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Murder Most Unladylike #8.5
The Case of the Drowned Pearl
A thrilling mini Murder Most Unladylike mystery, specially written and published for World Book Day 2020.
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are best friends, schoolgirls - and detectives. And wherever they go, mysteries will find them...
While on a seaside holiday with their friends George and Alexander, the Detective Society discover the body of famous swimmer Antonia Braithwaite - nicknamed The Pearl - on the beach.
Everyone presumes that she drowned accidentally - but how could such a famous swimmer have struggled to swim?
Even more mysteriously, three guests at the girls' hotel all wanted Antonia dead...
Can the Detective Society solve this mystery? Or will they sink under the pressure?
Praise for the Murder Most Unladylike mysteries:
'This is that rare thing: a series that gets better with every book' Telegraph
'Thrilling' Guardian
'A total delight' Metro
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are best friends, schoolgirls - and detectives. And wherever they go, mysteries will find them...
While on a seaside holiday with their friends George and Alexander, the Detective Society discover the body of famous swimmer Antonia Braithwaite - nicknamed The Pearl - on the beach.
Everyone presumes that she drowned accidentally - but how could such a famous swimmer have struggled to swim?
Even more mysteriously, three guests at the girls' hotel all wanted Antonia dead...
Can the Detective Society solve this mystery? Or will they sink under the pressure?
Praise for the Murder Most Unladylike mysteries:
'This is that rare thing: a series that gets better with every book' Telegraph
'Thrilling' Guardian
'A total delight' Metro
96 pages, Paperback
First published February 20, 2020
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About the author
Robin Stevens
52 books2,593 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 2, 2020
A very lovely short story just before the last ever (sobbing right now) book in the series comes out. I loved this.
Things I really enjoyed:
- Robin Steven's description of what the British expect a swim in the sea to be like is hilarious.
- Hazel and Daisy telling each other they're best friends and they wouldn't believe it if someone told them the other was dead.
- The victim is a female athlete, a swimmer who could have won the Olympics. Great touch, and a great loss (Hazel realises that).
- 'nothing helps detection like sweet food'
Onto the next adventure!
Things I really enjoyed:
- Robin Steven's description of what the British expect a swim in the sea to be like is hilarious.
- Hazel and Daisy telling each other they're best friends and they wouldn't believe it if someone told them the other was dead.
- The victim is a female athlete, a swimmer who could have won the Olympics. Great touch, and a great loss (Hazel realises that).
- 'nothing helps detection like sweet food'
Onto the next adventure!
April 20, 2020
The girls are out to the beach for a fun vacation... or well, more as a cover for Daisy's aunt and uncle. Teehee, I loved that they took the girls, and their friends of Pinkerton, with them to the beach.
I was so delighted that this book came out for World Book Day and that I was able to find it on Amazon (not the easiest). It is a short book but has plenty of fun and mystery to fill my A Murder Most Unladylike need. I cannot wait for the next full read.
We have two POVs, Daisy and Hazel both get a say in this one. As I said about another book which also had Dual POV... I am a fan of Daisy as long as I don't have to read her POV. She is already a tad bit too egotistical for my liking and thinks she is the world and has quite a bit of critique on everyone. That is normally doable... but in a POV that just stands out so much and I was eagerly looking forward to each Hazel POV as I just love how sweet and kind Hazel is. The girl is a saint for being with a girl who both wants to protect her and wants to be better than her and isn't afraid to tell her this. Don't get me wrong, Daisy is amazing but she needs to learn to be a bit less I I I I and be a bit more acceptable about things.
In this one our girls are off to the beach. Hazel is looking forward to it, and while I haven't been to England beaches... I know how the beaches here are (and England is just across the pond) and so I just wanted to reach out and tell her that she may be in for a culture shock. You are in England girl, the beaches aren't going to be white and shiny and warm and fluffy. :P
And of course there is the mystery, another murder! These girls just attract it to them it seems. We also have the Pinkerton boys again and I loved that they were there as well. I was curious to see who would win this case and who would have the most information. Of course, rooting for my girls. I cannot help it. I love the boys, but nothing can beat the girls. The mystery was well written and I had fun trying to figure out the whodunnit and the whys. I have to say I had quite a few suspects but none of them were the right one. Darnit!
