ARSENIC FOR TEA

Key Stage 3 Cosy Crime: Gentle Mysteries

By Robin Stevens

Synopsis

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home for the holidays, and Daisy's mother is throwing a tea party for her birthday. Then one of their party falls seriously, mysteriously ill - and everything points to poison. The Detective Society must do everything they can to reveal the truth . . . no matter the consequences. Book two in the series

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Narrator	Yvonne Clemenson
Length	7hrs
Catalogue No.	617489
Publisher	Puffin; 2016

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THE CASE OF THE DROWNED PEARL

While on a seaside holiday with their friends, Daisy and Hazel discover the body of 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? Can the Detective Society solve this mystery? Or will they sink under the pressure?

CREAM BUNS AND CRIME

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for solving murder mysteries. But there are many other intrigues in the pages of Hazel's casebook, from the macabre Case of the Deepdean Vampire, to the baffling Case of the Blue Violet, and their very first whodunit: the Case of Lavinia's Missing Tie. Packed with brilliant mini-mysteries, including stories about rival detectives the Junior Pinkertons and dorm-mates Beanie and Kitty, and peppered with puzzles, facts, and tips on detecting, this is the perfect book for fans of the award-winning, best-selling Murder Most Unladylike series.

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. But danger has a nasty habit of catching up with the Detective Society, and it soon becomes clear that there is trouble afoot at the Rue. Jealousy, threats and horrible pranks quickly spiral out of control - and then a body is found. Now Hazel and Daisy must take centre stage and solve the crime...before the murderer strikes again. Book seven in the series

DEATH SETS SAIL

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt, where they are taking a cruise along the Nile. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two; what they get, instead, is murder. Also travelling on the SS Hatshepsut is a mysterious society called the Breath of Life: a group of genteel English ladies and gentlemen, who believe themselves to be reincarnations of the ancient pharaohs. Three days into the cruise, their leader, Theodora Miller, is found dead in her cabin, stabbed during the night. It soon becomes clear to Daisy and Hazel that Theodora's timid daughter, Hephzibah, who is prone to sleepwalking, is being framed. And within the society, everyone has a reason to want Theodora dead....Daisy and Hazel leap into action and begin to investigate their most difficult case yet. But there is danger all around, and only one of the Detective Society will make it home alive....Ninth book in the series

FIRST CLASS MURDER

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday on the Orient Express - and it's clear that each of their fellow first-class passengers has something to hide. Then, during dinner, there is a scream from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered, her ruby necklace gone. But the killer has vanished - as if into thin air. Daisy and Hazel are faced with their first ever locked-room mystery. Book three in the series

JOLLY FOUL PLAY

Daisy and Hazel have returned to Deepdean for a new school term, but there's a new Head Girl, Elizabeth Hurst, and a team of Prefects - and these bullying Big Girls are certainly not good eggs. Then, after the fireworks display on Bonfire Night, Elizabeth is found - murdered. Many girls at Deepdean had reason to hate Elizabeth, but who might have committed such foul play? Can Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery? Book four in the series

THE MINISTRY OF UNLADYLIKE ACTIVITY

Britain is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. And who better to become a spy than a child? A child can go places, see things and listen in on conversations in a way that no adult ever can. Enter May Wong and her friends. Trained up at the Ministry, they soon embark upon their first mission: masquerading as evacuees, they are sent to a wealthy manor house to spy on the owner, who is suspected of working for the enemy. And then the murder happens...

MISTLETOE AND MURDER

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are spending the Christmas hols in snowy Cambridge. Hazel has high hopes of its beautiful spires, cosy libraries and inviting tearooms - but there is danger lurking in the dark stairwells of ancient Maudlin College. Two days before Christmas, there is a terrible accident. At least it appears to be an accident - until the Detective Society look a little closer and realise a murder has taken place. Faced with several irritating grown-ups and fierce competition from a rival agency, they must use all their cunning and courage to find the killer (in time for Christmas Day, of course). Fifth book in the series

MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, but they struggle to find any exciting mysteries to investigate. That is until Hazel discovers the Science Mistress, Miss Bell, lying dead in the Gym...Book one in the series

ONCE UPON A CRIME

Featuring four original, never-before published stories, this incredible collection brings together Daisy Wells, Hazel Wong and their friends Alexander and George, as well as Hazel's sisters, Rose and May Wong. From the artfully sinister The Case of the Second Scream, set aboard the ship carrying Daisy and Hazel's back from Hong Kong, to The Case of the Uninvited Guest, where Uncle Felix and Aunt Lucy's wedding ceremony is the target for an unlikely threat. The Hound of Weston School sees the Junior Pinkertons lead the detecting, and May Wong steps up and shows her ambition to be the greatest spy ever when war breaks out in The Case of the Deadly Flat.

A SPOONFUL OF MURDER

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are paying a visit to Hazel's family estate in hot, sultry Hong Kong. It may be the holidays, but the Detective Society is never far away from a mystery - and soon they are mixed up in a truly terrible crime. Hazel's little half brother is kidnapped - and the family maid murdered. Daisy and Hazel know another life could be at stake if they don't crack this case quickly. And when Hazel is framed for the crime, the detectives are faced with their toughest mystery yet - one that will test them and their friendship more than ever before. Book six in the series