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A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Series #1-9
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:
A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Series 9 Books Collection Set by Robin Stevens:
Top Marks For Murder:
Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event: the fiftieth Anniversary. Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing.
Cream Buns And Crime:
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for the murder cases they have solved - but there are many other mysteries in the pages of Hazel's casebook.
Jollyfoul Play:
As they return to Deepdean for a new school term, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are faced with some big changes.
First Class Murder:
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday on the world-famous Orient Express - and it's clear that each of their fellow first-class passengers has something to hide.
Murder Most Unladylike:
At Deapdean School for Girls, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have set up their own detective agency.
Mistletoe and Murder:
It's Christmas, the snow is falling in Cambridge where the detective duo Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the festive period.
Arsenic For Tea:
With wild storms preventing anyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a very dangerous place to be.
A Spoonful of Murder:
When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President).
Death in the Spotlight:
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.
A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Series 9 Books Collection Set by Robin Stevens:
Top Marks For Murder:
Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event: the fiftieth Anniversary. Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing.
Cream Buns And Crime:
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for the murder cases they have solved - but there are many other mysteries in the pages of Hazel's casebook.
Jollyfoul Play:
As they return to Deepdean for a new school term, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are faced with some big changes.
First Class Murder:
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday on the world-famous Orient Express - and it's clear that each of their fellow first-class passengers has something to hide.
Murder Most Unladylike:
At Deapdean School for Girls, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have set up their own detective agency.
Mistletoe and Murder:
It's Christmas, the snow is falling in Cambridge where the detective duo Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the festive period.
Arsenic For Tea:
With wild storms preventing anyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a very dangerous place to be.
A Spoonful of Murder:
When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President).
Death in the Spotlight:
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.
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350 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2019
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About the author
Robin Stevens
54 books2,624 followersRobin's books are: Murder Most Unladylike (Murder is Bad Manners in the USA), Arsenic for Tea (Poison is Not Polite in the USA), First Class Murder, Jolly Foul Play, Mistletoe and Murder, Cream Buns and Crime, A Spoonful of Murder, Death in the Spotlight and Top Marks for Murder. She is also the author of The Guggenheim Mystery, the sequel to Siobhan Dowd's The London Eye Mystery.
Robin 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. When it occurred to her that she was never going to be able to grow her own spectacular walrus moustache, she decided that Agatha Christie was the more achieveable option.
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 then went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then worked at a children's publisher.
Robin lives in England with her husband and her pet bearded dragon, Watson.
Robin 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. When it occurred to her that she was never going to be able to grow her own spectacular walrus moustache, she decided that Agatha Christie was the more achieveable option.
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 then went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then worked at a children's publisher.
Robin lives in England with her husband and her pet bearded dragon, Watson.
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March 28, 2022
These books are all just amazing. I love this series so much.
August 3, 2024
Don't know what to say other than I ABSOLUTELY love these books! Read them when I was younger, and fell in love with the characters!💖 Easy read with amazing characters! Xx Me and my friends, and I even did a LAMDA (drama) prose piece on this! Great for tweens! 😍
✨️Squashed fly biscuit, anyone? ✨️
Also, read the other books in the collection, like the ones with Aminia, George, and Alaxander! ❤️ Would definitely recommend!
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Constant vigilance watson! Xx
✨️Squashed fly biscuit, anyone? ✨️
Also, read the other books in the collection, like the ones with Aminia, George, and Alaxander! ❤️ Would definitely recommend!