All in all, I had so so much fun reading this one and I would highly recommend it. If you can get this book (not sure if it is still easily findable) be sure to buy it.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I was so delighted that this book came out for World Book Day and that I was able to find it on Amazon (not the easiest). It is a short book but has plenty of fun and mystery to fill my A Murder Most Unladylike need. I cannot wait for the next full read.
We have two POVs, Daisy and Hazel both get a say in this one. As I said about another book which also had Dual POV... I am a fan of Daisy as long as I don't have to read her POV. She is already a tad bit too egotistical for my liking and thinks she is the world and has quite a bit of critique on everyone. That is normally doable... but in a POV that just stands out so much and I was eagerly looking forward to each Hazel POV as I just love how sweet and kind Hazel is. The girl is a saint for being with a girl who both wants to protect her and wants to be better than her and isn't afraid to tell her this. Don't get me wrong, Daisy is amazing but she needs to learn to be a bit less I I I I and be a bit more acceptable about things.
In this one our girls are off to the beach. Hazel is looking forward to it, and while I haven't been to England beaches... I know how the beaches here are (and England is just across the pond) and so I just wanted to reach out and tell her that she may be in for a culture shock. You are in England girl, the beaches aren't going to be white and shiny and warm and fluffy. :P
And of course there is the mystery, another murder! These girls just attract it to them it seems. We also have the Pinkerton boys again and I loved that they were there as well. I was curious to see who would win this case and who would have the most information. Of course, rooting for my girls. I cannot help it. I love the boys, but nothing can beat the girls. The mystery was well written and I had fun trying to figure out the whodunnit and the whys. I have to say I had quite a few suspects but none of them were the right one. Darnit!
All in all, I had so so much fun reading this one and I would highly recommend it. If you can get this book (not sure if it is still easily findable) be sure to buy it.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
February 23, 2022
After I already bought this booklet I discovered that this story was also included in the collection published after the last book, but well, no harm done. Now I could at least easily read the story after finishing the 8th book!
Since this is a very short novella the story is not as complicated as the normal stories. Although Stevens does what she does best and managed to surprise everyone, including our star detectives, with the eventual culprit.
I quite enjoyed this story though. The plot might have been simple, but if someone has never read a Daisy and Hazel story before they will get a great impression of what's waiting for them in the novels and how good those two girls actually are.
And I'm sure they will be a little disappointed when they discover that Daisy normally doesn't write her own chapters. I love how Daisy got a voice in this novella and how having both Hazel and Daisy chapters made us see the contrast between these two girls.
I can't wait to read their next adventure!
Since this is a very short novella the story is not as complicated as the normal stories. Although Stevens does what she does best and managed to surprise everyone, including our star detectives, with the eventual culprit.
I quite enjoyed this story though. The plot might have been simple, but if someone has never read a Daisy and Hazel story before they will get a great impression of what's waiting for them in the novels and how good those two girls actually are.
And I'm sure they will be a little disappointed when they discover that Daisy normally doesn't write her own chapters. I love how Daisy got a voice in this novella and how having both Hazel and Daisy chapters made us see the contrast between these two girls.
I can't wait to read their next adventure!
May 16, 2020
Read- May 2020 for Believeathon II and Asian Readathon
- If you don't know that this is my favourite series by now then you've been living under a rock. Even though it's my favourite series I didn't know how I would feel about this mini edition to the series but as you can see I enjoyed it just as much as the rest of the series. My main apprehension going into this was that it's so small that I didn't see how the murder could be solved in such a small amount of pages and be realistic but I think it was done very well.
