Robin Stevens

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  • About
  • Books
    • Murder Most Unladylike Series

    • Deepdean Mini-Mysteries

    • Other Books

  • Blog
  • Detective Activities
    • The Detective Society’s Top-Secret Files
      • Map of Deepdean
      • Murder Most Unladylike Suspect List
      • From Hazel's Casebook: Arsenic for Tea
      • Arsenic for Tea Suspect List
      • First Class Murder suspect list
      • Hazel's Casebook: Jolly Foul Play
    • Other Activities
      • How to Have the Perfect Midnight Feast
      • Create your own murder mystery
      • Design a Murder Most Unladylike Book Cover
      • Design your perfect tea
      • Speak like Daisy and Hazel
      • Orient Express Wordsearch
      • Activities in the Spotlight
      • Top Marks for Murder Activities
  • FAQ
  • Calendar
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Top Marks for Murder

Introduction


Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event: the fiftieth Anniversary.

Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing. But all is not well, for in the detectives’ long absence, Deepdean has changed. Daisy has lost her crown to a fascinating new girl – and many of the Detective Society’s old allies are now their sworn enemies.

Then the girls witness a shocking incident in the woods close by – a crime that they’re sure is linked to the Anniversary. As parents descend upon Deepdean, decades-old grudges, rivalries and secrets begin to surface, and soon Deepdean’s future is at stake.

Can the girls solve the case – and save their home?

Details

Top Marks for Murder: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

ISBN-13: 9780241348383
ISBN-10: 0241348382
Author: Robin Stevens
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Publication date: 8th August 2019

Cover by Nina Tara.

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Reviews


  • Booktrust review of Top Marks for Murder - Booktrust have given Top Marks for Murder a great review! This teen murder-mystery, set in an exclusive girls’ school in 1936 is reminiscent of Enid Blyton’s boarding school novels, but with a hefty dose of Agatha Christie’s gruesome, puzzling plotlines … this is a glorious slice of fantastical escapism.Booktrust Go here to read the full […]
  • Top Marks for Murder has been reviewed in the Financial Times! - Top Marks for Murder was given a wonderful review in last Saturday’s Financial Times, as part of Susie Feay’s round-up of new children’s and YA fiction. She calls it: … a riotously retro world of pashes and plaits, feasts and gym-slips. Susie Feay, Financial Times, 24th August 2019
  • Top Marks for Murder is Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week – and a Sunday Times Bestseller! - I’m beyond thrilled to say that not only did the wonderful Nicolette Jones pick Top Marks for Murder as her children’s book of the week (£) in the Sunday Times on the 25th, but it was part of the children’s chart printed in the paper that day, making it an official Sunday Times Bestseller! Nicolette […]

Accolades

  • #1 children’s paperback in the UK and Ireland
  • Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week
  • Sunday Times Bestseller
  • Blackwell’s Children’s Book of the Year 2019
  • A Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Year 2019

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English audio edition

Death is back at Deepdean . . .

Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting event: the 50th anniversary. Plans for a weekend of celebrations are in full swing. But all is not well, for in the detectives’ long absence, Deepdean has changed. Daisy has lost her crown to a fascinating new girl – and many of the Detective Society’s old allies are now their sworn enemies.

Then the girls witness a shocking incident in the woods close by – a crime that they’re sure is linked to the anniversary. As parents descend upon Deepdean, decades-old grudges, rivalries and secrets begin to surface, and soon Deepdean’s future is at stake. Can the girls solve the case – and save their home?

The brilliant new mystery from the best-selling, award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.

Read by Katie Leung.


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