New Releases by Robin Stevens

''Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children'' - Katherine Rundell ‘It’s hard to know where to start. There’s so much to say – about the murders, and the codes, and the spy, that I’m getting tangled up in the story already...'' It''s December 1941, and almost Christmas, when a bomb falls on Deepdean School for Girls. May and Nuala are whisked away from the chaos and sent to stay with May''s big sister, Hazel Wong, who is working at Bletchley Park. Within seconds, they''re thrown straight into their most dangerous case yet. A codebreaker has been shot in what appears to be a tragic accident - until a suspicious and top-secret message is discovered in his pocket. Was he a spy, working for the other side? Was the message planted on him? Most importantly - was this murder? Worst of all, Daisy''s big brother, Bertie Wells, is being blamed. It’s up to May, Nuala and their friend Eric to prove Bertie''s innocence and solve the mystery. But Bletchley is a strange and secretive place, full of Britain''s most ingenious minds. They''ll need to watch, listen, and puzzle out the incredible, unthinkable truth... The thrilling brand-new mystery from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike. Praise for Robin Stevens: ''Absolutely thrilling'' Louie Stowell ''Superb'' Observer ''Funny, clever and warm . . . Such a delight'' Louise O''Neill ''Jolly gripping stuff'' The Times ''Spirited and fun . . . A must for young murder mystery fans'' Bookseller ''Triumphant . . . Deserves to be read for years to come'' Guardian

Fans of Enola Holmes and Nancy Drew will love the exciting A Murder Most Unladylike mystery series—all eleven books now available together in one collectible paperback boxed set! Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong both have a penchant for solving mysteries. In fact, outspoken Daisy is a self-described Sherlock Holmes, and she appoints wallflower Hazel as her own personal Watson when they form their own (secret!) detective agency. The only problem? There is nothing to investigate at the perfectly proper Deepdean School for Girls they both attend. Or is there? Follow Daisy and Hazel as they put their deductive skills and friendship to the test to solve a series of murders most unladylike! This entertaining paperback boxed set includes: Murder Is Bad Manners Poison Is Not Polite First Class Murder Jolly Foul Play Mistletoe and Murder A Spoonful of Murder Death in the Spotlight Top Marks for Murder Death Sets Sail Cream Buns and Crime Once Upon a Crime

Daisy cumple 14 añ os y Hazel y ella van a pasar las vacaciones a la mansió n familiar en Fallingford para celebrarlo. La glamurosa madre de Daisy le ha preparado una gran fiesta a la que ha invitado a su excé ntrica familia y a sus compañ eras de la escuela Deepdean. Tras la fiesta, uno de los invitados empieza a encontrarse mal... y todo apunta a que ha sido envenenado. Daisy y Hazel saben que tienen un nuevo caso para su club de detectives, pero... ¿ alguien de la familia serí a capaz de algo así ? ¿ Qué secretos esconden? Daisy is turning 14 and she and Hazel are spending holidayss at the family mansion in Fallingford to celebrate. Daisy''s glamorous mother has arranged a big party for her, inviting her eccentric family and her classmates from Deepdean School. After the party, one of the guests begins to feel unwell... and everything points to the fact that he has been poisoned. Daisy and Hazel know they have a new case for their detective club, but... would anyone in the family be capable of such a thing? What secrets are they hiding?

El dí a que Hazel descubre a la profesora de Ciencias muerta en el gimnasio ¡ su vida cambia por competo! Al principio piensa que ha sufrido un accidente, pero cuando va a dar parte de lo sucedido, EL CADÁ VER DE LA PROFESORA DESAPARECE. ¡ Es el caso que llevaban tanto tiempo esperando! Cuando Daisy Wells y Hazel Wong fundaron su CLUB DE DETECTIVES, su mayor sueñ o era el de participar en alguna investigació n SECRETA y por fin habí a llegado la oportunidad que estaban esperando. Como Holmes y Watson, Daisy y Hazel utilizarÁ n todo su ingenio para DESCUBRIR AL ASESINO antes de que lo haga la policí a. Porque ¿ quié n ha dicho que resolver crí menes no es cosa de damas?