- If you don't know that this is my favourite series by now then you've been living under a rock. Even though it's my favourite series I didn't know how I would feel about this mini edition to the series but as you can see I enjoyed it just as much as the rest of the series. My main apprehension going into this was that it's so small that I didn't see how the murder could be solved in such a small amount of pages and be realistic but I think it was done very well.
January 9, 2021
A short and snappy mystery which I finished it in less than an hour. Even though the book was less than 100 pages the murderer was still a surprise.
July 15, 2022
Had to get a do a very short, quick read to chill my mind out (mental health is a bitch, right?!)
Really enjoyed this mini book, and it's the second one from the series that I've read (glad you don't need to read them in an exact order) and can't wait to read more, and delve into the lives of hazel and daisy more
Really enjoyed this mini book, and it's the second one from the series that I've read (glad you don't need to read them in an exact order) and can't wait to read more, and delve into the lives of hazel and daisy more
January 29, 2022
Really enjoyed this last year, I read it once this year as well.
March 18, 2020
The Case of the Drowned Pearl is one of the novella-length "mini mysteries" in Robin Stevens's Wells and Wong series. This one sees Hazel and Daisy, along with George and Alexander, the Junior Pinkertons, finding the body of famous swimmer Antonia Braithwaite on the beach on the first morning of their seaside holiday. It's an entertaining if fairly slight story, and althought the mini mysteries don't have space for the examination of wider issues the full-length novels do I liked the way the chapters alternated between Hazel and Daisy as narrators and gave their different perspectives on the events.
April 29, 2020
I am so excited for the 6th of August when the last book comes out!! For anyone who hasn't already please read the whole series it is the best!!!!!!!
I loved this book, it was an easy read and enjoyable with each character being themselves, it didn't seem rushed either!
I loved this book, it was an easy read and enjoyable with each character being themselves, it didn't seem rushed either!
April 18, 2020
Lovely although short. Very surprising plot!
February 25, 2022
I solved the mystery before anyone else
March 8, 2020
A fun mystery and great character depictions. I really enjoyed hearing Hazel and Daisy's voices in turn. The book also had some great descriptions of the English seaside in the rain.
October 7, 2020
Cute short story featuring Hazel, Daisy, George, and Alexander. In this one the POV alternates between Hazel and Daisy. I enjoyed seeing more of an investigation from Daisy's POV.
January 28, 2021
I read this with my daughter as our first buddy read of the year! She really enjoyed this book and wants to read more from the series
April 20, 2022
What a delightful little book! I went on a small scavenger hunt the other day for local Little Free Libraries and in one of the more bare kinds had this booklet aside from another, so why not? I remember seeing the series advertised on this app before and was curious and it only piqued when I had found out there was Asian representation and during WWII at that!
This was such a fun and delightful read. It makes you miss loitering on the British seaside under the weak sun and crave iced finger buns and Bath buns!
This was such a fun and delightful read. It makes you miss loitering on the British seaside under the weak sun and crave iced finger buns and Bath buns!
June 11, 2023
An interesting read
March 1, 2025
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March 12, 2020
A fun little read.
July 21, 2020
My teeth were chattering and my bare legs were goosepimpled. This was not the beach holiday of my imagination. This was hardly a holiday at all. This was torture. (p. 21)
This was a predictable little mystery because of the story's length but it is always lovely to catch up with Hazel Wong (who is emphatically not a fan of the English seaside).
This was a predictable little mystery because of the story's length but it is always lovely to catch up with Hazel Wong (who is emphatically not a fan of the English seaside).
March 22, 2020
Tiny Write-up taken from The Pewter Wolf
HAPPY BELATED WORLD BOOK DAY!!! How are we all doing? Recovering from our book hangovers?
I’m still, at the time of writing this, reading my current BEAST of a book (don’t ask, it’s LONG so am audiobooking like heck at the moment), but I wanted to do a tiny write-up of The Case of the Drowned Pearl, a mini-mystery written especially for World Book Day 2020 (plus, this will tie fans over till the final book in the series is finally published later this year)!
