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New Releases by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Elizabeth C. Bunce is the author of Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Digital Collection (2024), Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries: Complete Gift Set (2024), Mazaná Marta – Zločin s vůní květin (2024), Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 5) (2023), In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 4) (2023).

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Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Digital Collection

release date: May 07, 2024
Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Digital Collection
Perfect for fans of Enola Holmes and Agatha Christie: an amateur detective obsessed with crime scene analysis investigates her sleepy village town in the Edgar Award-Winning series, now available for the first time in a complete paperback gift set! u200b This highly acclaimed, Edgar Award-winning series features twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle, Amateur Detective, who has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her father''s law books and her mum''s microscope, Myrtle keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England (often to their chagrin). In this complete paperback set, Myrtle, her governess, and her precocious cat Peony take on swindlers, murderers, and the occasional ghost, earning Myrtle a place among the most daring amateur detectives of her time. Join Myrtle as she puts her sparkling wit and nose for murder to the test in five thrilling investigations: Premeditated Myrtle How To Get Away With Myrtle Cold-Blooded Myrtle In Myrtle Peril Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity

Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries: Complete Gift Set

release date: May 07, 2024
Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries: Complete Gift Set
* "Enthusiastically, chaotically delightful." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review Perfect for fans of Enola Holmes and Agatha Christie, the Edgar Award-Winning series by Elizabeth C. Bunce is available for the first time in a complete paperback gift set! This highly acclaimed, Edgar Award-winning series features twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle, Amateur Detective, who has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her father''s law books and her mum''s microscope, Myrtle keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England (often to their chagrin). In this complete paperback set, Myrtle, her governess, and her precocious cat Peony take on swindlers, murderers, and the occasional ghost, earning Myrtle a place among the most daring amateur detectives of her time. Join Myrtle as she puts her sparkling wit and nose for murder to the test in five thrilling investigations: Premeditated Myrtle How To Get Away With Myrtle Cold-Blooded Myrtle In Myrtle Peril Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity

Mazaná Marta – Zločin s vůní květin

release date: Jan 01, 2024
Mazaná Marta – Zločin s vůní květin
Píše se rok 1890 a zdá se, že v poklidné vesnici Swinburne se nic neděje. To si alespoň myslí všichni kromě dvanáctileté Marty. Ta tuší, že její výstřední bohatá sousedka a pěstitelka vzácných květin slečna Wodehousová rozhodně nezemřela přirozenou smrtí. Proto se Marta chopí šance a spolu s vychovatelkou Adou a kočkou Pivoňkou se vrhnou do vyšetřování. Podaří se jim dokázat, že stará dáma byla zavražděna? Cesta za pravdou však bývá pořádně klikatá a během pátrání bude třeba porušit nejedno pravidlo...

Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 5)

release date: Oct 24, 2023
Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 5)
An Edgar® Award Winning Series In the fifth book of the award-winning mystery series, Myrtle Hardcastle uncovers a string of murders during a treasure hunt on a haunted Scottish estate. When her governess inherits an estate on a Scottish island, amateur detective Myrtle Hardcastle couldn''t be more excited. Unfortunately, the ancestral castle is both run-down and haunted. Ghostly moans echo in the walls, and there are rumors of a cursed treasure lost on the island—an ancient silver brooch that may have cost the former lord his life. But who had the motive, means, and opportunity to kill him? And could this Scottish trip mean the end of Myrtle''s plans to get her father and governess together? Then Myrtle''s investigation stirs a villain out of hiding. The estate’s boat is stolen, so there’s no escape from the island. Myrtle is forced to play a deadly game, hunting for the brooch with a thief breathing down her neck—someone who will stop at nothing to get the treasure, even if it means murder.

In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 4)

release date: Oct 24, 2023
In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 4)
Amateur Detective Myrtle Hardcastle must solve the mystery of a long-lost heiress and track down a possible murderer lurking in the halls of the Royal Swinburne Hospital before her father, a patient there, becomes the killer''s next victim in Book 4 of the Edgar Award-winning mystery series.

