Backstage Murder and Theatre-World Intrigue
Murder backstage in a glamorous theatre setting gives this mystery a particularly appealing blend of drama and detective work. The golden-age influences are clear, but Robin Stevens keeps the storytelling lively enough to make it feel fresh for modern middle-grade readers.
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Backstage Murder and Theatre-World Intrigue
Murder backstage in a glamorous theatre setting gives this mystery a particularly appealing blend of drama and detective work. The golden-age influences are clear, but Robin Stevens keeps the storytelling lively enough to make it feel fresh for modern middle-grade readers.
- Book Synopsis
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Someone will take their final bow . . . The seventh thrilling Murder Most Unladylike mystery.
Fresh from their adventure in Hong Kong, Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are off to the Rue Theatre in London to face an entirely new challenge: acting.
But the Detective Society is never far away from danger, and it's clear there's trouble afoot at the Rue.
Jealousy, threats and horrible pranks quickly spiral out of control - and then a body is found.
Now Hazel and Daisy must take centre stage and solve the crime . . . before the murderer strikes again.
Ideal for readers who:
- Have time for a murder mystery set behind the scenes of a theatre production
- Could be won over by jealousy, pranks and a body turning up at exactly the wrong moment
- Enjoy glamorous backdrops where performance and danger start to blur together
- Want a brisk, clue-driven case with strong atmosphere and plenty of flair
- 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780141373829
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Puffin, (04 October 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 386
- Weight
- 284 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 128 x 27 mm
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