Happy holidays from the Detective Society!

It’s the 23rd of December – which means that it’s officially Mistletoe and Murder season! I always make a post on this day each year to remind you all that if you want to start your festive read, or reread, today is the perfect time to do it.

Happy Mistletoe and Murder season!

Robin Stevens - Murder Most Unladylike Series Book 5: Mistletoe and Murder

Hello Detectives, I hope you’re enjoying the holidays! There are just two days to go until Christmas- and today (in 1935) is the day that Hazel begins writing Mistletoe and Murder! So if you’re looking for a festive readalong, now is the perfect time to begin Daisy and Hazel’s fifth adventure!

Happy Mistletoe and Murder season, Detectives!

It’s the first of December – which means that it’s finally the perfect time of year to read Hazel and Daisy’s most festive adventure! I’m going to create a festive gift guide for you soon, but for now you might enjoy my top five children’s books of 2020, or my story about the best book I was given for Christmas as a child.

Christmas gift guide for Detective Society members!

Christmas is coming soon! I’ve been getting a lot of requests from people who want to buy the perfect present for the Detective Society member in their life, and so I’ve put together a quick gift guide to help out! For the fan who’s read all of Daisy and Hazel’s mysteries, give High Rise Mystery […]

Oxford and Cambridge Festivals 2019

I’ve had a very busy weekend – I visited two of my favourite festivals in two days, and had two incredible events! On Saturday I went to Oxford Literary Festival, and I got to speak in one of the most amazing venues in the UK, the Sheldonian Theatre. It’s incredibly beautiful and old and ornate […]

2018: that’s a wrap!

It’s been an amazing year for me – I’m so proud of what I’ve achieved, and so grateful for all of your support. I’m reflecting on the past year in my video for this month, as well as choosing my very favourite read of 2018. I’m taking time off from now until the end of […]

Mistletoe and Murder reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine!

Mistletoe and Murder is out in the US and Canada at last, and I’m very pleased that it’s been given a lovely review by Elissa Gershowitz for The Horn Book Magazine. ‘Stevens’s frost-dusted Cambridge … is an appealing backdrop for this adolescent whodunit, and Wells and Wong’s partnership, with echoes of Holmes and Watson, is […]

I’m coming to Chicago!

American fans, I’m going to be doing an event in Chicago this Thanksgiving week. I’ll be at 57th Street Books on the 20th November at 4pm, reading from Mistletoe and Murder and The Guggenheim Mystery! This is a free event – details are here! If you can’t go, I’ll be leaving behind lots of signed […]

Happy US Book Birthday, Mistletoe and Murder!

I’m delighted to say that Mistletoe and Murder, the fifth book in my series (called the Wells & Wong Mysteries in the US), is publishing today in the USA and Canada! It’s published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, and the fabulous cover and illustrations are by Elizabeth Baddeley. I love this book, […]

It’s Christmas in July with Mistletoe and Murder!

I had a lovely delivery this week – the advance reading copies of the American edition of Mistletoe and Murder arrived! These are special early copies for reviewers and booksellers, but now that they’re here, it means that there’s not long to wait at all before Mistletoe and Murder is published in the US and […]