🌼🌰
Constant vigilance watson! Xx
January 20, 2021
my emoji for this book: 🥰
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round of applause.
i honestly appreciate these books for several reasons (begins to list in head) feminism, murder, young people....
i just love it all 😍
book seven: (death in the spotlight)
sooo complicated!
book eight: (a spoonful of murder)
aaaand....drumroll please!
book nine. oookay we got a toughie here. i mean the murder aand the twist.
overall best books ever.
except harry potter. and james herriot. and agatha chrristie and....(goes on for eternity)
:) :) :) : )
round of applause.
i honestly appreciate these books for several reasons (begins to list in head) feminism, murder, young people....
i just love it all 😍
book seven: (death in the spotlight)
sooo complicated!
book eight: (a spoonful of murder)
aaaand....drumroll please!
book nine. oookay we got a toughie here. i mean the murder aand the twist.
overall best books ever.
except harry potter. and james herriot. and agatha chrristie and....(goes on for eternity)
September 27, 2020
Very good, worth a read
July 7, 2021
6 stars
If you are reading this review because you're looking for the next good series - forget the review and rush straight to the nearest bookstore or library - you need these books.
If you are reading this review because you hated this series and are wondering how it received six out of five stars - you clearly picked up a completely different 9 book series that someone has accidentally covered with the MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE dust covers.
If you are reading this review because you also rated this series 6 stars - great minds think alike.
A Murder Most Unladylike features two characters; Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. These two girls live completely different lives - until they meet each other at Deepdean School for Girls in England.
Daisy Wells is the perfect British girl, with messy golden locks, bright blue eyes and an affinity for the harsh cold. She feels that boys and adults are incompetent and frightfully arrogant. Daisy Wells, it seems, isn't scared of anything.
Hazel Wong, on the other hand, is an awkward girl from Hong Kong. She's no good at sports, and seems to look either ugly or dull - no matter the dress. Hazel is desperate to fit in at Deepdean, but her life in Hong Kong was never very English at all.
The two girls, however, have one thing in common - their wits. Together they start a detective society, a secret agency that detects murders. But Daisy and Hazel never expected such luck with stumbling across the next puzzling case.
Murder seems to find them everywhere, and no matter the case, the two girls are determined to find the killer.
The series is full of suspense, personality and mystery. One aspect of these books that I loved was the characters. No one is perfect, everyone - even Daisy - has their flaws. There's no typical hero, and every character adds another layer to the series.
It might be ferocious Lavinia, or perfect, arrogant Daisy. Maybe it's timid Beanie, or boy obsessed Kitty. George with his quick wits, or eager Alexander. Hazel with her nose in a book, sensible and cautious. Every character is relatable, realistic and utterly human.
This series is simply spiffing!
If you are reading this review because you're looking for the next good series - forget the review and rush straight to the nearest bookstore or library - you need these books.
If you are reading this review because you hated this series and are wondering how it received six out of five stars - you clearly picked up a completely different 9 book series that someone has accidentally covered with the MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE dust covers.
If you are reading this review because you also rated this series 6 stars - great minds think alike.
A Murder Most Unladylike features two characters; Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. These two girls live completely different lives - until they meet each other at Deepdean School for Girls in England.
Daisy Wells is the perfect British girl, with messy golden locks, bright blue eyes and an affinity for the harsh cold. She feels that boys and adults are incompetent and frightfully arrogant. Daisy Wells, it seems, isn't scared of anything.
Hazel Wong, on the other hand, is an awkward girl from Hong Kong. She's no good at sports, and seems to look either ugly or dull - no matter the dress. Hazel is desperate to fit in at Deepdean, but her life in Hong Kong was never very English at all.
The two girls, however, have one thing in common - their wits. Together they start a detective society, a secret agency that detects murders. But Daisy and Hazel never expected such luck with stumbling across the next puzzling case.
Murder seems to find them everywhere, and no matter the case, the two girls are determined to find the killer.
The series is full of suspense, personality and mystery. One aspect of these books that I loved was the characters. No one is perfect, everyone - even Daisy - has their flaws. There's no typical hero, and every character adds another layer to the series.
It might be ferocious Lavinia, or perfect, arrogant Daisy. Maybe it's timid Beanie, or boy obsessed Kitty. George with his quick wits, or eager Alexander. Hazel with her nose in a book, sensible and cautious. Every character is relatable, realistic and utterly human.
This series is simply spiffing!
