The second thrilling adventure in the new World War Two mystery series from the million-copy-bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike.
'Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children' Katherine Rundell
March 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies - because grown-ups always underestimate them. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: brave, smart, and the Ministry's newest recruits.
May's big sister Hazel has arranged for them to stay on a quiet street close to the Ministry. And it is in the bombed-out house at the end of that street that they discover something mysterious. Something that was not there when the Blitz wreckage was first combed through. A body . . .
Could this be the missing Ministry spy that Daisy Wells is on a dangerous mission in France to find? Or could it be someone else - someone a resident of the street wanted silenced . . . ?
Praise for Robin Stevens:
'Absolutely thrilling' Louie Stowell
'Superb' Observer
'Funny, clever and warm . . . Such a delight' Louise O'Neill
'Jolly gripping stuff' The Times
'Spirited and fun . . . A must for young murder mystery fans' Bookseller
'Triumphant . . . Deserves to be read for years to come' Guardian
Kids will love this hilarious fairy tale adventure packed with clever twists, familiar characters and page-turning fun.
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
This is Book 2 in the The Ministry of Unladylike Activity Series. See all The Ministry of Unladylike Activity books here.
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Robin Stevens Biography
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 Agatha Christie when she