Der zweite Fall für die Spione der Abteilung für undamenhafte Aktivitäten März 1941. Großbritannien befindet sich noch immer im Krieg und ein geheimes Ministerium der britischen Regierung, die Abteilung für undamenhafte Aktivitäten, bildet Kinder als Spione aus - weil diese von Erwachsenen häufig unterschätzt und übersehen werden. May, Eric und Nuala sind mutig und clever und die neuesten Mitarbeiter des Ministeriums. Nachdem May und ihre Freunde ihre Spionagekünste bereits einmal erfolgreich unter Beweis gestellt haben, bringt Mays große Schwester Hazel die drei in einer ruhigen Straße nahe des Ministeriums unter. Doch im Keller eines ausgebombten Hauses am Ende der Straße entdecken die drei Nachwuchsspione etwas, das nach dem letzten Luftangriff noch nicht dort war und wohl erst später dort versteckt wurde ... eine Leiche! Könnte es sich dabei um den vermissten Spion des Ministeriums handeln, den Daisy Wells in einer gefährlichen Mission in Frankreich finden soll? Oder könnte es jemand anderes sein - jemand, den ein Anwohner der Straße zum Schweigen bringen wollte? Wer steckt hinter dem Mord? Und was sind die Motive? Bei ihren Nachforschungen stoßen May, Eric und Nuala auf eine gefährliche Spur. Spannung garantiert mit Spionage, Schmuggel und Schwarzmarktgeschäften! Ein rasanter Krimi und das perfekte Lesefutter für Jungs und Mädchen.

Take one last dive into the pages of Hazel’s casebook and solve six new mini mysteries in this “smashing” (Booklist) short story collection companion to the internationally bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series! Between solving high-profile murder mysteries, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong tackle many other cases, like the Case of the Second Scream on the high seas and the Case of the Uninvited Guest at Uncle Felix and Aunt Lucy’s wedding. They compete with the Junior Pinkertons to solve the Hound of Weston School and humor Hazel’s tagalong little sister in the Case of the Deadly Flat. They even put their code-cracking skills to the test to catch a thief in the Case of the Missing Treasure and find their holiday interrupted by murder in the Case of the Drowned Pearl. These riveting new mini mysteries are perfect for fans and budding members of the Detective Society.

Primavera 1941. La Gran Bretagna è in guerra e il Ministero delle attività per signorine - il braccio segreto del governo che arruola ragazzini come spie - invia May, Eric e Nuala a Londra, per completare l''addestramento. Le nuove reclute alloggiano in un appartamento che si affaccia su un cortile nascosto, popolato da tante altre persone apparentemente tranquille: pittori, bambini, volontari civili, altre spie del Ministero. Mentre i tre esplorano una casa bombardata all''inizio della strada, scoprono qualcosa che non dovrebbe trovarsi lì: un cadavere... Come mai quando gli operatori dell''ambulanza hanno setacciato il seminterrato alla ricerca di sopravvissuti non l''hanno trovato? Forse qualcuno l''ha portato lì di recente? Per risolvere il mistero, i tre smettono i panni delle spie e vestono quelli di coraggiosi detective, ma ben presto la loro indagine si intreccia con i segreti custoditi dal Ministero e dagli altri abitanti del cortile: forse il cadavere ha a che fare con l''agente scomparso che l''eroica Daisy Wells sta cercando in Francia, in una missione pericolosa? Un nuovo avvincente e imperdibile mistero della serie "Top Secret", scritto dalla pluripremiata autrice di "Miss Detective".

A collection of three mini-mysteries featuring crime-solving friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells.

Dívčí detektivní klub řeší devátý případ. Detektivka pro mladé dámy ve stylu Agathy Christie. Daisy Wellsová a Hazel Wongová jsou v Egyptě a vydávají se na plavbu po Nilu. Doufají, že uvidí starobylé chrámy a nějakou tu mumii. Na parníku Hatšepsut cestuje také tajemný spolek Vdechnutí života - skupina anglických dam a gentlemanů, kteří věří, že jsou převtělenými faraony. Třetí den plavby je jejich předsedkyně nalezena ve své kajutě mrtvá. Dívkám je hned jasné, že na plachou dceru oběti někdo ušil boudu. Vyřeší tento nejtěžší případ své kariéry? Nakladatelská anotace.

