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When her grandfather dies, fourteen-year-old amateur detective Hazel Wong and her best friend Daisy Wells travel to Hong Kong, where the girls find themselves framed for murder and tangled up in a family mystery.
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LibraryThing member deweyquilt
Another Daisy and Hazel book and I'm not beginning to tire of them yet! These books are such fun and the characters are growing and changing with each new book. I think the decision to set this book in Hong Kong was a masterstroke on the part of Robin Stevens. Daisy is out of her comfort zone being
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in a foreign climate, Hazel is pushed aside by a new addition to her family and simultaneously has to fess up to the fact that she has to solve a crime involving the very same family member. There's no Alexander in this one, but there's plenty in the form of Hazel's complicated family structure to keep you going. It's a very special episode in the Wells and Wong series and I thought was even better than Mistletoe and Murder, set in Cambridge at the University. A very enjoyable read indeed. Show Less
LibraryThing member smik
As I said in my earlier post, the "chooser" in our monthly book group has set a challenge. We are reading 3 cozies that all share the same title. I reviewed the first here, here is the second, and the last will shortly follow.
The year is 1936 (we know because as Hazel and Daisy are sailing to Hong
The voyage from England to Hong Kong takes 30 days, and when Hazel arrives she finds it isn't just the absence of her grandfather that is different. She now has a little brother whom nobody has told her about, and the maid who used to look after her is now her brother's nursemaid. In addition, her baby brother now has her old room.
A few days after her arrival, Hazel's baby brother is kidnapped and held for ransom, and Hazel and Daisy begin trying to work out who has taken him.
This is essentially a book for a young adolescent reader, part of a series that presumably he/she is already hooked on. The author tries valiantly to introduce the reader to the culture of Hong Kong. We are also told the back story of the Detective Society which Hazel and Daisy have founded, and which has already successfully pursued five investigations.
It occurs to me that one of the questions I should have posed in my review of the previous book was the significance of the title. To be quite honest, I can't see any relevance in the case of this book, and only remotely in the case of the previous one. There are two murders in this one, one by stabbing, and one by gunshot, so I think the title is a bit random.
The year is 1936 (we know because as Hazel and Daisy are sailing to Hong
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Kong via the Suez Canal the news comes that King George V has died), and so the time frame is almost 80 years ago. It is therefore before World War II and Hong Kong then is very different to the Hong Kong of today.The voyage from England to Hong Kong takes 30 days, and when Hazel arrives she finds it isn't just the absence of her grandfather that is different. She now has a little brother whom nobody has told her about, and the maid who used to look after her is now her brother's nursemaid. In addition, her baby brother now has her old room.
A few days after her arrival, Hazel's baby brother is kidnapped and held for ransom, and Hazel and Daisy begin trying to work out who has taken him.
This is essentially a book for a young adolescent reader, part of a series that presumably he/she is already hooked on. The author tries valiantly to introduce the reader to the culture of Hong Kong. We are also told the back story of the Detective Society which Hazel and Daisy have founded, and which has already successfully pursued five investigations.
It occurs to me that one of the questions I should have posed in my review of the previous book was the significance of the title. To be quite honest, I can't see any relevance in the case of this book, and only remotely in the case of the previous one. There are two murders in this one, one by stabbing, and one by gunshot, so I think the title is a bit random.
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Awards
Independent Booksellers' Book Prize (Shortlist — Children's — 2018)
Books Are My Bag Readers Award (Shortlist — 2018)
Berkshire Book Award (Winner — 2019)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2018-02-08
Physical description
7.8 inches
ISBN
0141373784 / 9780141373782