While on a seaside holiday, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong (aka the Detective Society) among with friends (and rival detectives) George and Alexander discover the body of famous swimmer Antonia Braithwaite - aka The Pearl - on the beach. Everyone presumes she drowned by accident as she was training for the Olympics, but the Detective Society aren’t so sure. If she had drowned in the sea, why does she smell of soap and not seawater?
It’s such a nice, little story. I could have easily devoured this in one sitting but forced myself to slow down and savour it. I really should read the series from the start and not drop in and out of it as I always enjoy myself when I read Daisy and Hazel. I might have to backtrack and read a few before the ninth (and final) novel in the series is released.
As it is a short story/novella, I did figure out who done it quite quickly (it’s rare that I do and I get it right!) and I do think this could have had an extra few pages, but I like the way this feels. It had all the trademarks of the novels I have read in the series, but there were one or two lines that characters said to each other that made me go “We are in the endgame now. Robin is setting things up for their last hooray!” and it was refreshing and slightly weird as I was expecting Daisy to tell this mystery (she normally narrates the short stories whereas Hazel narrates the novels) but both Hazel and Daisy told this story and it was interesting to see the two characters side by side and see how different and similar they are.
I really should stop dipping in and out of this series and just go in with both feet. Which ones do you guys think I should try first?
HAPPY BELATED WORLD BOOK DAY!!! How are we all doing? Recovering from our book hangovers?
I’m still, at the time of writing this, reading my current BEAST of a book (don’t ask, it’s LONG so am audiobooking like heck at the moment), but I wanted to do a tiny write-up of The Case of the Drowned Pearl, a mini-mystery written especially for World Book Day 2020 (plus, this will tie fans over till the final book in the series is finally published later this year)!
While on a seaside holiday, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong (aka the Detective Society) among with friends (and rival detectives) George and Alexander discover the body of famous swimmer Antonia Braithwaite - aka The Pearl - on the beach. Everyone presumes she drowned by accident as she was training for the Olympics, but the Detective Society aren’t so sure. If she had drowned in the sea, why does she smell of soap and not seawater?
It’s such a nice, little story. I could have easily devoured this in one sitting but forced myself to slow down and savour it. I really should read the series from the start and not drop in and out of it as I always enjoy myself when I read Daisy and Hazel. I might have to backtrack and read a few before the ninth (and final) novel in the series is released.
As it is a short story/novella, I did figure out who done it quite quickly (it’s rare that I do and I get it right!) and I do think this could have had an extra few pages, but I like the way this feels. It had all the trademarks of the novels I have read in the series, but there were one or two lines that characters said to each other that made me go “We are in the endgame now. Robin is setting things up for their last hooray!” and it was refreshing and slightly weird as I was expecting Daisy to tell this mystery (she normally narrates the short stories whereas Hazel narrates the novels) but both Hazel and Daisy told this story and it was interesting to see the two characters side by side and see how different and similar they are.
I really should stop dipping in and out of this series and just go in with both feet. Which ones do you guys think I should try first?
July 22, 2021
Not as good as the full-length novels, but very charming all the same. And I love Daisy’s take on the British seaside: “First of all, it is quite frankly indecent to expect sun when one goes to an English beach.” 😂
June 1, 2020
A short story where we are joined by the usual Detective Society but also the Junior Pinkertons.
A seaside holiday with friends turns into a thrilling murder mystery when Daisy discovers a body on the beach. Some quick thinking and brilliant detective work brings the case to a close, with an added twist right at the end.
Brilliant characters, Hazel and Daisy are very developed this far into the series and they are just as we have come to know and love them in this short story.
A seaside holiday with friends turns into a thrilling murder mystery when Daisy discovers a body on the beach. Some quick thinking and brilliant detective work brings the case to a close, with an added twist right at the end.
Brilliant characters, Hazel and Daisy are very developed this far into the series and they are just as we have come to know and love them in this short story.
November 10, 2024
This short story was part of Robin Stevens MMU collection “cream buns & crime”, but it was also a short story meant for world book day, and I really enjoyed this book - a quick read, I read it in about half and hour and I loved this fast paced book, in which was the murder of Olympic swimmer Anthiona Brathwaite. I loved it!
