By Robin Stevens (author) Part of the A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series
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The many readers enthralled by schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong’s first adventure Murder Most Unladylike will be thrilled to discover this new book, which offers another clever dose of subterfuge, murder and top-rate detection. While the original adventure took place at Daisy and Hazel’s school, Robin Stevens cleverly moves the setting for the follow-up to Daisy’s family home, a proper aristocratic pile, grand and shabby in equal measures.
When a guest is poisoned Daisy and Hazel are immediately on the case. The girls are irresistible characters, perfect foils for each other, and as sharp as any of the great detectives. Owing more to Agatha Christie than Enid Blyton, and full of acute comments on the social customs of the times too, very little can beat this series for thrills and satisfaction. ~ Andrea Reece
EXCITING NEWS: This boarding school mysteries series Murder Most Unladylike is set for the big screen having been optioned for television and film by independent production company Pilot Media. Pilot Media optioned the rights from Emily Hayward Whitlock, head of book to film at The Artists’ Partnership, who was acting on behalf of Stevens’ literary agent, Gemma Cooper at The Bent Agency.
Cooper said she was “thrilled” to be working with Pilot Media and Salt Beef TV; the latter will co-produce any adaptation with Pilot. “With a diverse cast, opulent settings and a gloriously nostalgic feel, I always thought this series was perfect for adaptation,” she said. The Murder Most Unladylike series is set in a 1930s boarding school and features schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. The first three books in the series— Murder Most Unladylike, Arsenic for Tea and First Class Murder. "
Books in The Murder Most Unladylike Series:
1. Murder Most Unladylike
3. First Class Murder
5. Mistletoe and Murder
6. Cream Buns and Crime
7. A Spoonful of Murder
8. Death in the Spotlight
9. Top Marks for Murder
11. Once Upon A Crime
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 really about Daisy at all.
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Naturally, Daisy is furious. 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.
Not a single person present is what they seem - and everyone has a secret or two. And when someone very close to Daisy looks suspicious, the Detective Society must do everything they can to reveal the truth ...no matter the consequences.
The second book in Robin Stevens fabulous Wells and Wong schoolgirl detective series - think St Trinians mixed with Miss Marple. These are thrilling books for tween detectives who adore solving dastardly murders, jolly hockey sticks and iced buns for tea Guardian
A delight ... The Agatha Christie-style clues are unravelled with sustained tension and the whole thing is a hoot from start to finish -- Sally Morris Daily Mail
A feelgood blend of Malory Towers and Cluedo ... Stevens has upped her game in this new volume Telegraph
An entertaining, nostalgic brainteaser Sunday Times
A feast for readers -- Amanda Craig New Statesman
Robin was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. 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 worked at a children's publisher.
Robin is now a full-time author who lives in Oxford with her husband and her pet bearded dragon, Watson. She is the author of the bestselling, awardwinning Murder Most Unladylike series and The Guggenheim Mystery.
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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.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Arsenic for Tea A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
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Arsenic for Tea A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery was written by Robin Stevens and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Arsenic for Tea A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery has 332 pages
Yes it is part of A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series
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