A Spoonful of Murder

Robin Stevens

Feb 2018 · A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Book 6 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

Shortlisted in the Children's Category in the National Book Awards 2018!

It's the sixth murder mystery for The Detective Society! This time, though, one of them is the suspect...

'Carries the Murder Most Unladylike mysteries into new heights . . . meticulously plotted and consistently delightful, and I can't recommend it enough' New Statesman

'Superb' Telegraph

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When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice-President) to Hazel's family estate in beautiful, bustling Hong Kong.

But when they arrive they discover something they didn't expect: there's a new member of the Wong family.

Daisy and Hazel think baby Teddy is enough to deal with, but as always the girls are never far from a mystery.

Tragedy strikes very close to home, and this time Hazel isn't just the detective. She's been framed for murder.

The girls must work together like never before, confronting dangerous gangs, mysterious suspects and sinister private detectives to solve the murder and clear Hazel's name - before it's too late . . .

Ratings and reviews

Great mystery book !. I was shocked by the plot twist! Refreshing to see Hazel take control instead of Daisy. Also meet Hazel's little sisters,of which May is my favourite. Set in Hong Kong , the book has accurate descriptions that makes you feel like going back in time if you have been to Hong Kong. .Definitely recommend!!!

Every murder most unladylike mystery's book is so intresting but this one was my favourite, really recommend buying this because hazel is meeting her family and it's really addictive.

Apart from the exciting detective work and top class intrigue, there are interesting details about Hong Kong and life there in the 1930s. Very good book even for adults.

About the author

Robin Stevens was born in California and grew up in an Oxford college, across the road from the house where Alice in Wonderland lived. She has been making up stories all her life.

When she was twelve, her father handed her a copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and she realised that she wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie when she grew up. 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 went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then she worked at a children's publisher.

Robin is now a full-time author and the creator of the internationally award-winning and bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series, starring Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong, and the brand-new Ministry of Unladylike Activity. She still hopes she might get the chance to do some detecting of her own one day. She lives in England.