Eine Schifffahrt, die ist tödlich

release date: Apr 20, 2023
Eine Schifffahrt, die ist tödlich
Die clevere Amateurdetektivin Myrtle Hardcastle untersucht in diesem Abenteuer einen Fall rund um eine vermisste Erbin, die auf hoher See verschollen ist. Als ein mysteriöses Mädchen versucht, ihren Anspruch auf das Vermögen der Familie Snowcraft geltend zu machen, wird Myrtles Vater zur Unterstützung gerufen: Er soll als Anwalt die Identität des Mädchens beweisen – oder widerlegen. Ist das Mädchen wirklich Ethel Snowcraft, von der angenommen wird, dass sie mit ihren Eltern bei einem Schiffsunglück verschollen ist? Oder ist sie eine Betrügerin auf der Jagd nach einem Geldsegen? Die Untersuchung von Mr Hardcastle wird jäh unterbrochen, als er sich im Krankenhaus einer Operation unterziehen muss – und dort einen Mord beobachtet. Oder doch nicht? Da keine Leiche am Tatort gefunden werden kann, befürchten Myrtle und ihre Gouvernante Miss Judson, dass der vermeintliche Mord nur eine fieberhafte Wahnvorstellung war – bis ein entscheidendes Beweisstück auftaucht. Und auch der Arzt macht einen verdächtigen Eindruck. Aber wo ist das Opfer? Und wer im Krankenhaus könnte mörderische Absichten hegen? Myrtle ist fest entschlossen, das herauszufinden, bevor der Mörder auch ihrem Vater zu nahe kommen kann.

Das Geheimnis des Glockenturms

release date: Oct 13, 2022
Das Geheimnis des Glockenturms
Die clevere Amateurdetektivin Myrtle Hardcastle ist in ihrer Heimatstadt Swinburne einem mysteriösen Serienmörder auf der Spur! Als Mr Leighton, der Besitzer eines Gemischtwarenladens, an dem Abend tot aufgefunden wird, an dem sein jährliches Weihnachtsschaufenster enthüllt werden soll, ist klar, dass ein Mörder Rache geübt hat. Aber wer hätte ein Motiv dafür gehabt, den örtlichen Händler zu töten? Etwa jemand, der sich an den ungelösten, lange zurückliegenden Skandal erinnert, der sich zu einer Zeit ereignete, als Mr Leighton noch Professor und Archäologe war? Als der Mörder weitere Male zuschlägt und jedes Mal Hinweise auftauchen, die das Verbrechen vorhersagen, versucht Myrtle die schon lange vergrabenen Fakten eines historischen Skandals aufzudecken und damit die Beweggründe für den aktuellen Mörder zu finden. Aber was, wenn sie dabei auf ein dunkles Geheimnis in ihrer eigenen Familie stößt?

Mord im Handgepäck

release date: Apr 14, 2022
Mord im Handgepäck
Myrtle Hardcastle hat gar keine Lust, mit ihrer Tante Helena in den Urlaub zu fahren, wenn es doch zu Hause Wichtigeres zu tun gibt, wie Kriminelle und Mordprozesse im Auge zu behalten. Leider hat sie in dieser Angelegenheit kein Mitspracherecht, und so werden die Koffer gepackt. Die Reise führt sie und ihre Gouvernante, Miss Judson, und Katze Peony zusammen mit der ungeliebten Tante in einem privaten Eisenbahnwaggon Richtung Meer. Myrtle ist begeistert, auf der Fahrt die Bekanntschaft von Mrs Bloom zu machen, einer professionellen Versicherungsdetektivin, die an Bord ist, um das unbezahlbare "Nordlicht-Diadem" zu schützen. Doch noch bevor der Zug sein Ziel erreicht hat, sind auf einmal beide verschwunden: Mrs Bloom und das Diadem! Als Myrtle am Tatort eintrifft, entdecken sie und Peony einen leblosen Körper im Gepäckwagen. Jemand ist umgebracht worden – mit Tante Helenas Nähschere! Die Reise wird unterbrochen, doch die örtliche Polizei ist mehr als ungeschickt und Scotland Yard scheint es nicht eilig zu haben, sich den Tatort anzuschauen. Da bleibt Myrtle natürlich nichts anderes übrig, als den Indizien zu folgen, um herauszufinden, welcher ihrer Mitreisenden ein Dieb und Mörder ist.