March 4, 2023
Finished it one morning :)
Wish it is longer...
Wish it is longer...
October 15, 2023
Poor hazel discovering a typical British seaside trip 😂
July 16, 2021
This series means everything to me.
April 5, 2022
Good story, but the ending was disappointing.
I didn’t like this instalment of the Murder Most Unladylike series as much as I thought I would. We still have the same likeable characters, and the murder investigation was interesting right up until the ending. I enjoyed the investigation, and I do have a soft spot for scenes where characters investigate rooms, which makes up a quite a bit of the book. I loved the fact that Daisy got to write some chapters (she’s definitely my favourite character!) and the chemistry between Daisy and Hazel is very sweet. However, despite these good points, something that really annoyed me is that the [murderer is introduced halfway through the book, and is not suspected until the very end.] It just feels like Robin Stevens has tried to add a plot twist, but is writing to a deadline and couldn’t think of one as good as her full-length books in that time. It’s just not plausible and doesn’t fit in with the other books, which have a familiar formula to them. Another thing which bugged me slightly was the absence of the Junior Pinkertons. For a book which includes them, they don’t actually do anything apart from Alexander having a “genius” revelation towards the end. The last thing which I found slightly annoying but isn’t too much of a problem is the fact that Aunt Lucy and Uncle Felix are just here as an excuse to take away the murderer (apparently they are there on important business which never does get found out?) My expectations may have been a bit too high for a world book day book though, and I would recommend it for slightly younger readers than the age group she usually writes for, as I doubt they’d think the plot twist was as lacklustre as I did. Thank you for reading!
I didn’t like this instalment of the Murder Most Unladylike series as much as I thought I would. We still have the same likeable characters, and the murder investigation was interesting right up until the ending. I enjoyed the investigation, and I do have a soft spot for scenes where characters investigate rooms, which makes up a quite a bit of the book. I loved the fact that Daisy got to write some chapters (she’s definitely my favourite character!) and the chemistry between Daisy and Hazel is very sweet. However, despite these good points, something that really annoyed me is that the [murderer is introduced halfway through the book, and is not suspected until the very end.] It just feels like Robin Stevens has tried to add a plot twist, but is writing to a deadline and couldn’t think of one as good as her full-length books in that time. It’s just not plausible and doesn’t fit in with the other books, which have a familiar formula to them. Another thing which bugged me slightly was the absence of the Junior Pinkertons. For a book which includes them, they don’t actually do anything apart from Alexander having a “genius” revelation towards the end. The last thing which I found slightly annoying but isn’t too much of a problem is the fact that Aunt Lucy and Uncle Felix are just here as an excuse to take away the murderer (apparently they are there on important business which never does get found out?) My expectations may have been a bit too high for a world book day book though, and I would recommend it for slightly younger readers than the age group she usually writes for, as I doubt they’d think the plot twist was as lacklustre as I did. Thank you for reading!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 5, 2020
“The Case of the Drowned Pearl” is a World Book Day 2020 book and is “an account of The Body at the Seaside, an investigation by the Wells and Wong Detective Society, with assistance from the Junior Pinkertons. Written by Daisy Wells (Detective Society President), aged 15, and Hazel Wong (Detective Society Vice-President and Secretary) aged very nearly 15. Wednesday 29th July 1936.”
The two detectives Daisy and Hazel are on holiday in Saltings on the English seaside and they “never expected a murder on [their] summer holiday.” They investigate as they “have been caught up in several real-life murder mysteries during the last few years, and… are now seasoned detectives.”
Miss Antonia Braithwaite is the Pearl of Saltings but on the first morning of their holiday Daisy and Hazel find her dead body on the beach. They’d been speculating prior about “a celebrity swimmer, her jealous rival – and her down-trodden assistant. Could be the makings of an interesting case, don’t you think?” Well now they have that case. Add in another suspect Sam Geck, her brother who works at the family hotel where they were all staying, and they have a mystery to solve.
