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Arsenic For Tea
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  • Published: 27 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141369792
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $21.00

Arsenic For Tea

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27 June 2016
EBook
25 Feb 2016
Audiobook
24 Mar 2016
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A very special, limited edition of the second thrilling mystery in the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series! With a brand-new introduction by author Robin Stevens, and a gorgeous, collectible new package with silver foil detail and sprayed edge.

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays.

Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix.

But it soon becomes clear that this party isn't really about Daisy at all. Naturally, Daisy is furious.

Then one of their party falls seriously, mysteriously ill - and everything points to poison.

With wild storms preventing anyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a very dangerous place to be.

Not a single person present is what they seem - and everyone is hiding a secret.

So when someone very close to Daisy looks awfully suspicious, the Detective Society must do everything they can to reveal the truth . . . no matter the consequences.
  • Published: 27 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141369792
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $21.00
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About the author

Robin Stevens

Robin Stevens is the award-winning author of the Murder Most Unladylike and Ministry of Unladylike Activity series for younger readers. Her books have sold over 3.5 million copies globally and been translated into more than twenty languages. She is a fan of a lot of things, especially crime fiction and true crime. She does not live in the Cotswolds any more. This is her debut adult novel.
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Also by Robin Stevens

The Guggenheim Mystery
Murder Most Unladylike
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 3: A Stocking Full of Spies
The Detective Society Presents: The Most Unladylike Puzzle Book
Murder Most Unladylike Ebook Bundle
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Praise for Arsenic For Tea

The second book in Robin Stevens' fabulous Wells and Wong schoolgirl detective series - think St Trinians mixed with Miss Marple. These are thrilling books for tween detectives who adore solving dastardly murders, jolly hockey sticks and iced buns for tea

Guardian

A feelgood blend of Malory Towers and Cluedo . . . Stevens has upped her game in this new volume

Telegraph

An entertaining, nostalgic brainteaser

Sunday Times

A delight . . . The Agatha Christie-style clues are unravelled with sustained tension and the whole thing is a hoot from start to finish

Daily Mail

A feast for readers

New Statesman

Arsenic for Tea is a joy. A multi-layered sandwich cake of joy . . . Stylish, charming, witty and delightful . . . Worth cancelling everything for

Did You Ever Stop to Think

Even better than its predecessor . . . Brilliant

The Bookzone

These Agatha-Christie-indebted tales involve detective duo Daisy Wells and her sidekick Hazel Wong, wealthy schoolgirls from England and Hong Kong. In the first book, they investigated a murder at their boarding school. This time, Daisy's family's stately home - a hotbed of jealousy and greed - provides a rich cast of suspects when it's not just the cake candles that are snuffed out at a birthday tea party. Emotional conflict, logical deduction and the period setting make for an entertaining, nostalgic brainteaser

Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times

As irresistible and entertaining as the first. Just the thing to devour with a pot of tea and a plate of scones

Young Post