Mord im Gewächshaus

release date: Oct 15, 2021
Mord im Gewächshaus
Die zwölfjährige Myrtle Hardcastle ist eine leidenschaftliche Verfechterin der Gerechtigkeit und verfügt über eine höchst unkonventionelle Besessenheit von der Kriminalwissenschaft. Bewaffnet mit den Gesetzesbüchern ihres Vaters und dem Mikroskop ihrer Mutter studiert Myrtle Toxikologie, hält sich über die neuesten Entwicklungen in der Tatortanalyse auf dem Laufenden und beobachtet ihre Nachbarn in der ruhigen Kleinstadt Swinburne in England. Als ihre Nachbarin, eine wohlhabende Witwe und exzentrische Züchterin seltener Blumen, unter mysteriösen Umständen stirbt, ergreift Myrtle ihre Chance. Unterstützt von Miss Ada Judson, ihrer unerschütterlichen Gouvernante, will Myrtle den Mord an Miss Wodehouse beweisen und den Mörder finden, auch wenn ihr sonst niemand glaubt – noch nicht einmal ihr Vater, der Staatsanwalt der kleinen Stadt. Die viktorianischen Regeln für junge Damen aus gutem Hause reizt sie bei ihren Ermittlungen bis zum Äußersten aus, gerät mehr als einmal in brenzlige Situationen und weiß bald kaum mehr, wem sie eigentlich noch trauen kann. Doch dank ihrer Cleverness und nicht zuletzt mithilfe der Katze der ermordeten Nachbarin findet Myrtle schließlich entscheidende Hinweise ... Hinter großen Detektiven wie Sherlock Holmes oder Hercule Poirot muss sich Myrtle Hardcastle wahrlich nicht verstecken und begeistert Leserinnen und Leser auf der ganzen Welt. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Edgar Allan Poe Award 2021 in der Kategorie Best Juvenile.

Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 3)

release date: Oct 05, 2021
Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 3)
An Edgar® Award Winning Series Myrtle Hardcastle—twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective—is back on the case, solving a string of bizarre murders in her hometown of Swinburne and picking up right where she left off in Premeditated Myrtle and How to Get Away with Myrtle. When the proprietor of Leighton’s Mercantile is found dead on the morning his annual Christmas shop display is to be unveiled, it’s clear a killer had revenge in mind. But who would want to kill the local dry-goods merchant? Perhaps someone who remembers the mysterious scandal that destroyed his career as a professor and archaeologist. When the killer strikes again, each time manipulating the figures in the display to foretell the crime, Myrtle finds herself racing to uncover the long-buried facts of a cold case—and the motivations of a modern murderer.

“Ein” Myrtle-Hardcastle-Krimi

release date: Jan 01, 2021

Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 1)

release date: Oct 06, 2020
Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 1)
A 2021 Edgar® Award Winner, Best Juvenile A BookPage Best Book of 2020: Middle Grade A Mighty Girl''s 2020 Books of the Year Introducing Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite new amateur detective: a wickedly smart twelve-year-old with a keen interest in criminology and a nose for murder. Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle has a passion for justice and a Highly Unconventional obsession with criminal science. Armed with her father’s law books and her mum’s microscope, Myrtle studies toxicology, keeps abreast of the latest developments in crime scene analysis, and Observes her neighbors in the quiet village of Swinburne, England. When her next-door neighbor, a wealthy spinster and eccentric breeder of rare flowers, dies under Mysterious Circumstances, Myrtle seizes her chance. With her unflappable governess, Miss Ada Judson, by her side, Myrtle takes it upon herself to prove Miss Wodehouse was murdered and find the killer, even if nobody else believes he —not even her father, the town prosecutor. With sparkling wit and a tight, twisty plot, Premeditated Myrtle, the first in a series from an award-winning author, introduces a brilliant young investigator ready to take on hard cases and maddening Victorian rules for Young Ladies of Quality in order to earn her place among the most daring and acclaimed amateur detectives of her time or any other.