The book is written from Hazel’s and then Daisy’s point-of-views in alternate chapters. It’s quite funny how their different personalities come across as they critique the other’s chapters or give the other a gentle ribbing because of their quirks, e.g. Daisy’s gung-ho-ness or Hazel’s fear of heights. The story builds and builds with intrigue before the moment of truth as the killer is revealed. A good story, and cheap too as it is a WBD book.
The two detectives Daisy and Hazel are on holiday in Saltings on the English seaside and they “never expected a murder on [their] summer holiday.” They investigate as they “have been caught up in several real-life murder mysteries during the last few years, and… are now seasoned detectives.”
Miss Antonia Braithwaite is the Pearl of Saltings but on the first morning of their holiday Daisy and Hazel find her dead body on the beach. They’d been speculating prior about “a celebrity swimmer, her jealous rival – and her down-trodden assistant. Could be the makings of an interesting case, don’t you think?” Well now they have that case. Add in another suspect Sam Geck, her brother who works at the family hotel where they were all staying, and they have a mystery to solve.
The book is written from Hazel’s and then Daisy’s point-of-views in alternate chapters. It’s quite funny how their different personalities come across as they critique the other’s chapters or give the other a gentle ribbing because of their quirks, e.g. Daisy’s gung-ho-ness or Hazel’s fear of heights. The story builds and builds with intrigue before the moment of truth as the killer is revealed. A good story, and cheap too as it is a WBD book.
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June 8, 2021The Case of the Drowned Pearl.
A Murder most Unladylike mini Mystery
By Robin Stevens
I love the Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Series. The case of the Drowned Pearl is a short story set in the summer of 1936, at the seaside in a town called Saltings.
Daisy, Hazel, Alexander and George with Daisy’s uncle and aunty are in for a rainy summer holiday. Daisy’s aunty and uncle have some business to attend to whilst they are there which is top secret. So, they are to “mind there own business” and go and be perfectly English children on the Beach.
The Olympics is in a week and there is a famous swimmer Antonia Braithwaite staying in the same hotel as them but will she make it off the Beach? Antonia Braithwaite body is found above the high tide line on the beach, but there is some thing wrong. She does not smell of the sea but of Soap.
Why does she smell of Soap? Why is she above the Hight Tide mark? Who would want to murder the Olympic hopeful?
This book is told form the perspective of Daisy and Hazel and I really like that. It is fun to get two very different but at the same time very similar personalities coming across when you are reading.
It is a great quick read the chapters are very short and easy to read.
I will Give it a 10/10 because it is full of adventure, humour and mystery.
A Murder most Unladylike mini Mystery
By Robin Stevens
I love the Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Series. The case of the Drowned Pearl is a short story set in the summer of 1936, at the seaside in a town called Saltings.
Daisy, Hazel, Alexander and George with Daisy’s uncle and aunty are in for a rainy summer holiday. Daisy’s aunty and uncle have some business to attend to whilst they are there which is top secret. So, they are to “mind there own business” and go and be perfectly English children on the Beach.
The Olympics is in a week and there is a famous swimmer Antonia Braithwaite staying in the same hotel as them but will she make it off the Beach? Antonia Braithwaite body is found above the high tide line on the beach, but there is some thing wrong. She does not smell of the sea but of Soap.
Why does she smell of Soap? Why is she above the Hight Tide mark? Who would want to murder the Olympic hopeful?
This book is told form the perspective of Daisy and Hazel and I really like that. It is fun to get two very different but at the same time very similar personalities coming across when you are reading.
It is a great quick read the chapters are very short and easy to read.
I will Give it a 10/10 because it is full of adventure, humour and mystery.