Daisy and Hazel take their detective skills to the Nile River in Egypt in this thrilling ninth and final novel in the Murder Most Unladylike series. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt taking a cruise along the Nile. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two… What they get instead is murder. Also traveling on the SS Hatshepsut is a mysterious society called the Breath of Life: a group of genteel English ladies and gentlemen who believe themselves to be reincarnations of the ancient pharaohs. Three days into the cruise their leader, Theodora Miller, is found dead in her cabin, stabbed during the night. It soon becomes clear to Daisy and Hazel that Theodora’s timid daughter, Hephzibah, who is prone to sleepwalking, is being framed. After all, within the society, everyone has a reason to want Theodora dead. Daisy and Hazel leap into action to investigate, but this will prove to be their most difficult case yet. And with more danger than ever all around, this time only one of the Detective Society will make it home alive…

Originally published in Great Britain in 2018 by Puffin Books.

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike: Robin Stevens. March 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies - because grown-ups always underestimate them. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: courageous, smart, and the Ministry''s newest recruits. May''s big sister Hazel has arranged for them to stay on a quiet street close to the Ministry, home to an unlikely collection of people thrown together by the war. And it is in the basement of the bombed-out house at the end of that street that they discover something mysterious. Something that was not there when the Blitz wreckage was first combed through. Something that has been placed there recently. A body... Could this be the missing Ministry spy that Daisy Wells is on a dangerous mission in France to find? Or could it be someone else - someone a resident of the street wanted silenced . . . ?

Daisy and Hazel return to their beloved Deepdean School for Girls only for a murder to put the school under threat of closure in this gripping eighth novel of the Murder Most Unladylike series. Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting fiftieth anniversary celebration. Plans for a weekend of festivities are in full swing. But in the detectives’ long absence, Deepdean has changed. Daisy has lost her popularity crown to a fascinating new girl, and many of the Detective Society’s old allies are now their sworn enemies. Then the girls witness a shocking incident in the woods close by—a crime that they’re sure is linked to the anniversary. As parents and alumni descend upon Deepdean, decades-old grudges, rivalries, and secrets begin to surface, and soon Deepdean’s future is at stake. Can the girls solve the case and save their home?

1940. La Gran Bretagna è in guerra e un braccio segreto del governo, chiamato - per non destare alcun sospetto - Ministero delle attività per signorine, sta addestrando spie per sventare l''ormai imminente invasione tedesca. May sa che potrebbe essere la spia perfetta: è coraggiosa, testarda e desiderosa di contribuire alla fine della guerra per poter tornare il prima possibile a casa sua, a Hong Kong. Quando May e il suo amico Eric vengono però respinti dal Ministero, decidono di prendere in mano da soli la situazione. Travestiti da sfollati, si recano a Elysium Hall, dove credono che un membro della ricca famiglia Verey stia passando informazioni alla Germania: se riusciranno a dimostrare che il loro sospetto è fondato, il Ministero dovrà assumerli. Aiutati da una ragazzina snob e drammatica, Nuala, si metteranno sulla giusta pista, ma una scia di omicidi svelerà loro che a Elysium Hall ci sono più segreti di quanto possano immaginare... L''inizio di una nuova avvincente serie della pluripremiata autrice di Miss Detective.

Hazel and Daisy step into the spotlight to find the stage is set for murder in this thrilling seventh novel of the Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells return to London to face an entirely new challenge: acting. Danger has a nasty habit of catching up with the Detective Society though, and it soon becomes clear that there is trouble waiting in the wings at the Rue. And when one of the cast members is found dead, the friends and investigative partners must work together to untangle the web of jealousy and threats that surround them to catch the culprit before the curtains rise on opening night…and the murderer returns for an encore.

Hazel Wongová a Daisy Wellsová se vydávají do londýnského divadla Rue, aby čelily zcela nové výzvě – herectví. Budou účinkovat v představení Romeo a Julie a ani ve snu by je nenapadlo, že si na ně nebezpečí počíhá i na jevišti. Atmosféra v divadle by se totiž dala krájet. Žárlivost a výhrůžky střídají škodolibé naschvály, a když je pak nalezeno tělo, detektivnímu duu W + W dojde, že mají další případ. Dokážou zločin vyřešit dřív, než vrah udeří znovu?

A collection of wintery crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children''s books today! Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series.

