Monday 6 April 2020

Book Review: Arsenic for Tea

Dhriti 7Y


Arsenic for Tea is a detective novel by Robin Stevens and is part of a best selling series A Murder Most Unladylike. It is the second book in the series, released in January 2015 but is set in the 1930s in England. It is a detective novel about two young girls, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong, who solve a murder in which a character gets poisoned by arsenic and it is up to the girls to find out who the murderer was.


Daisy and Hazel are going to Daisy’s home - Fallingford - and Lady Hastings (Daisy’s mother) is throwing a tea party to celebrate Daisy’s birthday and her entire family is invited along with her friends. Unfortunately, the party goes horribly wrong and Mr Curtis, invited by Lady Hastings and hated by everyone, falls ill and dies. With a murderer in the household Fallingford becomes extremely dangerous and it is up to The Detective Society (Daisy and Hazel) to solve this mysterious case once again.


Olivia from 7L stated, “I think it’s really funny and exciting. It is also a very interesting tale.” Caroline from 7T found it “very intriguing.” Whilst Umaima from 7Y said “I am really enjoying reading this, I can’t wait to finish. I want to read the whole series!” 


To learn more, visit https://robin-stevens.co.uk/arsenic-for-tea/ . You may also want to read the other books in the series A Murder Most Unladylike; A Murder most Unladylike, First Class Murder, Jolly Foul Play, Mistletoe And Murder, Creambuns And Crime, A Spoonful Of Murder, Death In The Spotlight and Top Marks for Murder.

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