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Arsenic For Tea
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  • Published: 24 March 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141369815
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $19.99

Arsenic For Tea

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27 June 2016
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25 Feb 2016
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24 Mar 2016
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The second brilliantly plotted mystery starring Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong.

Penguin presents, the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Arsenic For Tea by Robin Stevens, read by Gemma Chan.


From the author of Murder Most Unladylike.

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party isn't really about Daisy at all. Naturally, Daisy is furious.

Then one of their party falls seriously, mysteriously ill - and everything points to poison.

With wild storms preventing anyone from leaving, or the police from arriving, Fallingford suddenly feels like a very dangerous place to be. Not a single person present is what they seem - and everyone has a secret or two. And when someone very close to Daisy looks suspicious, the Detective Society must do everything they can to reveal the truth . . . no matter the consequences.
  • Published: 24 March 2016
  • ISBN: 9780141369815
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Robin Stevens

Robin Stevens is the award-winning author of the Murder Most Unladylike and Ministry of Unladylike Activity series for younger readers. Her books have sold over 3.5 million copies globally and been translated into more than twenty languages. She is a fan of a lot of things, especially crime fiction and true crime. She does not live in the Cotswolds any more. This is her debut adult novel.
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Also by Robin Stevens

Murder Most Unladylike
First Class Murder
A Spoonful of Murder
Jolly Foul Play
Mistletoe and Murder
Death in the Spotlight
Top Marks For Murder
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Praise for Arsenic For Tea

The second book in Robin Stevens' fabulous Wells and Wong schoolgirl detective series - think St Trinians mixed with Miss Marple. These are thrilling books for tween detectives who adore solving dastardly murders, jolly hockey sticks and iced buns for tea

Guardian

A delight . . . The Agatha Christie-style clues are unravelled with sustained tension and the whole thing is a hoot from start to finish

Sally Morris, Daily Mail

A feelgood blend of Malory Towers and Cluedo . . . Stevens has upped her game in this new volume

Telegraph

A feast for readers

New Statesman

An entertaining, nostalgic brainteaser

Sunday Times

pitch-perfect 1930s mystery

Metro

Arsenic for Tea is a joy. A multi-layered sandwich cake of joy . . . Stylish, charming, witty and delightful . . . Worth cancelling everything for

Did You Ever Stop To Think

These Agatha-Christie-indebted tales involve detective duo Daisy Wells and her sidekick Hazel Wong, wealthy schoolgirls from England and Hong Kong. In the first book, they investigated a murder at their boarding school. This time, Daisy's family's stately home - a hotbed of jealousy and greed - provides a rich cast of suspects when it's not just the cake candles that are snuffed out at a birthday tea party. Emotional conflict, logical deduction and the period setting make for an entertaining, nostalgic brainteaser

Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times

Even better than its predecessor . . . Brilliant

The Book Zone

This series comes vibrantly to life with Hazel's warm, charming narration and I just want more Wells and Wong Mysteries

So Many Books, So Little Time

Like a good Miss Marple, there are twists and turns in this detective series and the 1930s period is vividly brought to life. Great fun!

WRD Magazine

Witty, clever and gently satirical of upper-class life, it's Agatha Christie crossed with Angela Brazil

Independent