What if . . . Thanks to a science fair project gone bonkers, you just spent a few days teaching Leonardo da Vinci about gravity and relativity. . . You escaped a bonfire of the vanities--only to come home and find things are not what they were before. . . Now that you know the secrets of time travel, you''ve set your sights (and your new time machine app) to a new destination and a brilliant person of interest: a science and math genius, first to translate Newton into French, this genius laid the groundwork for Relativity two centuries before Einstein. A "shero," not a hero. Your goal: to learn the totally modern secrets of an Enlightenment STEAMinista. . . But you''ve got a problem: your best friend on-and-off (BFOO) thinks you''ve gone crazy, and totally tries to rewrite the truth of your miraculous scoring of an interview with the actual Renaissance master himself. Welcome to Charley Morton''s totally out-of-this-world school of time travel, where no spacetime is out of bounds, history is nothing like what you learn in school, and the future is yours to imagine into being.

Mit diesem Buch geht es weiter für alle Fans der Reihe Wells & Wong! In sechs spannenden, brandneuen Fällen folgen wir Hazel und Daisy erneut auf Spurensuche und sehen den beliebten Detektivinnen noch ein letztes Mal beim Ermitteln zu. Wir begleiten sie auf die Hochzeit von Onkel Felix, die Schauplatz einer unangenehmen Bedrohung wird, schleichen uns nachts mit ihnen ins Museum, knacken Geheimcodes und lernen Hazels kleine Schwester Mae von einer ganz neuen Seite kennen: Sie hat sich vorgenommen, Daisy und Hazel nachzueifern und die beste Spionin zu werden, die die Welt je gesehen hat... Diesen neuen Fällen gehen Wells & Wong in den Minikrimis nach: Der Fall des zweiten Schreis Der Fall des ungebetenen Gasts Der Jagdhund von Weston Der Fall der tödlichen Wohnung Der Fall des unauffindbaren Schatzes Der Fall der versunkenen Perle Die lang erwarteten Minikrimis rund um die Detektivinnen Hazel und Daisy versprechen einmal mehr fesselnde Spannung und clevere Protagonistinnen.

1940. Britain is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May Wong- courageous, stubborn, and desperate to help end the war so that she can go home to Hong Kong (and leave her annoying school, Deepdean, behind forever). May knows that she would make the perfect spy. After all, grown-ups always underestimate children like her. When May and her friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. Masquerading as evacuees, they travel to Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family - including snobby, dramatic Nuala. They suspect that one of the Vereys is passing information to Germany. If they can prove it, the Ministry will have to take them on. But there are more secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined. And then someone is murdered...

Discover the million-copy-bestselling and multi-award winning series with this ten-book-collection. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are pupils at Deepdean School for Girls, best friends - and detectives. Or, at least, they would be, if they could find any interesting cases to solve. Then the body of their teacher, Miss Bell, is discovered in the school gym, and the girls must put their detective skills to the test at last . . . From a murder mystery in a London theatre to a mysterious death on the Orient Express, a dastardly kidnapping in Hong Kong to their most perilous case on the River Nile, Daisy and Hazel can crack any case. Includes: Murder Most Unladylike Arsenic For Tea First Class Murder Jolly Foul Play Mistletoe and Murder Death in the Spotlight A Spoonful of Murder Top Marks For Murder Death Sets Sail Cream Buns and Crime

Un mistero da risolvere a Capodanno, durante un matrimonio molto importante. La corsa per fermare la spirale di furti nei più prestigiosi musei di Londra. Il vento gelido, la pioggia battente e la nebbia che avvolgono un terribile omicidio in un villaggio della costa britannica. L''avventura notturna di Alex, George e il loro cane e le strane coincidenze con la storia del Mastino dei Baskerville di Sherlock Holmes. Il mistero dell''ereditiera scomparsa a bordo della lussuosa nave da crociera e il racconto che sancisce l''inizio della carriera da investigatrice di May Wong, sorella minore di Hazel, al centro del suo primo caso di omicidio. Una raccolta di sei nuovi, avventurosi casi raccontati da Daisy Wells, Hazel Wong e i loro amici: giovani investigatori che un giorno saranno a capo della migliore agenzia del mondo, ma che ora sono ancora costretti sui banchi di scuola come normali ragazzini.

Další případ detektivního klubu Wellsová a Wongová ve stylu Agathy Christie se tentokrát odehrává v Hongkongu. Hazel zemřel její milovaný dědeček a Daisy je ráda, že může kamarádce dělat společnost a odjet s ní do rodinného sídla v krásném a rušném Hongkongu. Po příjezdu dívky zjišťují, že rodina Wongových se rozrostla o jednoho člena. Malý Teddy však není jediné překvapení, které tu na děvčata čeká. V rodinném kruhu dojde k tragédii a Hazel se z role vyšetřovatelky dostane do role podezřelé. Někdo se totiž na ni snaží hodit vraždu a únos k tomu! Detektivní duo Wellsová a Wongová bude čelit nebezpečným gangům, záhadným podezřelým a zlověstným soukromým detektivům. Podaří se jim očistit Hazelino jméno dřív, než bude pozdě? Nakladatelská anotace.

