Aristocratic, golden-haired Daisy declares herself Holmes to Hazel’s Watson at first, Daisy calls the shots and Hazel, whose family lives in Hong Kong, writes up the cases. I have kids who started reading when they were 10, they’re now 16, so for the final one I wanted something that you’re desperate to know about – something exciting and terrifying.” Daisy and Hazel were 13 when we first met them at Deepdean boarding school, setting up their own detective society and discovering a dead body in the gymnasium. “I’m getting 20 emails a week reasoning with me, saying ‘Please don’t kill one of them! Please!’” laughs Robin Stevens over the phone from Oxford.įor this last book, though, she “wanted to go big.
Fans have been devouring the adventures of 1930s schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong since 2014, but have been tipped off that in the ninth book, Death Sets Sail – a romp through Egypt inspired by Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile – only one of the girls makes it home alive. W arning: when tween readers get their hands on the final book in the Murder Most Unladylike series, published next week, they may well burst into tears on the very first page. The girls must work together like never before, confronting dangerous gangs, mysterious suspects and sinister private detectives to solve the murder and clear Hazel’s name – before it’s too late. Tragedy strikes very close to home, and this time Hazel isn’t just the detective. When Hazel Wong’s beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President) to Hazel’s family estate in beautiful, bustling Hong Kong.īut when they arrive they discover something they didn’t expect: there’s a new member of the Wong family.ĭaisy and Hazel think baby Teddy is enough to deal with, but as always the girls are never far from a mystery. meticulously plotted and consistently delightful, and I can’t recommend it enough (New Statesman) It’s the sixth murder mystery for The Detective Society! This time though, one of them is the suspect…Ĭarries the Murder Most Unladylike mysteries into new heights.
Shortlisted in the Children’s Category in the National Book Awards 2018! Children’s Comic Strip Fiction & Graphic Novels.
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