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Kirkus Reviews has given
Robin Stevens’
FIRST CLASS MURDER,
Book 3 in the Wells & Wong Mystery series,
a *starred* review
Crime-solving friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells encounter yet another murder victim while traveling from Paris to Istanbul on the famed Orient Express in 1935. A jewel theft, a spy hunt, forged documents, a magician, a séance, and a locked-room murder—what more could the Detective Society (rising 14-year-old schoolmates Hazel and Daisy) hope for on a summer holiday? …Stevens' clever story has been constructed as a tribute to Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, published in 1934, just one year before Daisy and Hazel's ride on that same train, and uses many similar elements. There's solid suspense, humor, and food for thought: Hazel's Hong Kong origins allow her to notice examples of racism, anti-Semitism, and class snobbery that white, upper-class Daisy doesn't see. Just as Daisy predicts, "the Detective Society's most exciting adventure yet!
First Class Murder: A Murder Most Unladylike Book 3
Agent: Gemma Cooper
Category: Middle-grade
Penguin Random House Children’s UK, August 2015. UK and Commonwealth.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Spring 2017. North American.
Germany: Knesebeck Verlag. Italy: Mondadori. Vietnam: Huy Hoang.
Finished books available.
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday through Europe on the world-famous Orient Express. From the moment the girls step aboard, it’s clear that each of their fellow first-class passengers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: rumor has it that there is a spy in their midst.
Then, during dinner, there is a bloodcurdling scream from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered, her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer is nowhere to be seen—almost as if they had vanished into thin air.
Daisy and Hazel are faced with their first ever locked-room mystery—and with competition from several other sleuths, who are just as determined to crack the case as they are.
“Robin Steven's addictive Wells & Wong detective series ... a rumbustious reworking of Agatha Christie's Orient Express caper."—The New Statesman
“This is book three and it's a delight. Hazel and Daisy are aboard the Orient Express: cue spies, priceless jewels, a murder and seriously upgraded bunbreaks. The tone may be light, but Stevens isn't afraid to go deeper: there's once again racism towards Hong Kong-born Hazel and her father, and we very much sense the dark shadow of Hitler looming over Europe.” —Fiona Noble, the Bookseller
Also in the Wells & Wong Mystery series:
Murder Most Unladylike
Agent: Gemma Cooper
Category: Middle-grade
Penguin Random House Children’s UK, June 2014. UK and Commonwealth.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Spring 2015. North American. Published as MURDER IS BAD MANNERS.
Czech Republic: Albatros Media. France: Flammarion Jeunesse. Germany: Knesebeck Verlag. Italy: Mondadori. Japa
Finished books available.
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Winner for Best Young Fiction
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal
Best Primary Novel in the Oxfordshire Book Awards Winner
A Times UK Children’s Book of the Week
One of The Metro’s 2014 Summer Picks
Featured in the Booktrust Best Book Guide
Longlisted for the 2015 Redbridge Children’s Book Award
Spring 2015 American Bookseller's Association's Indies Introduce Pick
Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secret detective agency, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia’s missing tie. Which they don’t, really.)
But then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym. She thinks it must all have been a terrible accident—but when she and Daisy return five minutes later, the body has disappeared. Now the girls know a murder must have taken place…and there’s more than one person at Deepdean with a motive.
Now Hazel and Daisy not only have a murder to solve: they have to prove a murder happened in the first place. Determined to get to the bottom of the crime before the killer strikes again (and before the police can get there first, naturally), Hazel and Daisy must hunt for evidence, spy on their suspects and use all the cunning, scheming and intuition they can muster. But will they succeed? And can their friendship stand the test?
“There are clues, red herrings and suspenseful chases galore, as well as heaps of boarding school trivia that amuse and delight.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"A sharp-witted debut for Stevens, one that will leave readers eagerly awaiting subsequent installments.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
”Reading MURDER IS BAD MANNERS is like drinking cocoa by a fireside: it is warm and witty and deeply satisfying.” —Katherine Rundell, award-winning author of Rooftoppers
“Friendship, boarding school and a murder worthy of Agatha Christie,” —The Bookseller
" An addictive debut, full of wit, panache and iced-bun breaks."—Metro
Arsenic for Tea: A Murder Most Unladylike Book 2
Agent: Gemma Cooper
Category: Middle-grade
Penguin Random House Children’s UK, January 2015. UK and Commonwealth.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Spring 2016. North American. Published as POISON IS NOT POLITE.
Czech Republic: Albatros Media. France: Flammarion Jeunesse. Germany: Knesebeck Verlag. Italy: Mondadori. Japa
Finished books available.
#19 UK Official Bestseller
Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month
An American Library Association Notable Book for 2016
Nominated for the Carnegie Medal
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. 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.
