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The Case of the Drowned Pearl: murder follows the Detective Society wherever they go, even on holiday... The Case of the Uninvited Guest: 5* - we finally got this story and it didn’t disappoint 😩 it was so funny too I am a huge Agatha Christie fan, and these short stories perfectly capture the magic of the best of her golden-age mysteries, but with fresh and funny new characters that I immediately fell in love with.
The Hound of Weston School: 5 stars - I love the Junior Pinkertons (especially Alexander bc he’s just so nice for no reason) and his relationship with Hazel is so cute - the end of the letter was *insert keyboard smash* November 2020 - Once Upon a Crime Announcement! - YouTube". www.youtube.com . Retrieved 6 January 2021. There are six different stories here, set at different times in Hazel and Daisy's investigative careers, and while the book technically slots in at 6.5 and 8.5 in the series time frame, I think it is the perfect place to start if you want to get a taste for the style and content. The perfect book for all Detective Society fans and avid readers of the Murder Most Unladylike series.
May Wong and The Deadly Flat
A thrilling new short story collection in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series.
The Case of the Missing Treasure: [ rating from when already read upon publication prior to the release of death in the spotlight] 4.25* - it's a nice change reading from daisy's perspective but i prefer hazel's lol i don't really have much to say about this like i did for Death Sets Sail - i think that this was more a bridge into the new series than a commemoration of what had already happened in the murder most unladylike series, but the short stories were still fun and the author's notes at the end were :,))) The cutest part was of course Hazel and Alexander but while we have a much more fleshed out narrative on Alexander's side there wasn't enough of them and what they've been doing after Death Sets Sail. There wasn't quite enough information about anyone, really. It all felt rather disjointed, random and abrupt.In November 2020 she announced that she was to have a new book out in August 2021, called Once Upon a Crime. [10] She also announced that there would be a new book (the first of a new series), coming out in 2022. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity will star Hazel Wong's (read below) little sister and two other characters, as yet to be named. This new series is set during World War II. May Wong and the Deadly Flat: 4.75* (i think i was feeling generous when i made this lol) - May is kinda my least favourite of the siblings (except for teddy bc I don’t have an opinion on him) and she can be kinda annoying but this was still pretty fun and I’m interested to see how she goes in the ministry of unladylike activity:) actual rating is more like 4.6 if you take the average from each short story but rounding it up to 5 bc why not lol Once Upon a Crime is a mix of old favourites and new stories. It collects up The Case of the Missing Treasure and The Case of the Drowned Pearl for readers who haven’t been able to get hold of them yet ( Pearl, in particular, hasn’t been available outside the UK and Ireland, and I know that readers in Australia, New Zealand and America have been desperate to read it – so here it is for you at last!). For the Weston mystery (I haven’t read the hounds of Baskerville although I know the rough outline – without any spoilers!), maybe a school bell, a dog (I would imagine it placed right below the A)
I’ve loved seeing your photos of it, and hearing what you think of it. It’s so wonderful, when I’m not able to travel! I (40) got this for my daughter (8) but stole it and adored it so much that it is now MY book for good... she'll have to get her own copy! (Plus, I think she is more of a Rose than a Hazel and therefore might prefer something a little less murdery and a little more ladylike really). Stevens started writing Murder Most Unladylike as part of National Novel Writing Month in November 2010, but did not send it to agencies for two years. [8]Another would be that I don't care particularly for May Wong. Not a big fan of her personality. Let's see how Ministry plays out. (Also not a big fan of Weston School, and not particularly interested in the boys' mysteries.) 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 then went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then worked at a children's publisher. for the case of the uninvited guest, maybe a long piece of paper that looks like a list hanging from one of the corners and a wedding ring that is placed on the curling end of the ‘N’ (In the word “Once”). The Case of the Second Scream: 5 stars - It felt like old times - but the end??? HELP??? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I need to know what happened now there too lol As you can see it’s a bright, beautiful blue colour, with gold foil accents. It’s going to have blue sprayed edges, too, and gold on its spine – it’ll look so beautiful!
As usual, we have Daisy (with the curly hair) and Hazel (with the plait) on the cover – but for the first time ever they’re joined by another character, Hazel’s little sister May Wong! She’s the star of one of the short stories, ‘May Wong and the Deadly Flat’, and she’s going to be one of the three main characters of my new series The Ministry of Unladylike Activity (out next year!) so we thought now was the perfect time to introduce her properly.
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Once Upon a Crime will publish on the 5th of August 2021 in the UK and Ireland, the 3rd of August in Australia and New Zealand, and a little later in the year in all the other places the Puffin edition is sold, including India, South Africa and Hong Kong. A skilful blend of golden era crime novel and boarding school romp . . . Top class' Financial Times The series is set in the 1930s, sparking the Golden Age references. It also focuses on period-typical homophobia and racism.
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