The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

<p><b>The start of a thrilling new Second World War mystery series from the number-one-bestselling and multi-award-winning author of <i>Murder Most Unladylike</i>.<br><br>'Superb' </b><i>Observer</i><br><br><b>'Meticulous and sharp' </b><i>Guardian</i><br><br><b>'Engaging . . . You will make the journey with a spring in your step' </b><i>The Times</i><br><br><b>'Robin Stevens is Agatha Christie for children' </b>Katherine Rundell on the<i> Murder Most Unladylike </i>series<br><br>1940. Britain is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the <b>Ministry of Unladylike Activity</b> is training up spies.<br><br>Enter <b>May Wong</b>: courageous, stubborn, and desperate to help end the war so that she can go home to Hong Kong (and leave her annoying school, Deepdean, behind forever). May knows that she would make the perfect spy. After all, grown-ups always underestimate children like her.<br><br>When May and her friend <b>Eric</b> are turned away by the Ministry, they take matters into their own hands. Masquerading as evacuees, they travel to Elysium Hall, home to the wealthy Verey family - including snobby, dramatic <b>Nuala</b>. They suspect that one of the Vereys is passing information to Germany. If they can prove it, the Ministry will <i>have</i> to take them on.<br><br>But there are more secrets at Elysium Hall than May or Eric could ever have imagined.<br><br><b>And then someone is murdered...<br><br>'Spirited and fun . . . A must for young murder mystery fans' </b><i>Bookseller</i></p> <p><b>The start of a thrilling new mystery series from the number-one-bestselling, award-winning author of <i>Murder Most Unladylike</i>.</b><br><br>Britain is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. <b>And who better to become a spy than a child?</b> A child can go places, see things and listen in on conversations in a way that no adult ever can.<br><br><b>Enter May Wong and her friends</b>. Trained up at the Ministry, they soon embark upon their first mission: masquerading as evacuees, they are sent to a wealthy manor house to spy on the owner, who is suspected of working for the enemy.<br><br><b>And then the murder happens...</b></p>