October 25, 2024
I'm going to be honest, I don't remember much from these books and I'm still writing a review..yeah i don't understand my brain sometimes either. ANYWAY, here's what I do remember, and this is for the entire series of Murder Most Unladylike, so their may be spoilers for all books:
Daisy and Hazel's relationship is so adorable and special. They have such a good dynamic, with the friendship developing so much throughout the books. At first, we see a clear dominance from Daisy, as she puts herself on a pedestal above Hazel and is clearly extremely popular. Their friends, Kitty and Lavinia (or something like that) very obviously prefer Daisy and will choose her over Hazel anyday. Beanie is a little more mixed, but still Daisy. Over the course of the books, Hazel and Daisy become equals, especially after Spoonful of Murder (The one in Hong Kong) When that other popular girl comes to their school (I'm sorry I have no idea what her name was), Daisy has to adapt and we see SO MUCH character development.
Also, Daisy being lesbian was such a chef's kiss, loved that. She obsesses over that girl in Death In The Spotlight, and eventually comes clean to Hazel in probably one of my favourite scenes in the books. Her and that popular girl (That's my name for her) then getting into a relationship was so well done from Hazel's perspective!!
I need to talk about Alexander and Hazel (And Daisy and George thrown in the mix) Hazel's crush is just so realistic through all the books, she pines, she gets jealous, she doubts and then she confesses. Alexander crushing on Daisy for a while also just increases the angst and perfection. Daisy is the classic popular girl, and while Daisy can't help it, Hazel unwillingly resents her for it. If I remember correctly, Daisy and Hazel have a lot of arguements about it, and get into a big fight when Hazel does some Voodoo with invisible ink in letters?? I love it. Daisy obviously doesn't reciprocate feelings for Alexander and prefers George, though she treats him just as a friend. We see so many times Hazel saying Daisy does not want a prince, because of course she doesn't, and we of course don't expect why, because Hazel doesn't.
EEEEKKKKK Daisy's death. Daisy's death. DAISY'S DEATH!!! Or not death?? It was so well done at the end. I guess the end of the series isn't really happy, more shocking and an almost cliffhanger? Still, perfect. We see Hazel go through grief, and then once she starts to process it, Daisy comes back. You would never expect it and if you did...liar.
Daisy and Hazel's relationship is so adorable and special. They have such a good dynamic, with the friendship developing so much throughout the books. At first, we see a clear dominance from Daisy, as she puts herself on a pedestal above Hazel and is clearly extremely popular. Their friends, Kitty and Lavinia (or something like that) very obviously prefer Daisy and will choose her over Hazel anyday. Beanie is a little more mixed, but still Daisy. Over the course of the books, Hazel and Daisy become equals, especially after Spoonful of Murder (The one in Hong Kong) When that other popular girl comes to their school (I'm sorry I have no idea what her name was), Daisy has to adapt and we see SO MUCH character development.
Also, Daisy being lesbian was such a chef's kiss, loved that. She obsesses over that girl in Death In The Spotlight, and eventually comes clean to Hazel in probably one of my favourite scenes in the books. Her and that popular girl (That's my name for her) then getting into a relationship was so well done from Hazel's perspective!!
I need to talk about Alexander and Hazel (And Daisy and George thrown in the mix) Hazel's crush is just so realistic through all the books, she pines, she gets jealous, she doubts and then she confesses. Alexander crushing on Daisy for a while also just increases the angst and perfection. Daisy is the classic popular girl, and while Daisy can't help it, Hazel unwillingly resents her for it. If I remember correctly, Daisy and Hazel have a lot of arguements about it, and get into a big fight when Hazel does some Voodoo with invisible ink in letters?? I love it. Daisy obviously doesn't reciprocate feelings for Alexander and prefers George, though she treats him just as a friend. We see so many times Hazel saying Daisy does not want a prince, because of course she doesn't, and we of course don't expect why, because Hazel doesn't.
EEEEKKKKK Daisy's death. Daisy's death. DAISY'S DEATH!!! Or not death?? It was so well done at the end. I guess the end of the series isn't really happy, more shocking and an almost cliffhanger? Still, perfect. We see Hazel go through grief, and then once she starts to process it, Daisy comes back. You would never expect it and if you did...liar.
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