October 4, 2022
haven't read all of them yet but the first few i have read are incredibly good. can't wait to read the rest.
the first book i read of these was the third one (first class murder) and immediately bought the rest. relatively easy to read but also very interesting. i also really liked these books because the detectives are teenagers like me. 100% recommend.
the first book i read of these was the third one (first class murder) and immediately bought the rest. relatively easy to read but also very interesting. i also really liked these books because the detectives are teenagers like me. 100% recommend.
August 1, 2021
One of the best book saga,it contains mind games and it’s a bit complicated sometimes. But it’s definitely worth a read.Massively underrated!!!
November 20, 2024
I LOVE these books. Even if they were written for a very young public, I must say they are very amusing even for adults. What I liked a lot about these books is the flow of the two girls’ arcs. They were never something they were not. It was never something forced upon them because of social trends and their relationship was a beautiful portrayal of real-life teenage friendships. I must admit that one of my favorite characters was uncle Felix, and I really wish she would have written a lot more about him. However, the series was so cute and compelling that I decided to purchase the rest of the series and its sequel and the puzzle book because that’s just how cute it was. I hope this gives readers young and old something to consider when deciding what book to read, or buy, or gift. happy reading to all!!!! detective society forever.✌🏻
Btw is the end date is not when I finish reading the nine books, but when I finished reading the nine books plus all the extras and the two books from the new spinoff. ☺️
Btw is the end date is not when I finish reading the nine books, but when I finished reading the nine books plus all the extras and the two books from the new spinoff. ☺️
April 21, 2025
Very good for kids I’d say 9-14.One of my favourite books .If you like this you should read the sequel books The ministry of unladylike activity ,the body in the the blitz and a new book coming out later this year I believe.
October 19, 2025
I loved this series so much!
The characters, the storylines, and the author altogether made it the most amazing series I have ever read!
If you love these types of books, definitely read this series😁
The characters, the storylines, and the author altogether made it the most amazing series I have ever read!
If you love these types of books, definitely read this series😁
January 8, 2021
I read the 1st book when I was in year 7 and loved it but I am year 12 now and I didn’t enjoy it anymore I think I’m used to more grown up detective books.
October 1, 2021
MY FAVORITE SERIES AHHHHH!
I absolutely LOVE all the characters and i can never get tired of reading them!(i read the limited edition one 27 times(i counted!))
I absolutely LOVE all the characters and i can never get tired of reading them!(i read the limited edition one 27 times(i counted!))
September 3, 2023
read when was 11? they were fabulous though and easy reads.
September 16, 2023
Good for 9 to 12 year olds
January 24, 2024
Amazing books love the murder mystery it's so fun to figure out who it was and only took 26 days to complete all books
August 23, 2024
Probably one of my fav book series of all time! Loved every single book and the friendship between hazel and daisy is so good!
September 6, 2024
You know, for a juvenile book they were all very good detective novels. Binge read the entire series.
January 2, 2025
Great series! I liked this
April 5, 2025
Mystery intro
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Perfection
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Perfection
July 15, 2025
Read these as a late teen. The perfect introduction to murder mystery and crime books.
September 6, 2025
nostalgic
September 6, 2025
Amazing! Had me at the edge of my seat the whole time! Did not fail to deliver the suspense or the excitement!
January 11, 2026
This series had a grip on me as a child and is a large reason why I love reading now. The dynamic between daisy and hazel was so believable and every book threw plot twists I never could've imagined.
January 30, 2026
soo good definitely recommend
February 22, 2026
Fantastic writing. Cozy, sweet, dark and mysterious all at the same time!
December 12, 2021
I love this series so much. The characters are loveable, the mysteries are intriguing, and it’s a great series overall. Both me and my mum love it as an easy read. It definitely works for pre-teens, but I’m my opinion it can work for all ages.
March 8, 2024
The whole book series, single-handily, got me through high school for a solid 3 weeks. Would definitely recommend anyone who likes crime to read them !!
December 30, 2023
these books are amazing,this was one of the first book series where i stayed from start to end and was waiting for a new release to continue the amazing story and this series was the one that got me into reading
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