’ TelegraphSchoolgirl 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.
Then one of their party falls seriously, mysteriously ill - and everything points to poison.
With wild storms preventing anyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a very dangerous place to be. The Detective Society have a new case to crack . . .
Discover the beloved murder mystery phenomenon that has sold over a million copies.
'Thrilling' Guardian 'Perfect' The Times