How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 2)

release date: Oct 06, 2020
How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery 2)
An Edgar® Award Winning Series Before the train has left the station, England’s most accomplished new detective already is on a suspect’s trail, and readers will be delighted to travel along. Myrtle Hardcastle has no desire to go on a relaxing travel excursion with her aunt Helena when there are More Important things to be done at home, like keeping close tabs on criminals and murder trials. Unfortunately, she has no say in the matter. So off Myrtle goes—with her governess, Miss Judson, and cat, Peony, in tow—on a fabulous private railway coach headed for the English seaside. Myrtle is thrilled to make the acquaintance of Mrs. Bloom, a professional insurance investigator aboard to protect the priceless Northern Lights tiara. But before the train reaches its destination, both the tiara and Mrs. Bloom vanish. When Myrtle arrives, she and Peony discover a dead body in the baggage car. Someone has been murdered—with Aunt Helena’s sewing shears. The trip is derailed, the local police are inept, and Scotland Yard is in no rush to arrive. What’s a smart, bored Young Lady of Quality stranded in a washed-up carnival town to do but follow the evidence to find out which of her fellow travelers is a thief and a murderer?

Liar's Moon

release date: Nov 01, 2011
Liar's Moon
Prisons, poisons, and passions combine in a gorgeously written fantasy noir by the author of the Morris Award-winning A Curse Dark As Gold. As a pickpocket, Digger expects to spend a night in jail every now and then. But she doesn''t expect to find Lord Durrel Decath there as well--or to hear he''s soon to be executed for killing his wife. Durrel once saved Digger''s life, and when she goes free, she decides to use her skills as a thief, forger, and spy to investigate his case and return the favor. But each new clue only opens up more mysteries. While Durrel''s marriage was one of convenience, his behavior has been more impulsive than innocent. His late wife had an illegal business on the wrong side of the civil war raging just outside the city gates. Digger keeps finding forbidden magic in places it has no reason to be. And it doesn''t help that she may be falling in love with a murderer . . .

StarCrossed

release date: Nov 01, 2011
StarCrossed
16-year-old Digger thrives as a spy and sneak-thief among the feuding religious factions of Gerse. But when a routine job goes horribly wrong and her partner and lover Tegen is killed, she disguises herself in a group of young nobles and sneaks out of the city. Accepted as a lady-in-waiting at the stronghold of the powerful Nemair, she finds new peace and friendship (and some new targets). But when an old client from the city comes to the castle, she realizes her hosts may be planning the ultimate uprising against the king - and rather than true peace, she may be at the heart of the rebellion.Now with an extensive excerpt of the daring sequel, LIAR''S MOON!

A Curse Dark as Gold

release date: May 19, 2010
A Curse Dark as Gold
“In this slow-simmering but rewarding retelling, first-novelist Bunce presents an innovative interpretation of Rumpelstiltskin.” —Horn Book Winner of the William C. Morris Award for a Young Adult Debut An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Smithsonian Notable Book An Oprah’s Book Club Kids’ Reading List Teen Selection The gold thread promises Charlotte Miller a chance to save her family’s beloved woolen mill. It promises a future for her sister, jobs for her townsfolk, security against her grasping uncle—maybe even true love. To get the thread, Charlotte must strike a bargain with its maker, the mysterious Jack Spinner. But the gleam of gold conjures a shadowy past—secrets ensnaring generations of Millers. And Charlotte’s mill, her family, her love—what do those matter to a stranger who can spin straw into gold? This is an award-winning and wholly original retelling of “Rumplestiltskin.” “Set in a rural valley in the late 1700s, this reworking of the ‘Rumplestiltskin’ story includes ghosts, witchcraft, elements of Georgian society, and much earlier folk magic in the guise of a novel of manners.” —School Library Journal “A Curse Dark as Gold beats the hell out of any fantasy novel I’ve read this year. Her heroine/narrator is immensely appealing; the atmosphere of a world on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution is completely believable; and the suspense of the story builds so craftily that I started taking notes on just how she does it.” —Peter S. Beagle, World Fantasy Award-winning author “An intelligent, original, and interesting new take on an old fairy tale, and a marvelous debut novel.” —Teen Book Review
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