A Spoonful of Murder in the Guardian!

February 27, 2018

A Spoonful of Murder has been included in Imogen Russell Williams’ Guardian round-up of the best new children’s books this month! She says …

Capable girls also battle patriarchal values in Robin Stevens’s A Spoonful of Murder (Puffin), the latest in the bestselling series starring 1930s schoolgirl detectives Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells. This instalment, set in Hong Kong, features ultra-English Daisy feeling “foreign” for the first time, an unexpected development in the Wong family – and a murder close to home for Hazel. Stevens’s combination of meticulous research, character development and a knotty plot is guaranteed to please.

This is a wonderful review and I’m so pleased – huge thanks to Imogen, and hooray for A Spoonful of Murder!

Her whole round-up can be found here, and it includes lots of my own favourite new books. I’ve spoken about Make More Noise and Fantastically Great Women Who Made History in my February video, and Sam Wu Is Not Afraid of Ghosts will be one of my choices for March …

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