Book description
When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't.) Then Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying…
Why read it?
1 author picked Murder Most Unladylike as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I found this book great fun, and guessing whodunnit kept me intrigued to the end.
It is the story of Hazel and Daisy, who set up their own detective agency at their boarding school, before being faced with a real-life murder to solve. I loved the way it is a clever pastiche of both Agatha Christie murder mysteries and Enid Blyton’s boarding school stories.
My nine-year-old granddaughter loved it too.
From Tessa's list on children’s detective stories for middle grade readers.
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