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Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean School for a new school term, but nothing is the same. 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? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on scraps of paper, that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces, how will Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery?


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PoisonisNotPolite-smDaisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean School for a new school term, but nothing is the same. 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? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on scraps of paper, that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces, how will Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery?

Cover by Elizabeth Baddeley

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Jolly Foul Play: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

ISBN-13: 9780141369693
ISBN-10: 0141369698
Author: Robin Stevens
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Published: September 2016

Cover by Nina Tara.


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  • Shortlisted for the 2017 CrimeFest Best Novel for Children Award

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English audio edition

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean School for a new school term, but nothing is the same. 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? Could the murder be linked to the secrets and scandals, scribbled on scraps of paper, that are suddenly appearing around the school? And with their own friendship falling to pieces, how will Daisy and Hazel solve this mystery?

Read by Katie Leung.


Italian Edition: Un delitto allegro ma non troppo

Un delitto allegro ma non troppo

Il nuovo trimestre è appena, ma Daisy e Hazel capiscono subito che qualcosa è cambiato. C’è una nuova caposcuola, Elizabeth, che tiranneggia le altre ragazze. Dopo il falò della notte però Elizabeth viene trovata morta. È stato un incidente? Come faranno Daisy e Hazel a risolvere il mistero ora che la loro amicizia è in crisi?

Translated by M. Piemonte



German Edition: Feurwerk mit Todesfolge

Ein neues Schuljahr beginnt in Deepdean, und nichts ist so wie vorher: Die neue Schulsprecherin Elizabeth Hurst und fünf Aufsichtsschülerinnen verbreiten Furcht und Schrecken unter den jüngeren Mädchen. Doch in der Bonfire Night wird Elizabeth plötzlich tot auf dem Hockeyfeld gefunden. Hazel und Daisy ist schnell klar: Das war kein Unfall, und der Mord muss von einer der Schülerinnen begangen worden sein. Viele Mädchen in Deepdean hätten ein Motiv gehabt, Elizabeth zu hassen, doch welche spielt hier ein falsches Spiel? Könnte der Mord mit den vielen verratenen Geheimnissen zusammenhängen, die auf kleinen Zetteln in der Schule die Runde machen? Die Detektei Wells & Wong nimmt ihre Ermittlungen auf und muss viele Hindernisse aus dem Weg schaffen – nicht zuletzt einen Streit, der ihre eigene Freundschaft auf die Probe stellt …

Translated by Nadine Mannchen



French Edition: Un crime sous les étoiles

«Nous avions toutes le nez en l’air, donc nous avons manqué l’assassinat. Nous savions bien qu’Elizabeth était méchante et dangereuse. Mais en fin de compte, voilà qu’elle était la victime, pas la criminelle. Et si quelqu’un l’avait tuée, c’était forcément une pensionnaire de Deepdean.»

Elizabeth Hurst, la terrible préfète-en-chef, est retrouvée morte en plein feu d’artifice… Très vite, Hazel et Daisy se rendent compte que tout le monde a un mobile : Elizabeth utilisait les secrets des élèves pour les faire chanter. Toutes la détestaient, même ses plus proches amies… et toutes sont suspectes.

Translated by Faustina Fiore


Polish Edition: Bardzo brudna gra

Daisy Wells i Hazel Wong wracają do Deepdean na kolejny semestr, ale nic nie jest takie jak przedtem. W szkole panuje nowa prefekt naczelna Elizabeth Hurst i nowe prześladowczynie – grupa Wielkich Dziewczyn. Pewnej nocy, tuż po pokazie fajerwerków z okazji Dnia Guy’a Fawkesa, Elizabeth zostaje zamordowana. Wiele dziewcząt w Deepdean miało powód, by nienawidzić Elizabeth, ale kto mógł zabawić się w tak brudną grę i popełnić zbrodnię? Czy morderstwo może wiązać się z sekretami i skandalami, opisanymi na skrawkach papieru, które nagle pojawiają się w szkole? Tym razem mamy nie chodzi tylko o przestępstwo i odkrycie, kto za nim stoi, chodzi także o to, czy przyjaźń Daisy i Hazel przetrwa.

Translated by Magdalena Korobkiewicz.




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