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Spirit and Dust
Nov 15, 2024 12:20 PM

Author:Rosemary Clement-Moore

Spirit and Dust

Speaking to the dead is nothing for Daisy Goodnight. The living, on the other hand, can occasionally be a problem. Especially when they knock you out and kidnap you.

Willing or not, Daisy finds herself on a high-speed mission to track down a mob boss's precious daughter, but she's running out of time.

The dead are coming to take over.

Reviews

I am such a fan of Rosemary Clement-Moore! Spirit and Dust (like Texas Gothic and The Splendor Falls) is a perfect mix of paranormal mystery and romance.

—— The School Library Journal

You can’t really beat a story that has hijinks, romance, and a culminating scene in which the heroine defeats the bad guys by animating the bones of Sue the T-rex, can you?

—— The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starred review

The third book in the Murder Most Unladylike series, First Class Murder harks back to the golden age of boarding school stories, channelling Angela Brazil, Antonia Forest, and Elinor M Brent Dyer with a generous dash of Agatha Christie for good measure. This time, our gymslip-wearing sleuths, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong, swap school for a trip on the Orient Express . . . Top larks

—— Red Magazine

A feast for readers

—— Amanda Craig , 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

—— Amanda Craig , Independent

It is refreshing to see the presence of so many rambunctious young women in children's books, and none are more so than the protagonists of Robin Stevens's Wells & Wong Mysteries . . . Stevens brings psychological depth to the classic Christie crime; she does not shirk the unpalatable consequences

—— Literary Review

An epic sci-fi adventure about a terrifying alien invasion. You'll read it in one sitting

—— Bookseller

A gripping SF trilogy about an Earth decimated by an alien invasion... the question of what it means to be human is at the forefront

—— Publishers Weekly

Borrow this one from your teen's nightstand while they're at school

—— People Magazine

By turns heart-pounding and contemplative . . . The 5th Wave will thrill you, chill you, and challenge you to keep the pages turning fast enough

—— Hypable.com

Utterly gripping

—— Metro Herald

High adventure with mystery and heart

—— The Sunday Times

A cut above anything else in the genre.

—— Sunday Telegraph

The pace is RELENTLESS

—— Heat
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