And the title of Ministry of Unladylike Activity 3 is …
… A Stocking Full of Spies! Yes, this is a Christmas-themed book, set at Bletchley
April 16, 2025
Hello! Welcome to my website. I write about murder and mystery, and I hope you enjoy it. Come in and find out more about me and the detectives in my books!
Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are the stars of the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries. 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, the Cream Buns and Crime series companion, A Spoonful of Murder, Death in the Spotlight, Top Marks for Murder, Death Sets Sail and my book of Murder Most Unladylike short stories, Once Upon a Crime, are out now in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong and everywhere the Puffin editions are sold.
May Wong has returned with her new friends Eric and Nuala as the heroes of my newest series the Ministry of Unladylike Activity! Ministry is also out in German, Italian and Polish, and its sequel, The Body in the Blitz, is out now in the UK and Ireland! And May and her friends will return for their third adventure in 2025 …
My latest book is The Most Unladylike Puzzle Book, which published in the UK and Ireland in September 2024.
I’ve also written The Guggenheim Mystery, which stars Ted Spark. It’s the sequel to Siobhan Dowd’s The London Eye Mystery, and it is also out now!
… A Stocking Full of Spies! Yes, this is a Christmas-themed book, set at Bletchley
… but I’m not going to tell you what it is so easily! You’ll have to crack the code hidden in the words of the first paragraph of the book. You have until Wednesday, when I’ll be revealing the full title … so what are you waiting for, Detectives? Get to it!
oday is a big day for Daisy Wells – it’s her birthday, and of course it’s also the day in 1935 that horrible Mr Curtis drank that cup of tea laced with arsenic …
So how better to celebrate this special occasion than by revealing our VERY gorgeous tenth anniversary edition of Arsenic for Tea? It’s got incredible sprayed edges and a brand-new introduction from me, and it’s available in all good bookshops now!
There are lots of ways to get involved with World Book Day – it’s all about sharing the joy of reading, and you don’t have to do anything apart from that! – but if you are going to dress up next week and you want to look like one of my characters, I’ve got you covered! I handily designed Daisy and Hazel’s uniform to look similar to a lot of British school uniforms – all you’ll need is a hat and a magnifying glass and you’re good to go!
