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Murder Most Unladylike – Agatha Christie for Young Adults

Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens

Arsenic for Tea by Robin Stevens

First Class Murder by Robin Stevens

Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens

December 30, 2023 by thegirlwhogotoverit Leave a Comment

This series was indirectly recommended to me by my sister. Directly, it came to me via The Best Niece in Australia, as she asked me to read it for her. “Mum says I will like this one, but I’m not sure. Can you read it and let me know?” Mum was right (and also needed a nap, after she rolled her eyes so hard that she sprained something). These are a delight, and just right for your precocious 8-12 year old reader. Hazel & Daisy […]

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The Ministry of Unladylike Activity (2022) by Robin Stevens

November 14, 2022 by drmllz Leave a Comment

CBR Bingo ‘Font’ square–the title on the cover embeds a cool little plane, a magnifying glass, and a fluttering blackout curtain in its lettering, while the print text inside is interspersed with lists and notes that look like handwriting. Robin Stevens’s ‘Murder Most Unladylike’ series (2014-2021) is rather marvellous; it starts off in a very English boarding school in the early 1930s, where the very English Honourable Daisy Wells befriends Hazel Wong, a new girl from Hong Kong who is trying to find her place […]

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