Death Sets Sail: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery [Waterstones Exclusive]

by Robin Stevens

Paperback, 2020

Status

Available

Call number

823.92

Publication

Puffin (2020), 400 pages

Description

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt, where they are taking a cruise along the Nile. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two; what they get, instead, is murder. Also travelling on the SS Hatshepsut is a mysterious society called the Breath of Life: a group of genteel English ladies and gentlemen, who believe themselves to be reincarnations of the ancient pharaohs. Three days into the cruise their leader, Theodora Miller, is found dead in her cabin, stabbed during the night. It soon becomes clear to Daisy and Hazel that Theodora's timid daughter Hephzibah, who is prone to sleepwalking, is being framed. And within the society, everyone has a reason to want Theodora dead. Daisy and Hazel leap into action and begin to investigate their most difficult case yet. But there is danger all around, and only one of the Detective Society will make it home alive.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2020-08-06

Physical description

7.8 inches

ISBN

0241419808 / 9780241419809

Local notes

The final novel in the Murder Most Unladylike series.

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are in Egypt, where they are taking a cruise along the Nile. They are hoping to see some ancient temples and a mummy or two; what they get, instead, is murder.

Blue sprayed page edges (Waterstones edition).
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