First Class Murder ( #3 Murder Most Unladylike)

Author: Robin Stevens

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  • : $16.99 AUD
  • : 9780141369822
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
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  • : 0.236
  • : May 2016
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 21mm
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  • : Robin Stevens
  • : Murder Most Unladylike
  • : Paperback
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  • : English
  • : [Fic]
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  • : 352
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Barcode 9780141369822
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Description

A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this third novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series.   Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a vacation across Europe on world-famous passenger train, the Orient Express--and it's clear that each of their fellow first-class travelers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: There's rumor of a spy in their midst.   Then, during dinner, a bloodcurdling scream comes from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered--her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer has vanished, as if into thin air.   The Wells & Wong Detective Society is ready to crack the case--but this time, they've got competition.

Reviews

A delight . . . Hazel and Daisy are aboard the Orient Express: cue spies, priceless jewels, a murder and seriously upgraded bun breaks * The Bookseller * Addictive . . . A rumbustious reworking of Agatha Christie's Orient Express caper -- Amanda Craig * New Statesman *

Author description

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. 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 achievable 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 went to university, where she studied crime fiction, and then worked in children's publishing. She is now a full-time writer. Robin now lives in London with her pet bearded dragon, Watson.