- Published: 24 March 2016
- ISBN: 9780141369815
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
Arsenic For Tea
- Published: 24 March 2016
- ISBN: 9780141369815
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
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 delight . . . The Agatha Christie-style clues are unravelled with sustained tension and the whole thing is a hoot from start to finish
Sally Morris, Daily Mail
A feelgood blend of Malory Towers and Cluedo . . . Stevens has upped her game in this new volume
Telegraph
A feast for readers
Amanda Craig, New Statesman
An entertaining, nostalgic brainteaser
Sunday Times
pitch-perfect 1930s mystery
Metro
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
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
Even better than its predecessor . . . Brilliant
The Book Zone
This series comes vibrantly to life with Hazel's warm, charming narration and I just want more Wells and Wong Mysteries
So Many Books, So Little Time
Like a good Miss Marple, there are twists and turns in this detective series and the 1930s period is vividly brought to life. Great fun!
WRD Magazine
Witty, clever and gently satirical of upper-class life, it's Agatha Christie crossed with Angela Brazil
Amanda Craig, Independent
It is refreshing to see the presence of so many rambunctious young women in children's books, and none are more so than the protagonists of Robin Stevens's Wells & Wong Mysteries . . . Stevens brings psychological depth to the classic Christie crime; she does not shirk the unpalatable consequences
Literary Review