Reading: Top Marks for Murder

[white_hart]

Top Marks for Murder, the eighth of Robin Stevens's Wells and Wong mysteries, landed on my Kindle last week and because I was definitely in the mood for comfort reading I ended up starting it almost straight away. This one sees Daisy and Hazel returning to Deepdean School after their adventures in Hong Kong and London, where they find that both they and the school have changed in subtle ways. At the end of a rather awkward half-term, Daisy in particular is delighted when their dorm-mate Beanie sees what appears to be a murder from the window of the dorm, and the Detective Society swing into action to solve their next murder case.

While I think I'm coming to prefer the books in the series that are set outside Deepdean, in particular for their obvious dialogue with different classics of Golden Age detective fiction, this was still great fun. I enjoyed seeing Daisy and Hazel working with their schoolfriends to solve another crime, and the return to Deepdean really highlights how much Hazel has grown as a character over the last few books. Of course, the only problem with having read this one straight after release is that I have no idea how long I'll have to wait for the next one!

Comments

[perennialanna]

I didn't know it was out yet but saw it in Smiths this morning so bought it for L as she was feeling that life was rather too much. She spent the afternoon in the hammock with book, pillow and blanket and finished it just before tea.

[white_hart]

That sounds like a perfect way to spend the day. I'm quite jealous of her!

[hilarita]

Thank you for blogging about Wells and Wong mysteries - I have bought them all and read them, and enjoyed them (with a few minor quibbles, of course!)