When the white lady started out writing a self-deprecating Chinese character, i got too uncomfortable to enjoy the book or recommend. it. ( )

Murder Is Bad Manners (or Murder Most Unladylike in its original U.K. edition), the first installment of a series by first-time author Robin Stevens, is an appealing whodunit set in a posh English boarding school in 1934, featuring 13-year-old detectives and BFFs Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. Teachers turn up murdered, and a not-so-secret string of affairs (both same- and opposite-sex) may have something to do with it. This book features clever and humorous writing and characters that shine and grow. You'll get invested not only in the "whodunit" plot but in the lives of the characters as well. This is the perfect mystery book for older children and pre-teens (and adults too!) ( )

At Deepdean School for Girls, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have set up their own detective agency. Hazel discovers the Science Mistress dead in the Gym. To add to the mystery, when she and Daisy return five minutes later, the body has disappeared. Now Hazel and Daisy not only have a murder to solve: they have to prove one happened in the first place.

An absolutely top-class story. Excellent plotting, colourful characters and a wonderfully mysterious murder to solve. The unlikely premise of this book - 1930s schoolgirls solving crimes - is what drives it forwards and makes it so special. Robin Stevens plays the whole thing absolutely straight with no clever asides or knowing winks and that is what makes it such a fun read. ( )

Enjoyable middle grade boarding school set mystery featuring Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. I am not sure that I am too keen on Daisy she is a bit pushy, but will continue with the series and see how both the characters develop ( )

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