Další případ detektivního klubu Wellsová a Wongová ve stylu Agathy Christie. Daisy a Hazel se vypravily na vánoční prázdniny do zasněženého univerzitního městečka Cambridge. Těší se na křivolaké uličky, útulné knihovny a čajovny plné dobrot. V útrobách studentských kolejí však číhá nebezpečí. Jen dva dny před Vánocemi tu dojde ke krvavé nehodě, ze které se však nakonec vyklube úkladná vražda. Detektivní duo Wellsová a Wongová tentokrát bude měřit síly nejen s hrstkou otravných dospěláků, ale i s konkurenčním detektivním klubem. Zachovají si i tak chladnou hlavu a břitký úsudek? Podaří se jim odhalit pachatele dřív, než bude po Vánocích? Nakladatelská anotace.

Deepdean-Mädchenschule, 1934. Als Daisy Wells und Hazel Wong ihr eigenes, streng geheimes Detektivbüro gründen, gibt es zuerst gar kein wirklich aufregendes Verbrechen zum Ermitteln. Doch dann entdeckt Hazel die Lehrerin Miss Bell tot in der Turnhalle. Zuerst denkt sie, es sei ein schrecklicher Unfall gewesen. Aber als Daisy und sie fünf Minuten später zurückkommen, ist die Leiche verschwunden. Jetzt sind die Mädchen sicher: Hier ist ein Mord geschehen! Und nicht nur eine Person in Deepdean hätte ein Motiv gehabt ... Nun haben Daisy und Hazel nicht nur einen Mordfall aufzuklären – zuerst müssen sie beweisen, dass es überhaupt ein Mord war. Fest entschlossen, der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen, bevor der Mörder wieder zuschlagen kann (und bevor die Polizei eingeschaltet wird, natürlich), müssen Hazel und Daisy nach Beweisen suchen, Verdächtige ausspionieren und all ihre Intuition einsetzen. Doch werden sie Erfolg haben? Und wird ihre Freundschaft diese Herausforderung bestehen? Ein spannender Mädchen-Krimi ganz im Stil Agatha Christies, mit viel Internatsflair und zwei Heldinnen, die jeder gern zur Freundin hätte!

Hazel und Daisy verbringen die Weihnachtsferien nicht im Internat, sondern im verschneiten Cambridge, wo Daisys Bruder Bertie studiert. Hazel freut sich auf die romantische Universitätsstadt, gemütliche Bibliotheken und einladende Teehäuser – und auf ein Wiedersehen mit Alexander, mit dem sie seit dem Mord im Orientexpress befreundet ist. Doch auf den dunklen Treppen des Maudlin College lauert die Gefahr ... Drei Tage vor Weihnachten passiert ein schrecklicher Unfall. Jedenfalls scheint es ein Unfall zu sein – bis das Detektivduo etwas genauer hinschaut und herausfindet: Es war Mord! Eine Spurensuche beginnt, bei der Hazel und Daisy von Erwachsenen wieder einige Steine in den Weg gelegt werden, die Mädchen detektivische Unterstützung bekommen und beide schließlich sogar selbst ins Visier des Mörders geraten. Sie müssen all ihr Können einsetzen, um dem Täter auf die Spur zu kommen – rechtzeitig bis Weihnachten, versteht sich.

Daisy und Hazel verbringen die Ferien bei Daisys Familie in Fallingford. Zu Daisys Geburtstag reist die gesamte Verwandschaft an - von der exzentrischen Tante Saskia bis zum schneidigen Onkel Felix. Nur der zwielichtige Mr Curtis passt nicht so recht ins Bild. Er scheint etwas im Schilde zu führen. Doch als Mr Curtis vor den Augen aller vergiftet wird, ist klar, dass einer der Gäste der Mörder ist. Während ein Sturm die Verdächtigen im Haus und die Polizei draußen hält, ermittelt Detektei Wells & Wong in ihrem zweiten Fall, diesmal im Kreis der eigenen Familie. Bei so vielen dunklen Geheimnissen wirkt Fallingford auf einmal gar nicht mehr so heimelig ...