“A first-rate whodunit, reminiscent of a game of Clue and terrific preparation for the works of Agatha Christie.” —Kirkus Reviews, st
“Stevens perfects her take on the British murder mystery in the second book in the Wells & Wong series. Though Stevens handles the mystery element to perfection (the house diagrams are a nice touch, too), what really shines is the depiction of her characters, especially bossy, egocentric Daisy, and loyal, smart Hazel, always aware that she is “other.” A smashing good time.” —Booklist, starred review
“It's just a few steps from the cozy-dangerous boarding school of Harry Potter to the cozy-dangerous drawing rooms of classic British murder mysteries, via the witty, thoughtfully plotted middle-grade Wells & Wong novels. Robin Stevens's series, originally published in England, follows the two brightest students of Deepdean, an isolated 1930s girls' school. The first two books, MURDER MOST UNLADLYLIKE and ARSENIC FOR TEA, have been released in the United States by Simon & Schuster and the U.S. versions retain their agreeable British flavor. Though solving the crime is always the bottom line, Stevens's books satisfyingly explore the forging of a friendship between two girls, and quietly make the point that adulthood involves facing uncomfortable facts. Even if you're an adult fan of classic mysteries, these lightly gruesome tales are highly enjoyable reading.” —Shelf Awareness
Jolly Foul Play: A Murder Most Unladylike Book 4
Agent: Gemma Cooper
Category: Middle-grade
Penguin Random House Children’s UK, May 2016. UK and Commonwealth.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. North American.
Germany: Knesebeck Verlag. Italy: Mondadori. Viet
Nominated for the 2017 Carnegie Medal
It’s a new year at Deepdean and the school has a whole new group of mistresses and a new Head Girl and Prefects. But these Big Girls are certainly not good eggs—they rule the school by bullying all of the younger girls, and each other.
Tensions are running high, and after the fireworks display at Deepdean’s Bonfire Night Celebrations, Head Girl Elizabeth Hurst is found dead. She’s been hit on the head by a heavy object. But who could have done it? And what does the murder have to do with the secrets that are suddenly being discovered on pieces of paper all round the school? One thing’s for sure…sparks will fly.
“Robin Stevens has cleverly created a crossbreed of the detective and boarding school genres…the meat of the novel is a Holmesian unpicking of evidence, there is enough emotional garnish to create slavish devotion among nine to 12-year-old girls.” —Daily Telegraph UK
“Another cracking mystery.” —Sunday Express
“With enough twists and turns to satisfy young readers, it’s an exciting story.” —The Sun
“Agatha Christie may be the Queen of Crime, but Stevens is fast becoming the Queen of Junior Crime. Long may she reign!” —Young Post
Mistletoe and Murder: A Murder Most Unladylike Book 5
Agent: Gemma Cooper
Category: Middle-grade
Penguin Random House Children’s UK, October 2016. UK and Commonwealth.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. North American.
Finished books available.
A Bookseller bestseller
Shortlisted for the 2017 UK Children’s Book Award
The Metro Best New Kids’ Books Pick
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge. Hazel has high hopes of its beautiful spires, cosy libraries and inviting tea-rooms — but there is danger lurking in the dark stairwells of ancient Maudlin College.
Three nights before Christmas, there is a terrible accident. At least, it appears to be an accident — until the Detective Society look a little closer, and realise a murder has taken place. Faced with several irritating grown-ups and fierce competition from a rival agency, they must use all their cunning and courage to find the killer (in time for Christmas Day, of course).
“Deftly touching on contemporary prejudice, Stevens sets her readers a superb puzzle in this splendidly seasonal detective story.” —The Metro
“Enjoyable golden age mystery with a modern twist.” —Financial Times
“Stevens’ inspired device is to allow Hong Kong-born Wong to narrate the stories, giving an outsider’s perspective on eccentric British behavior, pre-war snobbishness, racism and the restricted role of women while maintaining a high level of genuine tension and humor. Simply spiffing.”
—Daily Mail
Cream Buns and Crime: A Companion to the Wells & Wong Mystery series
Agent: Gemma Cooper
Category: Middle-grade
Penguin Random House Children’s UK, March 2017.
Manuscript available.
Daisy and Hazel invite you to discover their untold stories . . .
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for the murder cases they have solved - but there are many other mysteries in the pages of Hazel's casebook, from the macabre Case of the Deepdean Vampire, to the baffling Case of the Blue Violet, and their very first case of all: the Case of Lavinia's Missing Tie.
Packed with brilliant mini-mysteries, including two brand-new and never seen before stories, and peppered with Daisy and Hazel's own tips, tricks and facts, this is the perfect book for budding detectives and fans of the award-winning, bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series.
Robin Stevens’ Bio:
Robin Stevens was born in California but grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. She has been making up stories all her life. She studied crime fiction at University, and previously worked as an assistant editor in children’s publishing, but now writes full time. She blogs at http://robin-stevens.co.uk/
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